LA to Las Vegas - how long to drive?

Hi all

Is this drive easily managed in a day, and are there any main stops on the way that are worth seeing?

Any help advice much appreciated!!!

Thanks

LA to Las Vegas - how long to drive?

Unless you%26#39;re doing this drive on a Friday afternoon, once you get out of the LA/San Bernardino area it is less than 4 hours to Las Vegas. Not a whole lot to see on the way. Victorville, Barstow and Baker are places you can stop to eat. Don%26#39;t run out of gas and don%26#39;t buy it in Baker, it%26#39;s PRICEY.

LA to Las Vegas - how long to drive?

Thanks RU!

Its a very popular drive on a friday to LV and return on a sunday, so if you can plan around that then it will be better.Most find the drive boring as you drive through the desert but as you are from the UK you%26#39;ll find the drive very difference from what we are use to.We have driven it 2-3 times now and on average it takes about 5 hours,Try not to speed as i%26#39;ve always been told the police are just waiting for a easy pull.

If you are a early morning type of person, i would recomend to leave L.A.before rush hour starts. Around 5.30/6 am. That way you are out of L.A. in no time and could make it to Vegas by 10am and spent the entire day at the pool of your hotel

Sunday thru Thursday is always the cheapest times to visit Vegas. And yes gas prices in the middle of the desert are outrageously HIGH and about 50 cents higher than in the city. There are stretches of highway where there won%26#39;t be a gas station for up to 60 miles.

Barstow is halfway in between and I usually stop at Barstow Station at the Main St. exit, get out and stretch my legs, and grab some lunch from McDonald%26#39;s or the other handful of fast food places there.

One other place in the desert I hear worth seeing is Calico Ghost Town.

Link is below:

http://www.calicotown.com/