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Build the route, shape every day and find what is worth the stop.Know your travel time and costs before you leave, by car, train or plane.
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Car and train
San Francisco
37.77° N 122.42° W
Los Angeles
34.05° N 118.24° W
- 4 days
- 6 stops
- 371 mi
- Travel time
- 9 h 6 min
- Fuel and tickets
- $86.12
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Car and train
San Francisco to Los Angeles
- Route4 days · 6 stops
- Fuel and tickets$86.12
- Stays3 nights
- Documents3 attached
- Share linkRead only
- 1
Pick two cities
Add where you start and where you end. Dates can wait.
- 2
Shape the days
Drag places into days and watch the route follow.
- 3
Check the numbers
Choose how you travel each leg. Travel time, distance and costs sit in the trip header before you go.
Stop 1San Francisco37.77° N 122.42° W
Start with two cities
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Days read Day 1, Day 2 until you pick dates.
Stop 2Monterey36.60° N 121.89° W
Shape each day
Give every stop a purpose: explore, pass through or overnight. Then drag places into days and leave the maybes in Not scheduled yet.
- A stop can span several days
- Drag between days, or move places with the keyboard
- Nudge time spent by 15 minutes and mark places visited
Itinerary
Day 1
San Francisco
Day 2
Monterey
Day 3
Big Sur
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Stop 3Big Sur36.27° N 121.81° W
Find what is worth the stop
See what is near any stop, from viewpoints to cafes. Save the maybes to Places to visit, then add them to the trip with a duration.
- 20 categories from Google Places
- Search from 100 m up to 50 km, with up to 20 results
- Rating, opening hours and links on every place
Near Big Sur
20 in totalSearch radius
35 km
Nepenthe
Restaurant · 800 m away
Big Sur Bakery
Restaurant · 1.4 km away
Pfeiffer Beach
Photo spot · 9 km away
McWay Falls
Park · 14 km away
Bixby Creek Bridge
Viewpoint · 21 km away
Places to visit
- McWay Falls1 h
Stop 4San Luis Obispo35.28° N 120.66° W
Choose how you travel each leg
Drop the rental car and take the train down the coast. Pick car, train, bus, flight, ferry, bike or walking for every leg. The legs you drive get a fuel estimate; for the rest, add your own ticket price and time.
- 7 ways to travel, from car to ferry
- Fuel estimates for the legs you drive, in gas, diesel or electric
- Stays with check in and out, and nights counted for you
Getting there
371 miFuel for the legs you drive
Estimated travel cost
7.6 gal of fuel for the legs you drive, plus $52.00 in train tickets
Efficiency
28 mpg
Price
$4.50 per gal
Cost per leg
- San Francisco to Monterey$16.73
- Monterey to Big Sur$4.50
- Big Sur to San Luis Obispo$12.89
- San Luis Obispo to Santa BarbaraTrain ticket$27.00
- Santa Barbara to Los AngelesTrain ticket$25.00
Stay
HotelMadonna Inn
San Luis Obispo
- Check in
- Jun 13, 3:00 pm
- Check out
- Jun 14, 11:00 am
1 night
Stop 5Santa Barbara34.42° N 119.70° W
Keep the paperwork with the plan
Attach the hotel confirmation, the train ticket and the museum pass to the stop they belong to, instead of digging through your inbox at the gate. Documents are part of Pro.
- 11 categories, from ticket to permit
- Attach to the trip, a stop or an activity
- Up to 200 MB per file, with tags and descriptions
Documents
Attached to Santa Barbara
Hotel Santa Barbara confirmation
Confirmation1.2 MBPacific Surfliner train ticket
Ticket0.3 MBMuseum ticket
Ticket0.8 MB
11 categories
- Confirmation
- Insurance
- Itinerary
- License
- Lodging
- Other
- Parking
- Permit
- Receipt
- Reservation
- Ticket
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Stop 6Los Angeles34.05° N 118.24° W
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San Francisco to Los Angeles coastal trip
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