CULTURE & TRAVEL

Best Driving Vacations 2024: Four Essential Road Trips Within a Day’s Drive of Columbus

Explore Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, take a “circle tour” of Lake Erie, visit Civil War battlefields and admire the work of world-renowned architects in Columbus, Indiana.

Kevin J. Elliott, Jill Moorhead and Steve Stephens
Columbus Monthly
Rocky outcroppings define the Lake Superior shoreline of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising, Michigan. Grand Island is shown in the distance.

This year’s edition of our annual travel guide focuses on the crème de la crème—vital, accessible and unforgettable voyages that every Central Ohio resident should put on their bucket list.

From a circle tour of “our Great Lake” to the architectural wonders of a modernist sister city three hours away, these four extraordinary adventures are wonderful ways to widen your horizons in 2024.

Explore the Northern Shore of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Take a Battlefield Tour of Pennsylvania and Maryland

Go on the Ultimate Full-Circle Adventure Around Lake Erie

Columbus, Indiana, Offers Worldly Architecture and Small-Town Charm

This story is from the Best Driving Vacations package in the February 2024 issue of Columbus Monthly.