starting from Venice Beach → 46 minutes → Six Flags Magic Mountain 1.5 hours → Bakersfield 49 minutes → Lost Hills 3 hours → Carmel By the Sea 2 hours → San Francisco
starting from Culver City → 1 hour → Ventura 1 hour → Solvang 58 minutes → Pismo Beach 1 hour → Hearst Castle 1 hour → Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 21 minutes → Big Sur 47 minutes → Monterey 49 minutes → Santa Cruz 45 minutes → San Jose 54 minutes → San Francisco 5 minutes → Mill Valley
starting from Culver City → 1 hour → Ventura 1 hour → Solvang 58 minutes → Pismo Beach 1 hour → Hearst Castle 1 hour → Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 21 minutes → Big Sur 47 minutes → Monterey 40 minutes → San Juan Bautista 45 minutes → San Jose 58 minutes → Berkeley 27 minutes → Oakland