The 2027 RV Almanac
Plan your whole 2027,
one state at a time
PickRV
The small team behind PickRV
What is the 2027 RV Almanac?
The 2027 RV Almanac plans an entire year for each of the 50 states — a month-by-month spine of prime, shoulder and quiet RV windows, each state's signature natural phenomenon, its flagship dated events with an honest book-by, and its national-park reservation windows. Every window traces to an official source; nothing is invented.
- ·Month-by-month: prime, shoulder and quiet RV windows
- ·Each state's signature natural phenomenon, with its source
- ·Flagship events with an honest book-by · park reservation windows
How each year is built
Composed from sourced data — never guessed
The seasonal calendar
NOAA-referenced weather and activity notes for every state and month set the prime, shoulder and quiet verdicts.
Natural phenomena
Thirteen registries — foliage, meteor showers, aurora, salmon runs and more — each ships its own official citation and verbatim window.
The event registry
Dated, sourced events drive the flagship picks. Book-by is arithmetic from each event's own lead time — never a promise.
Park reservation windows
National Park Service reservation systems and rig-length limits, quoted straight from the park pages.
The fifty
Every state's 2027
Pick a state to open its full year — the signature phenomenon up top, then twelve months of when to go and what to book.
Pacific
Alaska
AKAurora over the Interior + counted salmon runs
May–Sep5 flagships · 6 parksOpen Alaska's 2027California
CASuperbloom country
Mar–May, Sep–Nov5 flagships · 9 parksOpen California's 2027Hawaii
HIHumpback winter on the breeding grounds
Apr–Oct2 flagships · 2 parksOpen Hawaii's 2027Nevada
NVSanctuary-dark meteor nights
Mar–May, Sep–Nov5 flagships · 1 parkOpen Nevada's 2027Oregon
ORThe minus-tide almanac
May–Oct4 flagships · 1 parkOpen Oregon's 2027Washington
WAOrca water: the Salish Sea
May–Oct2 flagships · 3 parksOpen Washington's 2027
Rockies
Colorado
COAspen gold + the La Junta tarantula trek
Jun–Sep5 flagships · 4 parksOpen Colorado's 2027Idaho
IDGold-tier darkness: the Central Idaho reserve
Jun–Sep1 flagshipOpen Idaho's 2027Montana
MTAurora nights, with a totality on the books
Jun–Sep4 flagships · 1 parkOpen Montana's 2027Utah
UTThe dark-sky capital
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct5 flagships · 5 parksOpen Utah's 2027Wyoming
WYElk rut bugling under the Tetons
Jun–Sep4 flagships · 2 parksOpen Wyoming's 2027
Southwest
Plains
Iowa
IAThe monarch front crossing
May–Oct2 flagshipsOpen Iowa's 2027Kansas
KSThe monarch front over the Flint Hills
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct1 flagshipOpen Kansas's 2027Minnesota
MNThe lower 48's aurora front row
May–Sep4 flagships · 1 parkOpen Minnesota's 2027Missouri
MOThe monarch front crossing
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct5 flagshipsOpen Missouri's 2027Nebraska
NEThe crane clock on the Platte
May–Oct1 flagshipOpen Nebraska's 2027North Dakota
NDTop-of-the-lower-48 aurora odds
May–Sep0 flagships · 1 parkOpen North Dakota's 2027Oklahoma
OKThe monarch funnel
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct2 flagshipsOpen Oklahoma's 2027South Dakota
SDBadlands dark sky + storm-night aurora
May–Sep3 flagships · 3 parksOpen South Dakota's 2027
Great Lakes
Illinois
ILThe monarch front crossing
May–Oct5 flagshipsOpen Illinois's 2027Indiana
INCrane staging at Jasper-Pulaski
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct5 flagships · 1 parkOpen Indiana's 2027Michigan
MIAurora at the Headlands
May–Oct5 flagships · 1 parkOpen Michigan's 2027Ohio
OHWarbler peak at Magee Marsh
May–Oct3 flagships · 1 parkOpen Ohio's 2027Wisconsin
WIAurora over the Door Peninsula
May–Oct4 flagshipsOpen Wisconsin's 2027
South
Alabama
ALTrans-Gulf spring fallout at Dauphin Island
Mar–May, Sep–Nov4 flagshipsOpen Alabama's 2027Arkansas
ARMeteor nights over Buffalo National River
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct0 flagships · 1 parkOpen Arkansas's 2027Florida
FLManatee winters, glowing lagoons, scallop summers
Jan–Apr, Nov–Dec5 flagships · 3 parksOpen Florida's 2027Georgia
GALoggerhead nesting on the barrier islands
Mar–May, Sep–Nov4 flagshipsOpen Georgia's 2027Kentucky
KYMeteor nights over Mammoth Cave
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct4 flagships · 1 parkOpen Kentucky's 2027Louisiana
LAGrand Isle spring fallout
Jan–May, Oct–Dec5 flagshipsOpen Louisiana's 2027Mississippi
MSCoastal spring migration — an honest seasonal window
Mar–May, Oct–Nov0 flagshipsOpen Mississippi's 2027North Carolina
NCBlue ghost fireflies of the Blue Ridge
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct4 flagshipsOpen North Carolina's 2027South Carolina
SCSynchronous fireflies at Congaree
Mar–May, Sep–Nov1 flagship · 1 parkOpen South Carolina's 2027Tennessee
TNThe Elkmont synchronous fireflies
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct5 flagships · 1 parkOpen Tennessee's 2027Texas
TXThe monarch funnel through Hill Country
Mar–May, Oct–Nov5 flagships · 2 parksOpen Texas's 2027
Mid-Atlantic
Delaware
DEHorseshoe crab spawn on Delaware Bay
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct1 flagshipOpen Delaware's 2027Maryland
MDCherry blossom, played as a basecamp
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct2 flagshipsOpen Maryland's 2027New Jersey
NJThe Cape May Hawkwatch
May–Oct0 flagshipsOpen New Jersey's 2027New York
NYAdirondack + Catskill legs of the chase lane
May–Oct5 flagshipsOpen New York's 2027Pennsylvania
PACherry Springs meteor nights
May–Oct1 flagshipOpen Pennsylvania's 2027Virginia
VAThe Chincoteague pony swim
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct2 flagships · 1 parkOpen Virginia's 2027West Virginia
WVNew River Gorge foliage + Bridge Day
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct1 flagship · 1 parkOpen West Virginia's 2027
New England
Connecticut
CTThe foliage front through the Litchfield Hills
May–Oct0 flagshipsOpen Connecticut's 2027Maine
METhe foliage front, reported by foresters
Jun–Sep3 flagships · 1 parkOpen Maine's 2027Massachusetts
MAWhale season on Stellwagen Bank
May–Oct1 flagshipOpen Massachusetts's 2027New Hampshire
NHThe Kancamagus leg of the foliage chase
May–Oct1 flagshipOpen New Hampshire's 2027Rhode Island
RIExtreme tides at Beavertail + Newport — an honest seasonal window
May–Oct2 flagshipsOpen Rhode Island's 2027Vermont
VTWhere the foliage front begins
May–Oct3 flagshipsOpen Vermont's 2027
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