Is there anyway to get from Vegas to San Fran driving?

[MrDingleDangle]

that doesnt mean basically coming back to Los angeles first...this is related to my mapquest thread...mapquest says its like 10 hours from vegas to san jose

 

[BatmanNate]

10 hours if by mule.

 

[GroundZero]

go south....
you want to get there faster than 10 hours?
drive faster!

 

[AgentEL]

i don't think there is a direct route because there is this small obstacle called the *Rocky Mountains* in the way.

 

[NumbaJuan]

check your map. thier are a couple different ways. no you don't have to go back to la

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: GroundZero
go south....
you want to get there faster than 10 hours?
drive faster!

well i was just wondering if its worth it...i mean i live in LA so i could do them on seperate weekends...but i have some free time so i was hoping there was a faster way from vegas to san fran

 

[RalphWiggum]

Nope, there isn't. You have 2 choices. Through LA, or up against the mountains on the Nevada side and cut back through to the Bay. Both ways are about 10 hours. The Non-LA way is more scenic, i.e. you won't be looking at barren fields the whole trip up but you will be looking at barren desert. I'd seperate the trip into two trips.

 

[gistech1978]

Originally posted by: AgentEL
i don't think there is a direct route because there is this small obstacle called the *Rocky Mountains* in the way.

sierra nevadas.
the rockies are further east.

 

[z0mb13]

Yes there is... I think u need to go to bakersfield first... and then go highway 5... then take 580

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: AgentEL
i don't think there is a direct route because there is this small obstacle called the *Rocky Mountains* in the way.

You flunked geography, huh?

 

[Shantanu]

Ever since they blew up the Hoover Dam, it's been impossible to get out of Vegas. Still, it could be worse though. You could be stuck in upstate New York like me.

 

[Zebo]

A big L shaped route not direct at all. FLY


You need to go to bakerfield first via I5 the cut across 46E to 99s then 58E then I-15 N. PIA

 

[Amused]

Your best bet is via Barstow and Bakersfield.

15 to the 58 to the 99 to the 46 to the 5 to the 580. 9.5 to 10 hours sounds about right... with no stops.

edit: bite me carby.

 

[Zebo]

I see your going the other way, reverse this.

 

[Armitage]

Nope, there is no way to get to San Francisco from Vegas by driving.

Vegas is a geographic blackhole which can only be escaped by air.

 

[notfred]

You can take I-515 to US-95 north to Reno, then 80 west to SF, but it's a lot longer.

 

[styelers]

You dont need to go through L.A to go Vegas. From S.F. driving to vegas yeah its like 10 hours, but didn't have to go through L.A.

 

[Spac3d]

No there is no other way. You MUST go to LA first then to Vegas.

 

[conjur]

Cut through Yosemite.

mmmm...Yosemite.

 

[dafatha00]

Just fly. Thank god I have Reno close by. Vegas is too far from Nor Cal

 

[GoSharks]

Originally posted by: conjur
Cut through Yosemite.

mmmm...Yosemite.

tioga pass is only open during summer
(beautiful place, spent 3 nights in the backcountry going from there to mammoth)

 

[Harvey]

Mapquest is your friend.

Hope it works.

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: AgentEL
i don't think there is a direct route because there is this small obstacle called the *Rocky Mountains* in the way.

what the hell are you smoking?

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Harvey
Mapquest is your friend.

Hope it works.

Did you even read his post?

 

[BlamoHammer]

Originally posted by: AgentEL
i don't think there is a direct route because there is this small obstacle called the *Rocky Mountains* in the way.

Well you can bypass the Rocky Mountains but it involves taking the uber secret underground tunnel underneath the Great Lakes.