Here's a sample itinerary for a camping drive from New Orleans to Pensacola in your RV. If you're planning a road trip to Pensacola, you can research locations to stop along the way. Make sure you check road conditions to double check the weather. Find the best RV parks, campgrounds, hotels, restaurants, and attractions based on the most talked about places recommended by Trippy members and AllStays. Scroll down to see all the RV campgrounds along the way.
10:00 am start in New Orleans
drive for about 54 minutes
10:54 am Honey Island Swamp
stay for about 1 hour
and leave at 11:54 am
drive for about 37 minutes
12:30 pm Bay Saint Louis
eat at Lazy Magnolia Brewery
stay for about 1 hour
and leave at 1:30 pm
drive for about 2.5 hours
4:09 pm Gulf Shores
stay for about 1 hour
and leave at 5:09 pm
drive for about 54 minutes
6:02 pm arrive in Pensacola
eat at Big O's Seafood Grill
stay at Luxury RV Resort
driving ≈ 5 hours
Honey Island Swamp (5 mentions)
hotels around Honey Island Swamp:
Microtel Inn & Suites Pearl River
Slidell Regency Inn
Value Travel Inn
Deluxe Motel
Motel 6 New Orleans Slidell
La Quinta Inn New Orleans Slidell
Candlewood Suites Slidell Northshore
La Quinta Inn & Suites Slidell - North Shore Area
Bay Saint Louis
Hancock RV Park (1 mention)
Bay St Louis RV Park and Campground (1 mention)
Hollywood Casino RV Park (1 mention)
Hollywood Casino Overflow Lot (1 mention)
Bay Marina RV Park (1 mention)
Pass Christian RV Park (1 mention)
Buccaneer State Park (1 mention)
Silver Slipper Casino RV Park (1 mention)
Bay Hide Away RV Park And Campground (1 mention)
RV Park At Menge (1 mention)
restaurants around Bay Saint Louis:
Lazy Magnolia Brewery
hotels around Bay Saint Louis:
Hollywood Casino RV Park
Coast Inn Waveland
Bay Marina & RV Park
Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Diamondhead
Diamondhead Resort
Bay Hide Away RV & Camping Resort
questions about Bay Saint Louis:
Things to do in Bay St. Louis
Gulf Shores (5 answers)
Luxury RV Resort (1 mention)
Island Retreat RV Park (1 mention)
Docs RV Park (1 mention)
South Port Campground (1 mention)
Gulf State Park (1 mention)
Gulf Coast RV Park (1 mention)
Lazy Lake RV Park (1 mention)
Gulf Breeze RV Resort (1 mention)
Buena Vista Coastal RV Resort (1 mention)
Pandion Ridge RV Resort (1 mention)
restaurants around Gulf Shores:
Big O's Seafood Grill
hotels around Gulf Shores:
Luxury RV Resort
Country Hearth Inn Gulf Shores
Days Inn Gulf Shores
Microtel Inn & Suites Gulf Shores
Gulf Coast RV Park
Staybridge Suites Gulf Shores
Gulf Breeze Resort
Doc's RV Park
questions about Gulf Shores:
Good restaurant with a great view near Fort Morgan
Are you going straight to a hotel, or looking for a vacation rental or Airbnb?
The best resource on neighborhoods, areas, and hotels is the Trippy page on where to stay in Pensacola.
If you're looking for a quick answer, you can check out Luxury RV Resort.
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Need some recommendations on somewhere to get food?
GoPetFriendly suggests Big O's Seafood Grill.
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This section could be endless, so rather than trying to suggest every local activity or attraction, we'll leave it open-ended.
These are some of the places people talk about on AllStays:
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Want to plan the trip back? Get the reverse directions for a Pensacola to New Orleans drive in an RV, or go to the main page to plan a new road trip.
You can also compare the travel time if you're flying or driving by calculating the distance from New Orleans to Pensacola. Or get a full New Orleans to Pensacola flight plan.
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