There are 11 ways to get from Bend to Merced by plane, bus, bus (Amtrak, Flixbus), train, car, or subway
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Fly Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)RDM - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
8h 43m$206–1,133Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bend Hawthorne Station to Klamath Falls Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Klamath Falls to Sacramento
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
16h 31m$80–178Amtrak Thruway, bus
- Take the bus from Bend, OR to Jaqua Academic Center - Eugene
- Take the bus from Eugene to Sacramento Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
15h 51m$99–264Drive 549.3 mi
- Drive from Bend to Merced549.3 mi
9h 49m$101–145Fly Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)RDM - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
8h 34m$107–486Bus to Portland International Airport, fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Hawthorne Station, Bend to Portland International Airport
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)PDX - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
9h 56m$171–886Amtrak Thruway to Mahlon Sweet Field Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Bend, OR to Jaqua Academic Center - Eugene
- Fly from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (EUG) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)EUG - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
9h 41m$304–596Amtrak Thruway to Mahlon Sweet Field Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Bend, OR to Jaqua Academic Center - Eugene
- Fly from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (EUG) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)EUG - OAK
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
10h 29m$358–635Amtrak Thruway to Mahlon Sweet Field Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Bend, OR to Jaqua Academic Center - Eugene
- Fly from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (EUG) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)EUG - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
11h 35m$181–759Bus, train via Merced Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Bend Hawthorne Station to Klamath Falls Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Klamath Falls to Sacramento
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
17h 36m$83–183Bus, train via Chico
- Take the bus from Bend Hawthorne Station to Klamath Falls Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Klamath Falls to Chico Amtrak
- Take the bus from Chico Amtrak to Stockton
- Take the bus from Stockton to Merced
19h 17m
Bend to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bend to Merced is to drive which costs $100 - $150 and takes 9h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Bend to Merced is to fly and BART and bus which takes 8h 34m and costs $100 - $490.
No, there is no direct bus from Bend to Merced. However, there are services departing from Bend, OR and arriving at Merced via Eugene and Sacramento Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 51m.
The distance between Bend and Merced is 605 miles. The road distance is 552.6 miles.
The best way to get from Bend to Merced without a car is to Amtrak Thruway and bus which takes 15h 51m and costs $95 - $270.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Bend to Merced, including transfers.
Bend to Merced bus services, operated by Amtrak Thruway, depart from Bend, OR station.
Bend to Merced bus services, operated by Amtrak Thruway, arrive at Jaqua Academic Center - Eugene station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bend to Merced is 553 miles. It takes approximately 9h 49m to drive from Bend to Merced.
There are 33+ hotels available in Merced.
What companies run services between Bend, OR, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Bend, OR to Merced via Eugene and Sacramento Bus Station in around 15h 51m.
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- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–400
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Portland International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–900
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Roberts Field-Redmond Municipal Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Klamath Falls to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Klamath Falls to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $30–60
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $30–110
- Business - advance purchase
- $40–200
- Business Class
- $65–260
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Bend, OR to Jaqua Academic Center - Eugene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $22–45
- Phone
- +1 541-366-5110
- info@pacificcrestbuslines.net
- Website
- pacificcrestbuslines.net
Bus from Bend, OR to Jaqua Academic Center - Eugene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- https://pacificcrestbuslines.net
Bus from Bend Hawthorne Station to Klamath Falls Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–50
- Website
- https://pacificcrestbuslines.net
Bus from Hawthorne Station, Bend to Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–55
- Website
- https://pacificcrestbuslines.net
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Eugene to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
- Phone
- (541) 389-7469
- info@cobreeze.com
- Website
- cobreeze.com
Bus from Hawthorne Station, Bend to Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $58–62
- Website
- https://cobreeze.com/
- Schedules at
- https://cobreeze.com/schedule/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Chico Amtrak to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–20
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–19
- Titanium
- $8–20
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