Weekend trips from Monterey
For any of these trips, you could visit just the first or second destination if you want to do less driving and spend more time in the area.
Trip idea #1: Monterey → Morro Bay → Los Angeles → Monterey
leave Monterey on Friday
1.5 hours → Pinnacles National Park
32 minutes → King City
50 minutes → Paso Robles
28 minutes → San Luis Obispo
18 minutes → Morro Bay (stay Friday night)
1.5 hours → Pinnacles National Park
32 minutes → King City
50 minutes → Paso Robles
28 minutes → San Luis Obispo
18 minutes → Morro Bay (stay Friday night)
3.5 hours of driving
Morro Bay to Los Angeles
leave Morro Bay on Saturday
1.5 hours → Solvang
43 minutes → Santa Barbara
30 minutes → Ventura
46 minutes → Malibu
56 minutes → Los Angeles (stay Saturday night)
1.5 hours → Solvang
43 minutes → Santa Barbara
30 minutes → Ventura
46 minutes → Malibu
56 minutes → Los Angeles (stay Saturday night)
4.5 hours of driving
Los Angeles to Monterey
leave Los Angeles on Sunday
2 hours → Universal Studios Hollywood
49 minutes → Bakersfield
54 minutes → Lost Hills
45 minutes → Parkfield
50 minutes → Paso Robles
1 hour → King City
17 minutes → Monterey (back home)
2 hours → Universal Studios Hollywood
49 minutes → Bakersfield
54 minutes → Lost Hills
45 minutes → Parkfield
50 minutes → Paso Robles
1 hour → King City
17 minutes → Monterey (back home)
7 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 15 hours of driving.
Trip idea #2: Monterey → Laguna Beach → Santa Monica → Monterey
leave Monterey on Friday
1 hour → King City
50 minutes → Paso Robles
1 hour → Lost Hills
49 minutes → Bakersfield
2 hours → Griffith Observatory
1 hour → Laguna Beach (stay Friday night)
1 hour → King City
50 minutes → Paso Robles
1 hour → Lost Hills
49 minutes → Bakersfield
2 hours → Griffith Observatory
1 hour → Laguna Beach (stay Friday night)
7 hours of driving
Laguna Beach to Santa Monica
leave Laguna Beach on Saturday
23 minutes → Costa Mesa
16 minutes → Little Saigon
17 minutes → Naples
23 minutes → Torrance
17 minutes → In-N-Out Burger
11 minutes → Culver City
11 minutes → Santa Monica (stay Saturday night)
23 minutes → Costa Mesa
16 minutes → Little Saigon
17 minutes → Naples
23 minutes → Torrance
17 minutes → In-N-Out Burger
11 minutes → Culver City
11 minutes → Santa Monica (stay Saturday night)
2 hours of driving
Santa Monica to Monterey
leave Santa Monica on Sunday
1.5 hours → Burbank
49 minutes → Bakersfield
1 hour → Lost Hills
50 minutes → Paso Robles
1 hour → King City
37 minutes → Monterey (back home)
1.5 hours → Burbank
49 minutes → Bakersfield
1 hour → Lost Hills
50 minutes → Paso Robles
1 hour → King City
37 minutes → Monterey (back home)
6.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 15.5 hours of driving.
Trip idea #3: Monterey → Venice Beach → Santa Barbara → Monterey
leave Monterey on Friday
1 hour → King City
50 minutes → Paso Robles
45 minutes → Parkfield
54 minutes → Lost Hills
49 minutes → Bakersfield
2 hours → Universal Studios Hollywood
23 minutes → Venice Beach (stay Friday night)
1 hour → King City
50 minutes → Paso Robles
45 minutes → Parkfield
54 minutes → Lost Hills
49 minutes → Bakersfield
2 hours → Universal Studios Hollywood
23 minutes → Venice Beach (stay Friday night)
7 hours of driving
Venice Beach to Santa Barbara
leave Venice Beach on Saturday
38 minutes → Calabasas
15 minutes → Thousand Oaks
27 minutes → Oxnard
21 minutes → Ventura
24 minutes → Rincon Point
19 minutes → Montecito
9 minutes → Santa Barbara (stay Saturday night)
38 minutes → Calabasas
15 minutes → Thousand Oaks
27 minutes → Oxnard
21 minutes → Ventura
24 minutes → Rincon Point
19 minutes → Montecito
9 minutes → Santa Barbara (stay Saturday night)
2.5 hours of driving
Santa Barbara to Monterey
leave Santa Barbara on Sunday
1.5 hours → Solvang
1.5 hours → Paso Robles
1.5 hours → Pinnacles National Park
43 minutes → Monterey (back home)
1.5 hours → Solvang
1.5 hours → Paso Robles
1.5 hours → Pinnacles National Park
43 minutes → Monterey (back home)
5.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 15 hours of driving.
Discover weekend getaways from Monterey and explore
places that are easily drivable for a short 3-day trip or a longer weekend
if there's a holiday or you can get time off. Once you've picked a
destination, you can search for alternate routes that might have more
interesting stops along the way. If you're looking for all of the
possible destinations, try searching for a radius of
50 miles from Monterey up to 200 miles from Monterey or anything in between. If you don't have enough time for a
long weekend, try searching for day trips from Monterey, or you can make Monterey your destination instead. If you have more time, you can plan a drive from Monterey to Arizona.
