How to get from Santa Monica to San Francisco by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Santa Monica and San Francisco is 548 kilometers (340 miles).
Driving distance from Santa Monica to San Francisco is 613 kilometers (380 miles)

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4 Ways from Santa Monica (United States/California) to San Francisco (United States/California)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Lincoln Boulevard 754 m
2. Turn left onto Olympic Boulevard 112 m
3. Keep left 4.45 km
4. Keep right 34.38 km
5. Keep right onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 Truck 2.56 km
6. Continue onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 Truck 94.03 km
7. Keep right onto West Side Freeway, I 5 363.34 km
8. Keep left onto William Elton Brown Freeway, I 580 74.63 km
9. Keep right onto MacArthur Freeway 13.24 km
10. Keep left onto MacArthur Freeway, I 580 11.76 km
11. Keep left 1.83 km
12. Keep left onto I 80 715 m
13. Keep right onto I 80 9.20 km
14. Keep left 637 m
15. Turn slight right onto 5th Street 579 m
16. Turn left onto Mission Street 1.02 km
17. Turn right onto 9th Street 205 m
18. Keep left onto Hayes Street 292 m
19. Turn right onto Van Ness Avenue, US 101 192 m
20. Arrive at destination 0 m
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