Top 9 trips from Santa Cruz to Santa Monica

Santa Cruz to Santa Monica
starting from Santa Cruz
47 minutes → Monterey
1.5 hours → Pinnacles National Park
1.5 hours → Paso Robles
1 hour → Lost Hills
57 minutes → Buck Owens' Crystal Palace
47 minutes → Grapevine
57 minutes → Six Flags Magic Mountain
43 minutes → Santa Monica
8.5 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Santa Monica via San Luis Obispo
starting from Santa Cruz
47 minutes → Monterey
2.5 hours → San Luis Obispo
3.5 hours → Santa Monica





6.5 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Santa Monica via Cambria
starting from Santa Cruz
3 hours → Cambria
2 hours → Santa Barbara
1.5 hours → Santa Monica





6.5 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Santa Monica via San Luis Obispo
starting from Santa Cruz
47 minutes → Monterey
2.5 hours → San Luis Obispo
1 hour → Malibu
39 minutes → Santa Monica




6.5 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Santa Monica via Morro Bay
starting from Santa Cruz
47 minutes → Monterey
2.5 hours → Morro Bay
2 hours → Santa Barbara
1.5 hours → Santa Monica




7 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Santa Monica via Cambria
starting from Santa Cruz
3 hours → Cambria
2 hours → Santa Barbara
1 hour → Malibu
39 minutes → Santa Monica




7 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Santa Monica via Morro Bay
starting from Santa Cruz
47 minutes → Monterey
2.5 hours → Morro Bay
2 hours → Santa Barbara
1 hour → Malibu
39 minutes → Santa Monica



7 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Santa Monica via Big Sur
starting from Santa Cruz
1.5 hours → Big Sur
2.5 hours → San Luis Obispo
2 hours → Santa Barbara
1.5 hours → Santa Monica




7.5 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Santa Monica via Big Sur
starting from Santa Cruz
1.5 hours → Big Sur
3 hours → Pismo Beach
55 minutes → Solvang
1 hour → Malibu
39 minutes → Santa Monica



8 hours of driving

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Explore alternate routes from Santa Cruz to Santa Monica, or you can get reverse directions from Santa Monica to Santa Cruz. Don't forget to factor in the weather. You can check the road conditions from Santa Cruz to Santa Monica. Check out other stops like San Luis Obispo, Cambria, Morro Bay, or Big Sur. Try starting your trip from Aptos, Ben Lomond, Brookdale, Davenport (California), Rio del Mar, Scotts Valley, Capitola, Boulder Creek, or Bonny Doon. You can also change your destination to Burbank (California), Culver City, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, West Hollywood, Hermosa Beach, Venice Beach, Hollywood, or Marina Del Rey.