Driving Vegas to Beverly Hills

Hello

Is it relatively easy to drive from Vegas to Beverly Hills? Well sign posted etc.

My husband will be driving, but we have never driven in the US before.

Also, any other tips for hiring a car? We plan to pick up the car and then drop it off later that evening.

Thanks

Driving Vegas to Beverly Hills

Depending on what day and what time you leave it could take anywhere from 4 to 6 hours to get to Beverly hills. Most of the drive is in the desert. It can get very crowded in DT Los Angeles before you get to BH. Where exactly are you tring to get to???

Driving Vegas to Beverly Hills

Avoid driving LV-LA on a sunday.

As noted , avoid driving from Vegas to L.A. on a Sunday (or a holiday Monday). Too much traffic.

You should probably try to avoid getting into the metropolitan L.A. area during rush hour (4 p.m. to 7 p.m.). However, most of the traffic will be flowing out from L.A., so you will be going against the traffic, not getting caught up in it.

It is a very easy drive, in terms of route and signs. You get on the I-15 in Las Vegas, and drive that same highway for 200 miles without having to make any change in the road. After about 210 miles, you need to bear right, when the I-15 splits into the I-15 and the I-215. (You stay on the I-15.)

Then, after another 15 miles, you need to change highways, to the I-10 West. You take this all the way into Los Angeles. Things get screwy only as you approach downtown L.A., connecting from the I-10 to the I-10. Yes, I know, that doesn%26#39;t make sense, but the I-10 is really two freeways that don%26#39;t butt up to one another (the San Bernardino and the Santa Moncia, respectively). So the connection isn%26#39;t smooth. But once you are past that, you take the I-10 until you get off in L.A. south of Beverly Hills, and drive a surface street (La Cienega or Robertson, probably, depending on where you are going), up to Beverly Hills.

If you don%26#39;t get caught in traffic, four hours, maybe 4.5, not counting your stops for gas, WC, snacks, meals, ...

people always say avoid Sundays, but the fact of the matter is Sundays dont have to be a bad day to drive, In fact on a Sunday you wont hit traffic once you arrive in SoCal, so It can be an easier drive than arriving in Socal at 3pm on a weekday. Since almost all of my trips are Fri-Sun I usually always leave Vegas on a Sunday. I make this drive about once every month or two.

If you drive on a Sunday just leave by about 10 or 11am and the drive is fine. If you wait until 12pm or later traffic will be a b!tch.

Thank you. It sounds easy, though I am having visions of %26#39;Clueless%26#39; when they drive on the freeway and nearly get taken out by other traffic. Luckily I won%26#39;t be driving :)

We are leaving on a Tuesday.

I assume we would like to stop at a %26#39;diner%26#39; on the way.

Any recommendations, or do these only exist in the movies!

Thanks!

The vast majority of the drive from Vegas to LA is through unforgiving desert, though the scenery can be spectacular if you%26#39;re not familiar with that sort of terrain.

There aren%26#39;t that many places to stop and eat but you may like are Peggy Sue%26#39;s close to Yermo, about midway between Vegas and LA.

http://www.peggysuesdiner.com/

Not the greatest food you%26#39;ll find but quite good fun. Mad Greek in Baker (closer to Vegas) is another possibility.

Just make sure you have studied the route on-line and take turn-by-turn instructions for when you enter the LA area. Even better if you have a Garmin or Tom-Tom GPS unit.

You might plan on a fuel stop, I believe Baker was where we did it. No gas stations in the desert except a couple of towns in the middle, so fill up before you leave LV or LA and plan accordingly.

As stated before, it%26#39;s a beautiful trip if you appreciate desert views.

Also, remember that you will need accommodations in LA, it is to far a trip to go, look, and drive back all in one day. I%26#39;m sure you realize this, but others reading may not.

I dont think you need to stop in Baker for gas, its only 90 miles, about a hour and 15 minutes from Vegas your gas tank will still be close to full., after Baker there is Barstow which is 60 miles from Baker, then Victorville which is 30 miles from Barstow and then another 30 miles and you are down in Metro LA. Plenty of gas stops along the way. You should be able to make it no problem from Vegas all the way to BH on a tank of gas.

Plus Baker (and the fuelpump at Cima road) are expensive.