Crescent City, Redding, CA to Reno, NV

If you can, spend some time in the Eastern Sierra along 395 -- it is spectacular. Great hiking, great campgrounds.

Avoid 36 Eureka to Red Bluff. Not good for towing.

If you want to avoid curvy roads take 199 to Grants Pass, OR, I5 south to Mt Shasta, 89 to 44 to Susanville. This may be the fastest route from Crescent City to Reno, not the shortest.

299 to Redding has curves. It gains elevation with switchbacks over a mountain, then follows the river canyon. I have towed over it many times. Not a bad road at all, but it is NOT flat and straight.

cpaulsen wrote:
Yes....a good road. Other option....299 to Redding...Hwy. 44 to 396 to Susanville then to Reno. You pick up Hwy. 44 in Redding and it a very good drive also.

I drive both 36 and 44 regularly. Both are good. The only thing I will add to taking 44 is that it eventually Ts with 36 west of susanville. You need to turn left off 44 to 395. RV park at Eagle Lake is a nice stop.
Bill

IMHO 299 is a horrible road! Several climbs and decents, lots of twists and turns, and very slow driving. You would be far better off driving 101 south a bit further and take 20. Just before Clear Lake, you can turn south around the lake avoiding most of the congestion coming back on 20 on the east of the lake. This route takes maybe 90 minutes from 101 to I5. From here its a short drive to Sacramento and I80 east

From Crescent City to Reno. 2 route choices and take about the same amount of time and have about the same amount of road conditions:

199,I-5, 89, 44, 36, 395

or

101, 299, 44, 36, 395

Yes....a good road. Other option....299 to Redding...Hwy. 44 to 396 to Susanville then to Reno. You pick up Hwy. 44 in Redding and it a very good drive also.