How to get from San Diego to San Francisco by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between San Diego and San Francisco is 2510 kilometers (1556 miles).
Driving distance from San Diego to San Francisco is 3010 kilometers (1866 miles)

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4 Ways from San Diego (United States/Texas) to San Francisco (United States/California)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto South Doctor E.E. Dunlap Street, TX 359 27 m
2. Turn right onto East Gravis Avenue, TX 44, TX 359 12.88 km
3. Turn left onto US Highway 281 Frontage Road 65.07 km
4. Keep right 3.81 km
5. Turn left onto FM 799 6.18 km
6. Turn left onto North Highway 37 Access 172 m
7. Keep left 70.72 km
8. Keep left onto I 37 60.23 km
9. Keep right 294 m
10. Keep left 43 m
11. Turn left onto East César E. Chávez Boulevard 2.26 km
12. Keep right 426 m
13. Keep right onto McDermott Freeway, I 10, US 87 1.28 km
14. Keep right onto McDermott Freeway, I 10, US 87 860.29 km
15. Keep right 857 m
16. Keep left 37.73 km
17. Keep left 592.62 km
18. Keep left onto I 10 80.78 km
19. Keep left onto Papago Freeway, I 10 241.26 km
20. Keep right 320.98 km
21. Keep right 473 m
22. Keep right 37.26 km
23. Keep right onto Foothill Freeway, I 210 9.84 km
24. Keep left onto Foothill Freeway, I 210 31.54 km
25. Keep right 1.78 km
26. Continue onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 Truck 94.03 km
27. Keep right onto West Side Freeway, I 5 363.34 km
28. Keep left onto William Elton Brown Freeway, I 580 74.63 km
29. Keep right onto MacArthur Freeway 13.24 km
30. Keep left onto MacArthur Freeway, I 580 11.76 km
31. Keep left 1.83 km
32. Keep left onto I 80 715 m
33. Keep right onto I 80 9.20 km
34. Keep left 637 m
35. Turn slight right onto 5th Street 579 m
36. Turn left onto Mission Street 1.02 km
37. Turn right onto 9th Street 205 m
38. Keep left onto Hayes Street 292 m
39. Turn right onto Van Ness Avenue, US 101 192 m
40. Arrive at destination 0 m
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