How to get from Raleigh to Santa Cruz by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between Raleigh and Santa Cruz is 3853 kilometers (2389 miles).
Driving distance from Raleigh to Santa Cruz is 4498 kilometers (2789 miles)

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4 Ways from Raleigh (United States/North Carolina) to Santa Cruz (United States/California)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Hillsborough Street 148 m
2. Turn right onto North McDowell Street, US 70, US 401, NC 50 90 m
3. Turn left onto West Edenton Street 1.30 km
4. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Hillsborough Street 754 m
5. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hillsborough Street 1.02 km
6. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hillsborough Street 272 m
7. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hillsborough Street 309 m
8. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hillsborough Street 606 m
9. Turn right onto Faircloth Street 860 m
10. Turn left onto Wade Avenue 104.85 km
11. Keep right onto I 40 12.31 km
12. Keep right onto I 40, US 220 20.24 km
13. Keep left onto I 40 87.26 km
14. Continue onto I 40 338.76 km
15. Keep left onto I 40 40.08 km
16. Keep right onto I 40 248.82 km
17. Keep left 1.27 km
18. Keep right 12.13 km
19. Keep left 313.17 km
20. Keep left onto Sam Cooper Boulevard 696 m
21. Keep left onto Sam Cooper Boulevard 5.57 km
22. Keep right 413 m
23. Keep right 63 m
24. Turn slight right onto North Highland Street 76 m
25. Turn left onto Summer Avenue, US 64, US 70, US 79 8.51 km
26. Turn left onto North Danny Thomas Boulevard, US 51 350 m
27. Keep right 14.18 km
28. Keep left onto I 40 712.19 km
29. Keep left onto Tinker Diagonal, I 40, US 270 21.17 km
30. Keep right onto Crosstown Expressway, I 40, US 270 1959.94 km
31. Keep right 201.93 km
32. Keep right onto Bakersfield Tehachapi Highway, CA 58 1.79 km
33. Keep right 397 m
34. Turn right onto California Avenue 145 m
35. Turn left onto Oak Street 559 m
36. Turn left onto Truxtun Avenue 1.59 km
37. Keep right 11.43 km
38. Continue onto Stockdale Highway, CA 58 6.94 km
39. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Stockdale Highway, CA 58 7.29 km
40. Keep right 40.69 km
41. Keep right 527 m
42. Keep left 48 m
43. Turn left onto Paso Robles Highway, CA 46 52.43 km
44. Continue onto Antelope Road, CA 46 49.92 km
45. Turn right 154.82 km
46. Keep right 223 m
47. Turn sharp right onto Kern Street 181 m
48. Keep right 64 m
49. Turn slight right onto East Market Street, CA 183 1.50 km
50. Turn right onto West Market Street, CA 183 14.87 km
51. Turn slight right onto Cabrillo Highway, CA 1 39.19 km
52. Keep right 276 m
53. Keep left 1.02 km
54. Keep right 58 m
55. Keep left 97 m
56. Keep right 48 m
57. Turn slight right onto Soquel Avenue 1.81 km
58. Turn right onto Pacific Avenue 62 m
59. Turn left onto Walnut Avenue 425 m
60. Turn right onto Chestnut Street 206 m
61. Turn sharp right onto Locust Street 128 m
62. Arrive at destination 0 m
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