Top 6 trips from Santa Monica to San Francisco
Santa Monica to San Francisco
starting from Santa Monica →
22 minutes → Griffith Observatory
1.5 hours → Grapevine
47 minutes → Buck Owens' Crystal Palace
57 minutes → Lost Hills
1 hour → Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant
1.5 hours → Pea Soup Andersen's
53 minutes → Modesto
54 minutes → Livermore
54 minutes → San Francisco
22 minutes → Griffith Observatory
1.5 hours → Grapevine
47 minutes → Buck Owens' Crystal Palace
57 minutes → Lost Hills
1 hour → Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant
1.5 hours → Pea Soup Andersen's
53 minutes → Modesto
54 minutes → Livermore
54 minutes → San Francisco
9 hours of driving
Santa Monica to San Francisco via Monterey
starting from Santa Monica →
2 hours → Bakersfield
57 minutes → Lost Hills
1.5 hours → Paso Robles
2.5 hours → Monterey
2 hours → San Francisco
2 hours → Bakersfield
57 minutes → Lost Hills
1.5 hours → Paso Robles
2.5 hours → Monterey
2 hours → San Francisco
7.5 hours of driving
Santa Monica to San Francisco via Monterey
starting from Santa Monica →
43 minutes → Six Flags Magic Mountain
2 hours → Buttonwillow
1.5 hours → Paso Robles
2.5 hours → Monterey
2 hours → San Francisco
43 minutes → Six Flags Magic Mountain
2 hours → Buttonwillow
1.5 hours → Paso Robles
2.5 hours → Monterey
2 hours → San Francisco
8 hours of driving
Santa Monica to San Francisco via Pismo Beach
starting from Santa Monica →
38 minutes → Malibu
2.5 hours → Pismo Beach
2.5 hours → Monterey
1.5 hours → San Jose
54 minutes → San Francisco
38 minutes → Malibu
2.5 hours → Pismo Beach
2.5 hours → Monterey
1.5 hours → San Jose
54 minutes → San Francisco
8 hours of driving
Santa Monica to San Francisco via Santa Barbara
starting from Santa Monica →
1.5 hours → Santa Barbara
2.5 hours → Cambria
2 hours → Pinnacles National Park
2.5 hours → Monterey
1.5 hours → San Jose
54 minutes → San Francisco
1.5 hours → Santa Barbara
2.5 hours → Cambria
2 hours → Pinnacles National Park
2.5 hours → Monterey
1.5 hours → San Jose
54 minutes → San Francisco
10 hours of driving
Santa Monica to San Francisco via Montecito
starting from Santa Monica →
1.5 hours → Montecito
2.5 hours → Cambria
2 hours → Pinnacles National Park
2.5 hours → Monterey
1.5 hours → San Jose
54 minutes → San Francisco
1.5 hours → Montecito
2.5 hours → Cambria
2 hours → Pinnacles National Park
2.5 hours → Monterey
1.5 hours → San Jose
54 minutes → San Francisco
10 hours of driving
Explore alternate routes from Santa Monica to San Francisco, or you can get reverse directions from San Francisco to Santa Monica.
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road conditions from Santa Monica to San Francisco. Check out other stops like Monterey, Pismo Beach (California), Santa Barbara, or Montecito. Try starting your trip from Burbank (California), Culver City, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, West Hollywood, Hermosa Beach, Venice Beach, Hollywood, or Marina Del Rey. You can also change your destination to Mill Valley (California), Oakland, San Mateo, Sausalito, Tiburon, Berkeley, Pacifica, Stinson Beach, or Muir Beach.
