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

Distance between San Rafael and Santa Cruz is 120 kilometers (74 miles).
Driving distance from San Rafael to Santa Cruz is 148 kilometers (92 miles)

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4 Ways from San Rafael (United States/California) to Santa Cruz (United States/California)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Fourth Street 811 m
2. Turn right onto Hetherton Street 1.09 km
3. Keep right onto John T. Knox Freeway, I 580 27.91 km
4. Keep left onto Interstate Highway 80 475 m
5. Keep left onto MacArthur Freeway 2.00 km
6. Keep right 885 m
7. Keep left 112.98 km
8. Keep right onto Cabrillo Highway, CA 1 1.76 km
9. Continue onto Cabrillo Highway, CA 1 31 m
10. Continue onto Chestnut Street Extension 238 m
11. Keep left 175 m
12. Arrive at destination 0 m
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