Palm springs to Bakersfield
Will be pulling my 37'5er between Palm Springs and Bakersfield. Would prefer to stay off the interstate. Anyone with experience taking route 62 to Yucca Valley, route 247 to Barstow and then route 58 ...
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CarnationSailor wrote:jgrimes wrote:
Will be pulling my 37'5er between Palm Springs and Bakersfield. Would prefer to stay off the interstate. Anyone with experience taking route 62 to Yucca Valley, route 247 to Barstow and then route 58 into Bakersfield? Good road for towing? Low overpasses? Construction? Steep inclines? Got a better plan? Thanks.
I prefer the route you have proposed rather than going thru Victorville because I've found 395 thru Victorville to be slow, and 395 from Victorville to 58 to be kind of rough in places. I've never encountered slow traffic between Lucerne and Barstow.
Going to Barstow from Victorville is a little faster but also longer in milage and time, so it is a trade off. The whole route from Palm Springs to Bakersfield is not one that you are going to set any speed records, especially when towing. Once you hit Hwy. 58 from 395 you can start to make up any loss time as the road is 4 lanes.
