Which states does Highway 101 travel through?
A true story about US-101, told for kids 6-8.

Read along
Beep beep! Look out the window for a sign shaped like a shield with the number one-oh-one on it. You're riding on one of the longest roads on the whole West Coast! Highway 101 starts way down in Los Angeles.
Then it zooms north, right across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It rolls through forests of giant redwood trees, so tall that a giraffe would look like a tiny toy next to them. Then it hops into Oregon and hugs the ocean, with waves going whoosh, whoosh right beside the road. And it still keeps going, all the way into Washington!
That's three states on one road. It's like a giant ribbon tying them together, and nobody even had to make a bow. At the very end, in Washington, the road curls around a big chunk of land full of mountains before it finally stops. Now hold up three fingers and shout them out: California, Oregon, Washington!
Quiz the back seat
How many states does Highway 101 travel through?
Show the answer
Three!. Three! And the whole road runs for more than fifteen hundred miles along the Pacific Ocean.
3 fun facts
- US 101 travels through California, Oregon, and Washington.
- It runs for over 1,500 miles along the Pacific Ocean.
- It crosses the Golden Gate Bridge and follows the Redwood Highway in Northern California.
Questions kids ask
- Which states does Highway 101 go through?
- Highway 101 goes through California, Oregon, and Washington.
- Where does Highway 101 start?
- Highway 101 starts in Los Angeles, California.
- Does Highway 101 cross the Golden Gate Bridge?
- Yes, Highway 101 crosses the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
- How long is Highway 101?
- Highway 101 is more than 1,500 miles long.
For grown-ups
Written with AI from public sources, then checked claim by claim against the sources below before it was published; stories that don't pass stay off the app and this site. Narration is pre-recorded, and nothing you do on this page is tied to your kids.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_101
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_101_in_Washington
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_101_in_California
- discoverlosangeles.com/travel/the-guide-to-los-angeles-freeways
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge
- 511.org/travel/bridges/golden-gate-bridge
- northofordinaryca.com/redwood-highway-map
- visitredwoods.com/explore-the-redwoods/avenue-of-the-giants
Town and county names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).