If you want to getaway, there are many fantastic options in SoCal. Here are our picks for your next weekend getaway, all under 3-hours away.

What’s alluring about Alaska is also what’s intimating. Its animals: extraordinary but dangerous. Its terrain: breathtaking but savage. Its size: vast but near unimaginable to urbanites like us. We wanted to take on the challenge of Alaska, experiencing its expanse by driving 1200-miles across its interior and coast, stopping at 3 national parks along the way.

Those us of with long commutes can asset that driving and podcasts are a perfect match. And while a open stretch of highway begs for a classic rock playlist, there are parts of a road-trip where podcasts are better than tunes.

Yes – Big Sur lives up to the hype. Even the most liked photo of Bixby Bridge can’t portray that feeling of standing on the edge of world that happens in Big Sur. It’s only a few hours from LA or SF, so we urge you to explore this bucket-list destination. If – no – WHEN you go, here’s the 4 spots you have to hit.