Weekend trips from Columbus
For any of these trips, you could visit just the first or second destination if you want to do less driving and spend more time in the area.
The longest trip is about 28 hours of total driving, so you may want to plan to do this over a long weekend.
Trip idea #1: Columbus → Cleveland → Pittsburgh → Columbus
leave Columbus on Friday
33 minutes → Johnstown
44 minutes → Mount Gilead
37 minutes → Shelby
55 minutes → Wooster
57 minutes → Swensons (7 Hills) Drive In Restaurants
19 minutes → Cleveland (stay Friday night)
33 minutes → Johnstown
44 minutes → Mount Gilead
37 minutes → Shelby
55 minutes → Wooster
57 minutes → Swensons (7 Hills) Drive In Restaurants
19 minutes → Cleveland (stay Friday night)
4 hours of driving
Cleveland to Pittsburgh
leave Cleveland on Saturday
38 minutes → Streetsboro
48 minutes → Youngstown
1 hour → Kentuck Knob
17 minutes → Pittsburgh (stay Saturday night)
38 minutes → Streetsboro
48 minutes → Youngstown
1 hour → Kentuck Knob
17 minutes → Pittsburgh (stay Saturday night)
3 hours of driving
Pittsburgh to Columbus
leave Pittsburgh on Sunday
1 hour → Strip District
55 minutes → Saint Clairsville
38 minutes → The Rock Café
52 minutes → Zanesville
5 minutes → Columbus (back home)
1 hour → Strip District
55 minutes → Saint Clairsville
38 minutes → The Rock Café
52 minutes → Zanesville
5 minutes → Columbus (back home)
3.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 10.5 hours of driving.
Trip idea #2: Columbus → Baltimore → Charlotte → Columbus
leave Columbus on Friday
52 minutes → Zanesville
1.5 hours → Wheeling
57 minutes → Monongahela
48 minutes → Fallingwater
48 minutes → Frostburg
50 minutes → Sideling Hill
1 hour → Frederick
52 minutes → Baltimore (stay Friday night)
52 minutes → Zanesville
1.5 hours → Wheeling
57 minutes → Monongahela
48 minutes → Fallingwater
48 minutes → Frostburg
50 minutes → Sideling Hill
1 hour → Frederick
52 minutes → Baltimore (stay Friday night)
7.5 hours of driving
Baltimore to Charlotte
leave Baltimore on Saturday
58 minutes → Washington, DC
1 hour → Fredericksburg
1 hour → Richmond
2 hours → Kerr Lake
60 minutes → Durham
1 hour → Archdale
1.5 hours → Charlotte (stay Saturday night)
58 minutes → Washington, DC
1 hour → Fredericksburg
1 hour → Richmond
2 hours → Kerr Lake
60 minutes → Durham
1 hour → Archdale
1.5 hours → Charlotte (stay Saturday night)
8.5 hours of driving
Charlotte to Columbus
leave Charlotte on Sunday
1.5 hours → Mooresville
1.5 hours → Fort Chiswell
1 hour → Beckley
1 hour → Charleston
1 hour → Gallipolis
1 hour → Walnut Creek Campground & Resort
35 minutes → Columbus (back home)
1.5 hours → Mooresville
1.5 hours → Fort Chiswell
1 hour → Beckley
1 hour → Charleston
1 hour → Gallipolis
1 hour → Walnut Creek Campground & Resort
35 minutes → Columbus (back home)
8 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 24 hours of driving.
Trip idea #3: Columbus → Asheville → St. Louis → Columbus
leave Columbus on Friday
1 hour → Walnut Creek Campground & Resort
1.5 hours → Huntington
43 minutes → Wheelersburg
2 hours → Prestonsburg
1.5 hours → Wise
1.5 hours → Johnson City
1 hour → Asheville (stay Friday night)
1 hour → Walnut Creek Campground & Resort
1.5 hours → Huntington
43 minutes → Wheelersburg
2 hours → Prestonsburg
1.5 hours → Wise
1.5 hours → Johnson City
1 hour → Asheville (stay Friday night)
9 hours of driving
Asheville to St. Louis
leave Asheville on Saturday
1.5 hours → Gatlinburg
2 hours → Crossville
2 hours → Nashville
53 minutes → Clarksville
1.5 hours → Paducah
1.5 hours → Mount Vernon
1 hour → St. Louis (stay Saturday night)
1.5 hours → Gatlinburg
2 hours → Crossville
2 hours → Nashville
53 minutes → Clarksville
1.5 hours → Paducah
1.5 hours → Mount Vernon
1 hour → St. Louis (stay Saturday night)
11 hours of driving
St. Louis to Columbus
leave St. Louis on Sunday
1 hour → Old 66
1.5 hours → Altamont
1.5 hours → Terre Haute
1.5 hours → Indianapolis
49 minutes → Richmond
1 hour → Dayton
53 minutes → Columbus (back home)
1 hour → Old 66
1.5 hours → Altamont
1.5 hours → Terre Haute
1.5 hours → Indianapolis
49 minutes → Richmond
1 hour → Dayton
53 minutes → Columbus (back home)
8 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 28 hours of driving.
Discover weekend getaways from Columbus and explore
places that are easily drivable for a short 3-day trip or a longer weekend
if there's a holiday or you can get time off. Once you've picked a
destination, you can search for alternate routes that might have more
interesting stops along the way. If you're looking for all of the
possible destinations, try searching for a radius of
50 miles from Columbus up to 200 miles from Columbus or anything in between. If you don't have enough time for a
long weekend, try searching for day trips from Columbus, or you can make Columbus your destination instead. If you have more time, you can plan a drive from Columbus to West Virginia.
