About 400 miles. If you are going to Hearst better get there soon I read in the paper it was one of the places they were closing because of the budget problems. Coming from LA to the central coast the best route would be to take I 5 north to the 41 cut off at Kettleman then over to Paso Robles, take 101 South to the Cambria exit and then follow it up to the castle. Good camping at Pismo Beach, further south, and good clam chowder at the Splash in Pismo. Cambria has good food and shops as well. There is a store with a deli in the first half of the town that sells Sandwiches to order that are really good. Great seafood at the Treasure Chest on Moonstone beach and Moonstone has some nice B & B's.
Santa Barbara and Hearst Castle are both cities located in the state of California. There is 135. 8 miles in distance between these two cities.
160 miles
The driving distance from San Francisco, CA, USA to Hearst Castle, 750 Hearst Castle Road, San Simeon, CA 93452, USA is 240.3mi / 386.73km
239 Miles - 385 Km
34.3 mi, 50 mins
230 miles, abut 5 hours drive.
It is about 105 miles or a two hour drive between San Simeon and Solvang.
Hearst Castle was created in 1947.
The driving distance is approximately 100 miles.
The area of Hearst Castle is 8,361.2736 square meters.
Julia Morgan designed Hearst Castle for William Randolph Hearst in 1919.
The Hearst Castle's construction began at 1919 and continued through 1947.