Pacific Coast Highway: San Francisco to Los Angeles in 6 days
USA · 6 Days
The coast road you do not shorten: from San Francisco via Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz to Monterey, through Big Sur with Bixby Creek Bridge and McWay Falls, past the elephant seals of Piedras Blancas to Hearst Castle, on via Morro Bay and Santa Barbara to Malibu and Santa Monica. 727 kilometres in six days – the 150 between Monterey and San Simeon take up a whole one.
A sample route to look at. If you copy it, your own copy lands in your plans – there you can change days, stops and order.
Dashed line: detour to a stop away from the route (there and back).
1 Day 1
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09:00San Francisco Start
- Right on your way.
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12:00Car · 49 km · 42 min
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12:42Half Moon Bay
- Right on your way.
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14:12Car · 78 km · 1 h 7 min
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15:19Santa Cruz
- Right on your way.
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Carriage Acres Mobile Home Park 7 km
- Cotillion Garden RV Park 8 km
- Smithwoods RV Park 8 km
2 Day 2
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08:01Car · 69 km · 59 min
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09:00Monterey
- Right on your way.
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12:00Car · 7 km · 6 min
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12:06Carmel-by-the-Sea
- Right on your way.
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14:06Car · 7 km · 6 min
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14:12Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
- Right on your way.
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16:12Car · 20 km · 17 min
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16:29Bixby Creek Bridge
- Right on your way.
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17:14Car · 17 km · 15 min
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17:29Big Sur Village
- Overnight – day 2 ends here after 120 km.
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Montery Pines RV Campground 25 km · 37 sites OpenStreetMap
- Monterey Fairgrounds RV Park 25 km OpenStreetMap
- White Oaks Campground 30 km · USDA Forest Service · 8 sites · RVs up to 30 ft (9,1 m) Recreation.gov
3 Day 3
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Continue from hotel: Big Sur Village
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08:42Car · 21 km · 18 min
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09:00McWay Falls
- Right on your way.
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10:00Car · 93 km · 1 h 20 min
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11:20Hearst Castle
A sprawling estate with lavish interiors and Mediterranean-style architecture on the California coast, built from 1919 onward. Written by Claude from Wikidata facts
- Well known: Wikipedia articles in 28 languages.
- Right on your way.
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14:20Car · 14 km · 12 min
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14:32San Simeon
- Overnight – day 3 ends here after 128 km.
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Bella Vista Mobile Lodge 35 km
- Plaskett Creek Campground 37 km · USDA Forest Service · 46 sites · RVs up to 50 ft (15,2 m) Recreation.gov
- Ponderosa Campground 40 km · USDA Forest Service · 23 sites · RVs up to 40 ft (12,2 m) Recreation.gov
4 Day 4
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Continue from hotel: San Simeon
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08:24Car · 42 km · 36 min
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09:00Morro Bay
- Right on your way.
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11:00Car · 41 km · 35 min
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11:35Pismo Beach
- Right on your way.
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13:05Car · 48 km · 41 min
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13:46Nipomo
- Overnight – day 4 ends here after 131 km.
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Pismo Creek R.V. 2 km
- Holiday RV Park 2 km OpenStreetMap
- Cerro Alto Campground 32 km · USDA Forest Service · 22 sites · RVs up to 35 ft (10,7 m) Recreation.gov
5 Day 5
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Continue from hotel: Nipomo
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07:24Car · 112 km · 1 h 36 min
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09:00Santa Barbara
- Right on your way.
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13:00Car · 19 km · 16 min
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13:16Summerland
- Overnight – day 5 ends here after 131 km.
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Santa Barbara Sunrise RV Park 4 km OpenStreetMap
- Sage Hill 14 km · USDA Forest Service · 5 sites Recreation.gov
- Upper Oso Campground 15 km · USDA Forest Service · 19 sites · RVs up to 32 ft (9,8 m) Recreation.gov
6 Day 6
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Continue from hotel: Summerland
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07:26Car · 109 km · 1 h 34 min
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09:00Malibu
- Right on your way.
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11:00Car · 22 km · 19 min
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11:19Santa Monica Destination
- Right on your way.
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Dockweiler RV Park 11 km
- Malibu Creek Group Camp Site 23 km OpenStreetMap
- Circle X Ranch Group Campground 43 km · National Park Service · 1 sites Recreation.gov
Campgrounds: recreation.gov (RIDB) · Parks Canada, contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)