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Best Time to Drive from Barstow Heights to Palmdale

Right now (12:51 am PST): about 95 minutes via I-15 South.

None of this drive is measured by working traffic sensors right now. The rest is estimated from nearby sensors, typical speeds and street traffic, so times can be off. Why so few sensors work.

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Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Barstow Heights to Palmdale by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave5am6am7am8am9am10am11am12pm1pm2pm3pm4pm5pm6pm7pm8pm9pm
Mon961031011009910010110210210510110110110610911197
Tue971009910210110110310310410399999810410811398
Wed969998981021011021031019998969610110310897
Thu9610210198100100991011009898979710010410696
Fri9610510210210510410410410410210098979810110296
Sat9696989897969696979695969696979796
Sun9696969697969697989810210110210210310596

About this drive

On weekdays the 81-mile drive from Barstow Heights to Palmdale (via I-15 South) usually takes as little as 96 minutes and up to 113 minutes, when leaving around 8 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7:30 pm or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 102 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 8 pm on Sundays (105 minutes).

About 30 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 51 miles surface streets (69 to 85 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Barstow Heights to central Palmdale along the route on the map. Starting or ending elsewhere in a big city can add or save several minutes.

Simulated from typical freeway speeds at each point of the drive for the time you would reach it, from every 5-minute reading we have recorded. We don't have sensors on surface streets yet, so the time on them is estimated from how congested the freeways around each end of the drive are at that time, in both directions: streets jam when the freeways do.

Questions

What is the best time to drive from Barstow Heights to Palmdale?

On weekdays, leave before 7:30 pm or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 96 minutes then, versus up to 113 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Barstow Heights to Palmdale?

The 81-mile drive usually takes 96 to 113 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 102 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Barstow Heights to Palmdale?

Leaving around 8 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 113 minutes.

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