From Los Angeles area: Take Freeway 60 or Interstate 10 to Banning. Exit Hwy 243 to Idyllwild. 100 miles.

From Orange County: Take Freeway 91 to Freeway 60 to Interstate 10 to Banning. Exit Hwy 243 to Idyllwild. 93 miles.

From Palm Springs: From Interstate 10 to Banning, take Hwy 243 exit to Idyllwild. 47 miles.

From Palm Desert: From Highway 111 take Hwy 74 to Hwy 243 into Idyllwild. 47 miles.