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re: Frustrated with lack of long weekend trip ideas for family.
Posted on 1/6/24 at 6:28 pm to ned nederlander
Posted on 1/6/24 at 6:28 pm to ned nederlander
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Maybe Oklahoma City.
Ozark mountains are beautiful and a lot less than 6 hours away.
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Posted on 1/6/24 at 7:08 pm to Paul Allen
Second San Antonio or Hill Country.
It’s about 2 hrs longer but it’s worth it.
Everything you’ve just described you can get in San Antonio, New Braunfels, or Austin.
It’s about 2 hrs longer but it’s worth it.
Everything you’ve just described you can get in San Antonio, New Braunfels, or Austin.
Posted on 1/6/24 at 8:31 pm to H2O Tiger
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the Texas Hill Country are a little over 7 hours
Wimberley (just picking a random hill country spot) is all of 530 miles from New Orleans. That’s around 7.5 hours without stopping and minimal traffic.
With a stop and Houston area traffic, it is more than likely 8 hours or a little over it.
Posted on 1/6/24 at 9:54 pm to Paul Allen
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Maybe Oklahoma City. Ozark mountains are beautiful and a lot less than 6 hours away.
I’d probably rather the gulf coast beaches than the ozarks.
But 6 hours also gets people in OKC to Dallas metroplex, Austin, Kansas City, Tulsa.
So probably advantage OKC.
Part of the New Orleans problem. Half our radius is ocean
Posted on 1/6/24 at 10:24 pm to ned nederlander
Oklahoma City is over 10 hours away from New Orleans
Posted on 1/6/24 at 11:27 pm to Dandaman
Natchez.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 6:30 am to H2O Tiger
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Hot Springs would be in range.
Was going to be my suggestion. It's about 7.5 hours though.
But a fair bit to do. There's lake activities, decent restaurants, magic springs, bath houses and breweries, etc.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 6:53 am to Paul Allen
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Move to northern Georgia
Please don’t.
To the OP, why not Ark? Beautiful areas there.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 9:21 am to Puffoluffagus
It's really not feasible to drive 6-8 hours for a long weekend kind of trip like this, especially with kids. It sucks to spend that much time driving and such little time having fun.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 11:19 am to notiger1997
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It's really not feasible to drive 6-8 hours for a long weekend kind of trip like this, especially with kids
Yea agree. I don't do longer than 4-5hours if driving with my kids, and thats for any vacation
. Any longer and we're flying. 
Posted on 1/7/24 at 3:17 pm to baldona
yes lake conroe.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 4:24 pm to Dandaman
Chattanooga Tennessee
Posted on 1/7/24 at 5:59 pm to LSUfan4444
New Orleans airport has direct flights to anywhere you want to go
Use them and it’s probably a cheaper trip
Use them and it’s probably a cheaper trip
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:43 am to TomRollTideRitter
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What about Great Wolf Lodge
This checks the nasty/trashy box
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:43 am to LSUfan4444
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Chattanooga Tennessee
Actually thinking about heading here for Mardi Gras trip
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:34 am to nicholastiger
I rarely drive for any trip longer than 5 hours these days, but I get what the OP is asking. First, if you have a family of 5 flying definitely is not cheaper. Second, travel time flying door to final destination vs 6-7 hr driving time is pretty comparable for a family trip, especially if you have kids and need to get a rental car.
Lots of great options in 7-8 hr drive range including mountains, lakes, amusement parks, historic sites, pretty much everything but desert and snow skiing. And for those saying NO has a crappy location, maybe, but I bet most of the US would love to be within 6 hours of world class beaches and warm water you can swim in 8 months of the year.
Lots of great options in 7-8 hr drive range including mountains, lakes, amusement parks, historic sites, pretty much everything but desert and snow skiing. And for those saying NO has a crappy location, maybe, but I bet most of the US would love to be within 6 hours of world class beaches and warm water you can swim in 8 months of the year.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 3:56 pm to Dandaman
Holmes Creek area between I10 and Panama City is awesome. A bunch of beautiful natural, blue springs. Some great kayaking/paddle board/canoeing to be had, and some neat state parks in the area like Florida Caverns State Park, Falling Waters State Park, Econfina Water Management Area, etc. You can even hit Blackwater River State Park in between NOLA and there.
Some photos I've taken:
Ponce De Leon Springs
Morrison Springs
Some photos I've taken:
Ponce De Leon Springs
Morrison Springs
Posted on 1/9/24 at 4:06 pm to Funky Tide 8
The problem with living on the coast is instead of 360 degrees of travel options by car you only have 180* or so. So yes fewer options OP, and the geography in the south is not as diverse as some other areas for sure. It is what it is.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:00 am to baldona
It’s actually one of the big reasons I left NOLA. Sure NOLA is great but there’s genuinely nothing around it. Nothing else in Louisiana or the lower 2/3 of Alabama and Mississippi. Nothing in Arkansas except for the Ozarks in NW Arkansas. Dallas and Houston aren’t really tourist cities and while there is San Antonio and the Hill Country that’s more than 6 hours away.
NOLA when you think about it really is isolated. I second the recommendation that there are some great state parks in the Florida Panhandle. De Leon Springs, Florida Caverns State Park, Torreya State Park and even Wakulla Springs and Alfred Maclay Gardens as you go east into Tallahassee.
Florida Caverns and Torreya are still recovering from Hurricane Michael but are still good places to visit. There’s genuinely more to Florida than just the beach and 30a.
NOLA when you think about it really is isolated. I second the recommendation that there are some great state parks in the Florida Panhandle. De Leon Springs, Florida Caverns State Park, Torreya State Park and even Wakulla Springs and Alfred Maclay Gardens as you go east into Tallahassee.
Florida Caverns and Torreya are still recovering from Hurricane Michael but are still good places to visit. There’s genuinely more to Florida than just the beach and 30a.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 10:01 am
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