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RVRouteplan

Portland to Palm Springs by RV

Portland, OR to Palm Springs, CA is 1,070 miles, about 20h 12m of driving at RV pace — 3 days at 6 hours a day, with 2 nights on the road. It crosses Oregon and California. Membership parks near the overnight stops: 5 Thousand Trails, 10 RPI, 5 KOA and 99 Good Sam.

Map of the RV route from Portland, OR to Palm Springs, CA

Day by day

Daily legs and membership parks near each stop
DayDriveMembership parks near the stop
Day 1 Portland → near Mount Shasta, CA
357 mi · about 6h 42m
  • Mt. Shasta KOA KOA · 2 mi
  • Abrams Lake Mobile Estates & RV Park Good Sam · 1 mi
  • Trinity Lake KOA Holiday KOA · 31 mi

2 KOA, 25 Good Sam within 40 mi
Day 2 near Mount Shasta → near Firebaugh, CA
359 mi · about 6h 42m
  • San Benito Thousand Trails · 32 mi
  • San Benito RV & Camping Resort RPI · 32 mi
  • Oasis West RV park Good Sam · 23 mi

1 Thousand Trails, 1 RPI, 10 Good Sam within 40 mi
Day 3 near Firebaugh → Palm Springs, CA
354 mi · about 6h 48m
  • Palm Springs Oasis Thousand Trails · 4 mi
  • Cathedral Palms RV Resort RPI · 4 mi
  • Palm Springs/Joshua Tree KOA Holiday KOA · 8 mi

4 Thousand Trails, 9 RPI, 3 KOA, 64 Good Sam within 40 mi

Stops are where 6 hours of RV driving ends each day; the planner lets you move them, add via stops and pick the campgrounds.

Restrictions for big rigs

For a rig 13′6″ tall and 8′6″ wide, carrying propane, the route avoids every height, width and propane-tunnel restriction we know of.

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Campgrounds in the states along the way