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California Auto Trails

Auto Trail

Marker

Termini

Year

Towns in State

Arrowhead Trail

Arrowhead Trail marker

Salt Lake City
Los Angeles

1913

Early: Goodsprings (NV), Silver Lake, Daggett, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Upland, Pasadena, Los Angeles.
Late: Searchlight (NV), Goffs, Amboy, Ludlow, Daggett, Barstow, etc.

Atlantic-Pacific Highway

Atlantic-Pacific Highway marker

New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA

≤ 1918

Blythe, Indio, Banning, San Bernardino, Upland, Pasadena, Los Angeles

Bankhead Highway

Bankhead Highway marker

Washington, D.C.
San Diego, CA

1917

Yuma (AZ), Holtville, El Centro, Jacumba, Campo, Alpine, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Diego. Campo was later bypassed.

California-Banff Bee-Line

California-Banff Bee-Line marker

Los Angeles, CA
Cranbrook, BC

≤ 1918

Klamath Falls (OR), Bogus, Montgue, Weed, Dunsmuir, Redding, Red Bluff, Corning, Williams, Woodland, Vacaville, Fairfield, Benicia, Matinez, Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, Hayward, San Jose, Los Gatos, Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Salinas, King City, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles.

Dixie Overland Highway

Dixie Overland Highway marker

Savannah, GA
San Diego, CA

1914

Yuma (AZ), Holtville, El Centro, Jacumba, Alpine, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Diego

Evergreen National Highway

Evergreen National Highway marker

Victoria, BC
El Paso, TX

1917

Searchlight (NV), Needles, Topock (AZ)

Lee Highway

Lee Highway marker

Washington, D.C.
San Diego, CA

1919

Yuma (AZ), Holtville, El Centro, Jacumba, Alpine, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Diego

Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway marker

New York
San Francisco

1913

North route to Sacramento: Reno (NV), Truckee, Auburn, Roseville, Sacramento.
South route: Carson City (NV), Myers, Placerville, Folsom City, Perkins, Sacramento.
Galt, Stockton, Manteca, Tracy, Livermore, Hayward, Oakland, San Francisco.

Midland Trail

Midland Trail marker

Washington, D.C. & Richmond, VA
San Francisco & Los Angeles

1912

Lida (NV), Oasis, Big Pine, Lone Pine, Mojave, Lancaster, Palmdale, Saugus, Newhall, San Fernando, Burbank, Los Angeles.

National Old Trails Road

NOTR marker

New York
Los Angeles

1911

Needles, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Cucamonga, Upland, Claremont, Glendora, Azusa, Duarte, Monrovia, Pasadena, Los Angeles

National Park to Park Highway

NPtoP marker

National Park loop route

1916

Needles, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Cucamonga, Upland, Claremont, Glendora, Azusa, Duarte, Monrovia, Pasadena, Los Angeles

New Santa Fe Trail

New Santa Fe Trail sign

Kansas City, KS
Los Angeles, CA

1910

Needles, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Cucamonga, Upland, Claremont, Glendora, Azusa, Duarte, Monrovia, Pasadena, Los Angeles

Old Spanish Trail

Old Spanish Trail marker

St. Augustine, FL
San Diego, CA

1915

Yuma (AZ), Holtville, El Centro, Jacumba, Alpine, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Diego

Pacific Highway

Pacific Highway marker

San Diego, CA
Vancouver, BC

1910

Ashland (OR), Yreka, Weed, Dunsmuir, Redding, Red Bluff, Corning, Williams, Woodland, Vacaville, Fairfield, Benicia, Matinez, Walnut Creek, Oakland, San Francisco, Colma, San Mateo, Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Santa Clara, San Jose, Gilroy, San Juan, Salinas, King City, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles. Generally considered to extend to San Diego.

Pikes Peak Ocean To Ocean Highway

PPOO Highway marker

New York
San Francisco, later Los Angeles

1914

Redwood Highway

Redwood Highway sign

Monumental, CA
Sausalito, CA

c.1925

Monumental, Crescent City, Eureka, Fortuna, Scotia, Willits, Ukiah, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, San Rafael, Anselmo, Sauselito

Southern National Highway

Southern National Highway marker

Washington, D.C.
San Diego, CA

1913

Yuma (AZ), Holtville, El Centro, Jacumba, Alpine, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Diego

Victory Highway

Victory Highway sign

New York
San Francisco

1921

 

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