Best Time to Drive from Rowland Heights to Lancaster
Right now (7:49 pm PDT): about 106 minutes via I-210 West and SR-14 North, usually 110 at this time.
Only 11% 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.
Typical drive time by departure time
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 102 | 141 | 205 | 181 | 149 | 136 | 128 | 124 | 125 | 122 | 145 | 139 | 131 | 122 | 113 | 108 | 103 |
| Tue | 102 | 153 | 220 | 197 | 170 | 156 | 135 | 123 | 122 | 134 | 155 | 160 | 148 | 130 | 118 | 111 | 103 |
| Wed | 102 | 150 | 214 | 193 | 156 | 137 | 132 | 128 | 128 | 146 | 172 | 163 | 145 | 129 | 117 | 110 | 105 |
| Thu | 101 | 148 | 223 | 195 | 158 | 149 | 133 | 126 | 129 | 144 | 172 | 164 | 153 | 128 | 116 | 110 | 105 |
| Fri | 102 | 129 | 161 | 159 | 153 | 148 | 143 | 156 | 166 | 179 | 185 | 179 | 153 | 136 | 118 | 110 | 106 |
| Sat | 104 | 106 | 108 | 108 | 111 | 123 | 148 | 141 | 152 | 147 | 145 | 142 | 134 | 125 | 113 | 106 | 106 |
| Sun | 103 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 104 | 105 | 112 | 129 | 132 | 132 | 127 | 119 | 117 | 114 | 109 | 107 | 103 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 87-mile drive from Rowland Heights to Lancaster (via I-210 West and SR-14 North) usually takes as little as 101 minutes and up to 223 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 135 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1 pm on Saturdays (152 minutes).
About 47 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 40 miles surface streets (57 to 153 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Rowland Heights to central Lancaster 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 Rowland Heights to Lancaster?
On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 101 minutes then, versus up to 223 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Rowland Heights to Lancaster?
The 87-mile drive usually takes 101 to 223 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 135 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Rowland Heights to Lancaster?
Leaving around 7 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 223 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-210 West in Los Angeles (21 miles) · SR-14 North in Los Angeles (10 miles) · SR-60 West in Los Angeles (9 miles) · I-605 North in Los Angeles (7 miles)
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