Weekend trips from Palmdale
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: Palmdale → Las Vegas → Phoenix → Palmdale
leave Palmdale on Friday
48 minutes → Phelan
49 minutes → Barstow
50 minutes → Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
43 minutes → Worlds tallest thermometer!
1 hour → Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas
48 minutes → Wet 'n' Wild Las Vegas
23 minutes → Las Vegas (stay Friday night)
48 minutes → Phelan
49 minutes → Barstow
50 minutes → Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
43 minutes → Worlds tallest thermometer!
1 hour → Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas
48 minutes → Wet 'n' Wild Las Vegas
23 minutes → Las Vegas (stay Friday night)
5.5 hours of driving
Las Vegas to Phoenix
leave Las Vegas on Saturday
1 hour → White Hills
53 minutes → Kingman
58 minutes → Dazzo's Country Store & RV Pk
1.5 hours → Wickenburg
41 minutes → Surprise
38 minutes → Phoenix (stay Saturday night)
1 hour → White Hills
53 minutes → Kingman
58 minutes → Dazzo's Country Store & RV Pk
1.5 hours → Wickenburg
41 minutes → Surprise
38 minutes → Phoenix (stay Saturday night)
6 hours of driving
Phoenix to Palmdale
leave Phoenix on Sunday
2.5 hours → Maricopa County
45 minutes → Blythe
1 hour → Desert Center
48 minutes → Palm Springs
1 hour → Oak Glen
1.5 hours → Mt Baldy
36 minutes → Palmdale (back home)
2.5 hours → Maricopa County
45 minutes → Blythe
1 hour → Desert Center
48 minutes → Palm Springs
1 hour → Oak Glen
1.5 hours → Mt Baldy
36 minutes → Palmdale (back home)
8.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 20 hours of driving.
Trip idea #2: Palmdale → Sonoma → San Luis Obispo → Palmdale
leave Palmdale on Friday
1 hour → Grapevine
32 minutes → Bakersfield
2 hours → Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant
1 hour → Firebaugh
51 minutes → Pea Soup Andersen's
1 hour → Concannon Vineyard
1.5 hours → Sonoma (stay Friday night)
1 hour → Grapevine
32 minutes → Bakersfield
2 hours → Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant
1 hour → Firebaugh
51 minutes → Pea Soup Andersen's
1 hour → Concannon Vineyard
1.5 hours → Sonoma (stay Friday night)
8 hours of driving
Sonoma to San Luis Obispo
leave Sonoma on Saturday
1 hour → Oakland
41 minutes → Livermore
42 minutes → San Jose
1 hour → San Juan Bautista
1 hour → King City
49 minutes → Re:Find
54 minutes → San Luis Obispo (stay Saturday night)
1 hour → Oakland
41 minutes → Livermore
42 minutes → San Jose
1 hour → San Juan Bautista
1 hour → King City
49 minutes → Re:Find
54 minutes → San Luis Obispo (stay Saturday night)
6.5 hours of driving
San Luis Obispo to Palmdale
leave San Luis Obispo on Sunday
48 minutes → Pismo Beach
1 hour → Foxen Vineyard
47 minutes → Taft
1 hour → Grapevine
18 minutes → Palmdale (back home)
48 minutes → Pismo Beach
1 hour → Foxen Vineyard
47 minutes → Taft
1 hour → Grapevine
18 minutes → Palmdale (back home)
4 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 18.5 hours of driving.
Trip idea #3: Palmdale → Carmel By the Sea → Santa Cruz → Palmdale
leave Palmdale on Friday
54 minutes → Pyramid Lake
1 hour → Buck Owens' Crystal Palace
57 minutes → Lost Hills
1 hour → Hunter Ranch Golf Course
1 hour → King City
50 minutes → Salinas
31 minutes → Carmel By the Sea (stay Friday night)
54 minutes → Pyramid Lake
1 hour → Buck Owens' Crystal Palace
57 minutes → Lost Hills
1 hour → Hunter Ranch Golf Course
1 hour → King City
50 minutes → Salinas
31 minutes → Carmel By the Sea (stay Friday night)
6.5 hours of driving
Carmel By the Sea to Santa Cruz
leave Carmel By the Sea on Saturday
11 minutes → Seaside
20 minutes → California 1
21 minutes → Watsonville
14 minutes → Rio del Mar
16 minutes → Santa Cruz (stay Saturday night)
11 minutes → Seaside
20 minutes → California 1
21 minutes → Watsonville
14 minutes → Rio del Mar
16 minutes → Santa Cruz (stay Saturday night)
1.5 hours of driving
Santa Cruz to Palmdale
leave Santa Cruz on Sunday
45 minutes → San Jose
49 minutes → San Juan Bautista
1.5 hours → Pea Soup Andersen's
1 hour → Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant
1 hour → Lost Hills
1 hour → Grapevine
39 minutes → Palmdale (back home)
45 minutes → San Jose
49 minutes → San Juan Bautista
1.5 hours → Pea Soup Andersen's
1 hour → Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant
1 hour → Lost Hills
1 hour → Grapevine
39 minutes → Palmdale (back home)
7.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 15.5 hours of driving.
Discover weekend getaways from Palmdale 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 Palmdale up to 200 miles from Palmdale or anything in between. If you don't have enough time for a
long weekend, try searching for day trips from Palmdale, or you can make Palmdale your destination instead. If you have more time, you can plan a drive from Palmdale to Arizona.
