Planning for a road trip along the Pacific Coast Highway between Anaheim, CA (Disneyland) and Crescent City, CA. We'd have about 10 days. Any suggestions about this route would be most welcome. Must see, must do, avoid this, roadside attractions, great campgrounds or restaurants...anything goes. THANKS VERY MUCH! :C

Enjoy the redwoods on this route. You will be on CA1 and US101 some of the time in the north part of the state. When on CA1 north of SF you go through Bodega Bay we enjoy going there to the beach. You just need be aware of the water as it is very unforgiving. Both are very beautiful drives. The only problem is they are very slow, which is OK with me just time consuming. Have traveled from Ventura CA to Lincoln City OR and it is a very beautiful drive with a lot to see. JMO

There are a couple of twisty sections with RV length constraints (Big Sur, Fort Bragg), but it looks like you are small enough that those shouldn't be a problem.

IF IT WERE ME.... I would get off PCH in Ventura, and no later than Santa Monica. It's just too dang crowded further south to do anything but watching your lane and who's going to cut you off next, and there's nothing to see but traffic and houses. The freeway isn't great either but the better of two evils

I should have added that we'll be taking I-5 South to Anaheim, stopping in San Francisco and Los Angeles before spending a few days at Disneyland. THEN we want to meander slowly North on the PCH as we work our way home. Maybe we should get on HWY 1 in Santa Monica?

SCVJeff wrote:IF IT WERE ME.... I would get off PCH in Ventura, and no later than Santa Monica. It's just too dang crowded further south to do anything but watching your lane and who's going to cut you off next, and there's nothing to see but traffic and houses. The freeway isn't great either but the better of two evilsX2 start in Santa Monica...Take the I-405 north to I-10 west which becomes Hwy 1 when it gets close to the ocean. Be advised you will be in traffic from the time you leave the 405 until you make your way through Malibu.A favorite spot of ours is just north of the city of Ventura on old Hwy 1 called Rincon Parkway. It's a Ventura County RV Park that sits on a 10 ft high bluff above the beach. It's boondocking at it's finest. A great spot for a stop over if you can find a spot.Next great stopover spot is in Buellton at Flying Flags RV Resort. Nera by is Solvang a Danish City tourist destination.

CA Pacific Coast Highway (Hwy 1) Anaheim to Crescent City

SCVJeff
Explorer
Apr 28, 2014
IF IT WERE ME....
I would get off PCH in Ventura, and no later than Santa Monica. It's just too dang crowded further south to do anything but watching your lane and who's going to cut you off next, and there's nothing to see but traffic and houses. The freeway isn't great either but the better of two evils
paulj
Explorer II
Apr 28, 2014
There are a couple of twisty sections with RV length constraints (Big Sur, Fort Bragg), but it looks like you are small enough that those shouldn't be a problem.
BTPO1
Explorer
Apr 28, 2014
Enjoy the redwoods on this route. You will be on CA1 and US101 some of the time in the north part of the state. When on CA1 north of SF you go through Bodega Bay we enjoy going there to the beach. You just need be aware of the water as it is very unforgiving. Both are very beautiful drives. The only problem is they are very slow, which is OK with me just time consuming. Have traveled from Ventura CA to Lincoln City OR and it is a very beautiful drive with a lot to see. JMO

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