Salt Lake City to Oakland, CA
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 127
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Salt Lake City to Oakland, CA
We will be traveling in the Southwest in mid-September to early October 2024 and then will drive from SLC to Oakland to visit relatives. What is the most direct route and are there any hotels or motels you would recommend to stop for one or two nights along the way (two separate nights)? We are just at the early planning stage. Nothing is booked yet. Many thanks.
#7
Are you driving your own car or a rental? If you really want to drive across the ugly desert of northern Nevada go ahead. The Amtrak California Zephyr leaves SLC at 11:30PM (sometimes late). It arrives in Sacramento (downtown) between 2 and 3 PM the next day. The coach fare from SLC to SAC is usually $75/pp. You avoid a night in a motel and the price of gas. Rolling through that desert at night at 79MPH beats driving 70 in the daytime IMO. You can rent a car in Sacramento to drive to Oakland or you could take a Capitol Corridor train to Jack London Square in Oakland.
Thread
Original Poster
Forum
Replies
Last Post
egbarron
United States
6
Aug 9th, 2014 01:42 PM
sludick
United States
13
Jul 28th, 2008 07:13 PM