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Use table below for information on driving distances and approximate drive time from Los Angeles, CA to selected US National Parks.

LOS ANGELES, CA

Destination

Driving Distance
(in miles)
Approximate
Drive Time
Cabrillo National Monument 124 miles 2.5 hours
Channel Islands National Park 95 miles 1.5 hours*
Crater Lake National Park 740 miles 12 hours
Death Valley National Park 232 miles 4.5 hours
Devils Postpile National Monument 309 miles 5 - 5.5 hours
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site 360 miles 5.5 hours
Fort Point National Historic Site 386 miles 6 hours
Golden Gate National Recreation Area 374 miles 5.5 - 6 hours
Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim) 490 miles 7.5 hours
John Muir National Historic Site 375 miles 5.5 - 6 hours
Joshua Tree National Park 140 miles 2 hours
Kings Canyon National Park 249 miles 4.5 hours
Lassen Volcanic National Park 572 miles 9 hours
Lava Beds National Monument 704 miles 11 hours
Manzanar National Historic Site 225 miles 3.5 - 4 hours
Mojave National Preserve 115 miles 2 hours
Muir Woods National Monument 401 miles 6.5 hours
Pinnacles National Monument 282 miles 5 hours
Point Reyes National Seashore 417 miles 6.5 hours
Redwood National & State Parks 716 miles 11 hours
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park 383 miles 6 hours
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park 385 miles 6 hours
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area 43 miles 1 hour
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 239 miles 4.5 hours
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area 555 miles 8.5 hours
Yosemite National Park 348 miles 6 hours

*Time to get to Santa Barbara; from there the park's concessionaire for boat travel departs to all of the islands. Trips also depart from Ventura.

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