EDIT: jsullivan worked out the more accurate route in
this post. Have updated the Google Maps link accordingly...
Points further away from the SF Bay Area- North
- Head east from Willows, and then take Hwy-70 up and over to Bucks Lake, back up and over to La Porte, and then up Hwy-49 to Truckee and Donner Pass - https://goo.gl/maps/G7eNGPfgiaS7mPB49 (~328 miles)
- Road & Track drove this road in the following article, and spoke highly of the Hwy-70 section:
- West end of this route is ~80 miles north of Santa Rosa (as the crow flies)
Karl.