DRIVING TIMES and DISTANCES
Bakersfield - 4.5 hours - 260 miles
Death Valley - 4 hours - 214 miles
Fresno - 4 hours - 200 miles - 6.5* hours - 357 miles
Las Vegas - 5.5 hours - 377 miles
Los Angeles - 5.5 hours - 325 miles
Reno - 3 hours - 164 miles
Sacramento - 5 hours - 290 miles
San Diego - 6.5 hours - 400 miles
San Francisco - 5.5 hours - 300 miles - 7* hours - 360 miles
Santa Barbara - 6.5 hours - 376 miles
Tioga Pass - 0.75 hours - 45 miles (*Hwy.120 closed in winter)
Yosemite Valley - 2.5 hours - 100 miles (*Hwy.120 closed in winter)
And pyroclastic flows usually don't take the highway.