United States, California
Highway 1 south, the Marin headlands north and the wine country roads inland.
First instinct from San Francisco: head north over the Golden Gate.
Scored roads in range
1
Nearest great road
112 mi
Best rated nearby
9.5 / 10
Shortest full loop
10 hr 4 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 28 June 2026
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 10 hr 4 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
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