Stops along the way from Fla to Michigan
Planning trip for next year to MI's Upper Peninsula from Florida. Prob. Mostly up I75, but looking for Must See/ or CG recommendations on the way up TN, KY, OH.... Will be doing a month before Labor...
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We snowbird from Michigan to Florida every year for the last 14.....Here is a route we enjoy.
From Michigan:
Nashville..great place to spend a few days on the ride down. Grand Ole Opry, Opry Mills, and downtown honkey tonks, General Lee dinner cruise.. Music Valley Drive has 3 nice campgrounds. Two Rivers, KOA and Jellystone. Shuttles from all three to the major attractions.
Next we shoot over to the Knoxville area: Dollywood for the kids, lots of touristy stuff but also great hiking and touring in the mountains and foothills....many many campgrounds.
One year we went Memphis to Nashville to Florida.
In Kentucky you can stop at one of the many caves in the area for a day trip and many of them have campgrounds adjacent or very near. Mammoth cave is cool and so is the one you take a boat thru...can't remember the name.
Chattanooga has a great aquarium and a trip up to Rock City is worth it while your there. I think the campground we stayed at was Holliday which is on a civil war battlefield and burial ground.
In Michigan the UP is beautiful! I prefer to travel up US-23 to the mackinaw bridge and over. There are great state parks all along the shoreline and lighthouses to tour. Many small all american towns and not nearly as "touristy" as the west side of the state. I think Mackinac Mills campground is on the lake also with a spectacular view of the bridge and mackinaw island....which by the way is an absolute must. Take the ferry to the island and spend the whole day. No cars just bikes and horses and buggies. A real piece of american treasure. Don't leave out a boat tour of Pictured Rocks in the U.P.
BTW....taking the Nashville route vs. I-75 is about a 30 minute difference in time between Michigan and Florida. Done it both ways, straight up 75 and the detour to Nashville then back up to 75 or I-69
From Michigan:
Nashville..great place to spend a few days on the ride down. Grand Ole Opry, Opry Mills, and downtown honkey tonks, General Lee dinner cruise.. Music Valley Drive has 3 nice campgrounds. Two Rivers, KOA and Jellystone. Shuttles from all three to the major attractions.
Next we shoot over to the Knoxville area: Dollywood for the kids, lots of touristy stuff but also great hiking and touring in the mountains and foothills....many many campgrounds.
One year we went Memphis to Nashville to Florida.
In Kentucky you can stop at one of the many caves in the area for a day trip and many of them have campgrounds adjacent or very near. Mammoth cave is cool and so is the one you take a boat thru...can't remember the name.
Chattanooga has a great aquarium and a trip up to Rock City is worth it while your there. I think the campground we stayed at was Holliday which is on a civil war battlefield and burial ground.
In Michigan the UP is beautiful! I prefer to travel up US-23 to the mackinaw bridge and over. There are great state parks all along the shoreline and lighthouses to tour. Many small all american towns and not nearly as "touristy" as the west side of the state. I think Mackinac Mills campground is on the lake also with a spectacular view of the bridge and mackinaw island....which by the way is an absolute must. Take the ferry to the island and spend the whole day. No cars just bikes and horses and buggies. A real piece of american treasure. Don't leave out a boat tour of Pictured Rocks in the U.P.
BTW....taking the Nashville route vs. I-75 is about a 30 minute difference in time between Michigan and Florida. Done it both ways, straight up 75 and the detour to Nashville then back up to 75 or I-69
