#5 to #58 to Bakersfield to #65 to SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California. (420 miles / 8 hrs)

Back on #65 to #155 (east) to #178 to DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, California (300 miles / 7-8 hrs)

#95 to LAS VEGAS (4 hrs)


OR


#580 to #108 to YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (200 miles / 4 hrs) (still great scenery & cliff walls but the waterfalls will be dried up or not at their peak like in the springtime)

#120 to #41 to #99 to #198 to SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK (230 miles / 5 hrs)

#198 to #65 to #58 to #I-15 to LAS VEGAS (405 miles / 8 hrs)



The 2nd option gives you more time in the national parks. See www.nps.gov/parks.html to read the details about each national park. All are great.