The Wayro route from Taubaté to Patos de Minas is 510 miles (821 km), about 10 h 14 min of driving without stops.
- Level 4: Do Not Travel in Brazil: informal housing developments (favelas, vilas, comunidades or conglomerados).
Full advisory: Brazil. Advisory issued: Brazil August 31, 2026; checked October 10, 2026.
On the roads, the State Department says:
- Brazil: “Flooding makes some roads through the Amazon impassable for much of the year.”
| Distance by road | 510 mi (821 km) |
|---|---|
| Time at the wheel, no stops | 10 h 14 min |
| Main roads, in order | SP-060 → SP-065 → SP-330 → SP-334 → MG-428 → BR-146 → BR-365 |
| States on the route | São Paulo, Minas Gerais |
| Fuel estimate (car at 25 mpg) | about 20.4 gal; actual use varies by vehicle and traffic |
| Stops listed below | 9 |
How the Taubaté to Patos de Minas drive plays out
SP-330 (133 mi) and SP-334 (92 mi) carry about 44% of the 510 miles. It runs through 2 states: São Paulo, Minas Gerais. Of the 9 stops listed below, 4 are within a mile of the road.
Roads you'll take from Taubaté to Patos de Minas
| Road | Route miles (from–to) | Length, mi | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| local roads | 0–1 | 1 | São Paulo |
| SP-060 | 1–37 | 36 | São Paulo |
| SP-065 | 37–124 | 87 | São Paulo |
| connecting roads | 124–125 | 1 | São Paulo |
| SP-330 | 125–258 | 133 | São Paulo |
| SP-334 | 258–350 | 92 | São Paulo |
| MG-428 | 350–409 | 59 | Minas Gerais |
| connecting roads | 409–411 | 2 | Minas Gerais |
| BR-146 | 411–490 | 79 | Minas Gerais |
| BR-365 | 490–505 | 15 | Minas Gerais |
| local roads | 505–510 | 5 | Minas Gerais |
- Mile 350 of this route: São Paulo → Minas Gerais (state line)
Stops between Taubaté and Patos de Minas
- Right off the route (under 1 mile): Museu Paulista de Antiguidades Mecânicas (mile 12), Vassununga State Park (mile 213), Museu Casa de Portinari (mile 270), Jardim Zoobotânico de Franca (mile 312)
- Nature and outdoors: Parque Estadual de Itaberaba (mile 66), Museu de História Natural (mile 114), Vassununga State Park (mile 213), Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park (mile 336)
- Museums and history: Museu Paulista de Antiguidades Mecânicas (mile 12), Museu de História Natural (mile 114), Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Campinas-José Pancetti (mile 114), Mata de Santa Genebra (mile 122), Museu Casa de Portinari (mile 270)
- With kids: Jardim Zoobotânico de Franca (mile 312)
Museu Paulista de Antiguidades Mecânicas
Renovated and reopened in 2023, Caçapava's Museu Paulista de Antiguidades Mecânicas dates to 1963 and moved to the city a year later. Its collection includes vintage vehicles and engines.
Parque Estadual de Itaberaba
Created in 2010, Itaberaba State Park (Parque Estadual Itaberaba) protects land in São Paulo state spread across Arujá, Guarulhos, Mairiporã, Nazaré Paulista and Santa Isabel.
Museu de História Natural
In Campinas' Bosque dos Jequitibás, the Natural History Museum (Museu de História Natural) has displayed about 5,000 pieces since 1939, from taxidermied mammals, birds and reptiles to fossils and specimens from Brazil's biomes.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Campinas-José Pancetti
Campinas's Museum of Contemporary Art (MACC), founded in 1965, sits on Avenida Benjamin Constant downtown, beside the city hall and municipal library. Its collection focuses on postwar Brazilian art, with paintings, sculpture, works on paper and installations.
Mata de Santa Genebra
Mata de Santa Genebra is a forest in Campinas protected as an Area of Relevant Ecological Interest. The José Pedro de Oliveira Foundation has hosted guided trail walks there with wildlife researchers from Unicamp.
Vassununga State Park
Vassununga State Park, beside the Anhanguera highway in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, protects Atlantic Forest and cerrado and shelters the Patriarca, a jequitibá-rosa about 42 meters tall estimated at roughly 600 years old.
Museu Casa de Portinari
In Brodowski, Candido Portinari's childhood home is now the Museu Casa de Portinari, where the painter often returned to stay with family. Inside are several of his works, mostly murals painted in fresco and tempera.
Jardim Zoobotânico de Franca
In the city of Franca, the Jardim Zoobotânico de Franca is a public zoo and botanical garden that preserves plants and native forest. It began as a 1950s tree nursery and became a zoobotanical garden in the 1990s.
Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park
Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park in São Paulo state protects cerrado and Atlantic Forest with high biodiversity in and around a canyon.
Arriving in Patos de Minas
St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, Patos de Minas
St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, also called Patos de Minas Cathedral, is a Catholic church in the city of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais.
More drives to Patos de Minas
- Ipatinga to Patos de Minas
- Marília to Patos de Minas
- Bragança Paulista to Patos de Minas
- Sorocaba to Patos de Minas
- São Paulo to Patos de Minas
- Teresópolis to Patos de Minas
From Taubaté to other places in Brazil
- Taubaté to Jacareí
- Taubaté to Bragança Paulista
- Taubaté to Paranapiacaba
- Taubaté to Cubatão
- Taubaté to Itu
- Taubaté to Limeira
Frequently asked questions
How long is the drive from Taubaté to Patos de Minas?
About 10 h 14 min of driving without stops, over 510 miles.
How far is Patos de Minas from Taubaté by car?
About 510 miles (821 km) on the Wayro route. Other map services may show a few miles more or less, depending on where they start and end in each city.
Is it safe to drive from Taubaté to Patos de Minas?
The U.S. State Department rates Brazil Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Read the full advisory before you go.
What roads does the drive from Taubaté to Patos de Minas use?
In order: SP-060, SP-065, SP-330, SP-334, MG-428, BR-146 and BR-365. The road-by-road table above shows the route miles for each one.
Where can you stop on the way from Taubaté to Patos de Minas?
Closest to the road: Vassununga State Park (state park, mile 213, 0.3 mi from the route); Museu Casa de Portinari (museum, mile 270, 0.3 mi from the route); Jardim Zoobotânico de Franca (zoo, mile 312, 0.6 mi from the route). All stops are described above.
How we put this guide together
Wayro calculates the route from OpenStreetMap road data; mile numbers are positions along this route, not highway markers, and "from the route" distances are straight-line, so the real detour depends on access roads. Stops are chosen from parks, natural sites, museums, historic sites and attractions close to the route: at least one strong stop for each stretch of the drive, then the best-known places nearest the road, up to nine in all. Places that are closed, private or not open to visitors are removed. Place descriptions are written by the Wayro team from official park, museum, tourism and government websites and other published sources. Safety levels and entry rules were checked against the U.S. Department of State on October 10, 2026. Conditions change, so check the linked sources before you travel.
Route data © OpenStreetMap contributors.