If you are not prone to motion sickness and enjoy scenic, country roads (mostly two lanes) you might want to give Hwy 299 a try. (If you take I-5 north to the Hwy 199 cutoff at Grants Pass, Oregon, and head over to the coast, you are looking at a Five plus hour trip.)Īs a word of caution, Hwy 299 is not advisable during winter months due to Ice, snow and ppssibly slides that can cause long delays and/or road closures. This route takes from Redding, through Weaverville and Willow Creek, along the Trinity and Klamath Rivers enroute to its juntion with Hwy 101 at Arcata, CA.ĭepending on your speed and stops along the way, Hwy 299 will take you approximately two and a half to three hours driving time to reach the coast. Hwy 299 west is a beautiful, highly scenic, curvy/winding route through the rugged mountains of Northern California. In you are traveling on Interstate 5 and want to travel over to the coast, you can take Hwy 299 west where it intersects I-5 at Redding, Ca. Interstate 5 is known as fast and easy to drive and has good connections to further east, but it's often a boring road.
Grants Pass is also a stop along Interstate 5, which is the major north-south highway on the west coast.
Between San Francisco and Crescent City, there are only a few connector roads from the east (Hwy 20, Hwy 299) so if you want to drive along the coast, you can access Hwy 101 near San Francisco and follow it north.įrom Grants Pass in Oregon, you can take US Highway 199 southwest to reach Crescent City. Crescent City is a coastal city in Del Norte County in the northwestern corner of California.įrom San Francisco or Portland, US Highway 101 makes a scenic but sometimes slow drive along the coast to Crescent City.
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