There are 8 ways to get from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa by bus, plane, train, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus, Amtrak), car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, fly to San Francisco International Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane DTW - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
- Take the train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
9h 58m$160–606Bus
- Take the bus from Ann Arbor to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Vallejo Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Vallejo to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
2d 9h$405–806Train, bus (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Ann Arbor Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Martineztrain
- Take the bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
2d 12h$682–1,568Drive 2,352.6 mi
- Drive from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosacar 2,352.6 mi
36h 50m$430–621Bus, fly to Sonoma County Airport
- Take the bus from Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane DTW - STS
10h 19m$179–772Bus, fly to Oakland International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane DTW - OAK
- Take the bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafaelbus
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
11h 46m$239–979Bus, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART, train
- Take the bus from Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane DTW - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Nortesubway
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
13h 7m$223–946Bus, fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane DTW - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
12h 12m$246–984
Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa is to bus and fly and train which costs $160 - $650 and takes 9h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa is to bus and fly and train which takes 9h 58m and costs $160 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa. However, there are services departing from Ann Arbor and arriving at Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop via Chicago Bus Station, Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center and Vallejo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Ann Arbor and Santa Rosa is 2185 miles. The road distance is 2366.4 miles.
The best way to get from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 9h and costs $400 - $850.
It takes approximately 9h 58m to get from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa, including transfers.
Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Ann Arbor station.
Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Chicago Bus Station.
Santa Rosa is 3h behind Ann Arbor. It is currently 5:51 PM in Ann Arbor and 2:51 PM in Santa Rosa.
Yes, the driving distance between Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa is 2366 miles. It takes approximately 36h 50m to drive from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa.
What companies run services between Ann Arbor, MI, USA and Santa Rosa, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Ann Arbor to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop via Chicago Bus Station, Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center, and Vallejo in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Detroit to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Detroit to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Detroit to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Detroit to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Detroit to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Phone
- +1 707-794-3330
- Website
- sonomamarintrain.org
Train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ann Arbor Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 517-333-0400
- info@michiganflyer.com
- Website
- michiganflyer.com
Bus from Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $7–9
- Adult
- $10–15
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- marinairporter.com
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Ann Arbor to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Vallejo Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Ann Arbor to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Vallejo to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
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