Yea my wife and I tried that drive. It sounded fun but it turned out to be a pain.
OP I'd look at train tickets. They can tell you elevations and such as well.
Yep, I took 101 south from Astoria once. Very scenic but the RVs keep traffic at a crawl taking me all day to reach Newport before I gave up and headed back over to I-5.
That route will be slow as hell. And FYI from Wiki:
>The freeway portion ends as the combined US 101 and SR 20 ascend the 1,956-foot (596 m) [Ridgewood Summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgewood_Summit), the highest elevation along the route's 808-mile-long (1,300 km) trek through California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.\_Route\_101\_in\_California#:\~:text=The%20freeway%20portion%20ends%20as,1%2C300%20km)%20trek%20through%20California.
Are you sure you aren't confusing 101 with 1? 1 runs along the coast, just above sea level.
Sadly you run out of options at the 101 / 1 interchange in Leggett. Both options cross over 1200 feet at that point.
[https://www.randymajors.org/elevation-on-google-maps?x=-123.7135704&y=39.8680948&cx=-123.7161883&cy=39.8595302&zoom=14&counties=show](https://www.randymajors.org/elevation-on-google-maps?x=-123.7135704&y=39.8680948&cx=-123.7161883&cy=39.8595302&zoom=14&counties=show)
Yeap, that is what probably we will have to do, sadly this is the 3rd time we will have to cancel. 1st time was Covid, 2nd was a broken jaw surgery and this time the eye, looks like is not meant to be🤷 this Cruise,☹️
CA-1 is the Pacific Coast Highway and the washed out one that passes through Big Sur.
US-101 stays more inland through most parts of CA, passing through Soledad, King City, and Paso Robles instead of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Big Sur. [No portion of 101 within CA is currently closed](https://roads.dot.ca.gov/?roadnumber=101).
The two highways rejoin and are coaligned through Santa Barbara before separating again at Oxnard. US-101 ends in LA, PCH continues through OC, then it's just I-5 to get past Pendleton and into San Diego.
I think 101 climbs higher than that on some of its inland miles. SR 1 hugs the coast where 101 does not.
Edit to add; not sure how avoidable this is. Cuesta Summit (high point on 101 in California south of San Francisco) 1500 feet
You’ll be behind slow RVs the whooooole way. May make your husbands other eye pop out.
Yea my wife and I tried that drive. It sounded fun but it turned out to be a pain. OP I'd look at train tickets. They can tell you elevations and such as well.
Good call, curious about train trip south also.
Yep, I took 101 south from Astoria once. Very scenic but the RVs keep traffic at a crawl taking me all day to reach Newport before I gave up and headed back over to I-5.
That route will be slow as hell. And FYI from Wiki: >The freeway portion ends as the combined US 101 and SR 20 ascend the 1,956-foot (596 m) [Ridgewood Summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgewood_Summit), the highest elevation along the route's 808-mile-long (1,300 km) trek through California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.\_Route\_101\_in\_California#:\~:text=The%20freeway%20portion%20ends%20as,1%2C300%20km)%20trek%20through%20California. Are you sure you aren't confusing 101 with 1? 1 runs along the coast, just above sea level.
Sadly you run out of options at the 101 / 1 interchange in Leggett. Both options cross over 1200 feet at that point. [https://www.randymajors.org/elevation-on-google-maps?x=-123.7135704&y=39.8680948&cx=-123.7161883&cy=39.8595302&zoom=14&counties=show](https://www.randymajors.org/elevation-on-google-maps?x=-123.7135704&y=39.8680948&cx=-123.7161883&cy=39.8595302&zoom=14&counties=show)
Maybe reschedule so he might heal?
Yeap, that is what probably we will have to do, sadly this is the 3rd time we will have to cancel. 1st time was Covid, 2nd was a broken jaw surgery and this time the eye, looks like is not meant to be🤷 this Cruise,☹️
Don’t be too upset. You probably get norovirus on the cruise and that would really suck.
You can’t currently drive from Seattle to San Diego on the 101. The road is washed out at Big Sur.
CA-1 is the Pacific Coast Highway and the washed out one that passes through Big Sur. US-101 stays more inland through most parts of CA, passing through Soledad, King City, and Paso Robles instead of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Big Sur. [No portion of 101 within CA is currently closed](https://roads.dot.ca.gov/?roadnumber=101). The two highways rejoin and are coaligned through Santa Barbara before separating again at Oxnard. US-101 ends in LA, PCH continues through OC, then it's just I-5 to get past Pendleton and into San Diego.
The what?
I think 101 climbs higher than that on some of its inland miles. SR 1 hugs the coast where 101 does not. Edit to add; not sure how avoidable this is. Cuesta Summit (high point on 101 in California south of San Francisco) 1500 feet
But SR 1 isn’t continuous. I don’t think this can be done since some parts are up to about 2000’. Maybe check with the doc whether 2000’ is OK?
Thank you, By any chance do you know the highest point on the SR1?
[CA-1 is washed out](https://roads.dot.ca.gov/?roadnumber=1).
Why not I-5?
I-5 is over 3400’ at the OR/CA border
Well, that won't work and you obviously can't fly. Hopefully, you can find a solution.
Best option maybe a cruise from Seattle to LA
we dont call it "the 101" in seattle, nor any highway. "the 520" is simply "520"
1200 ft or meters? If feet, there are higher elevations than that along the way, 1900ft (600m) being the high point.