There are 10 ways to get from Chicago to Mount Whitney by plane, bus, unknown, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus, travel
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane ORD - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Visalia Transit Stationbus
- Take the bus from Visalia Transit Center to Three Rivers Historical Museumbus
- Walk from Three Rivers Historical Museum to Mount Whitneyunknown
12h 29mTrain, bus, travel
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from Lancaster - Metrolink Station, 44812 Sierra Highway to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Streetbus
- Walk from Lone Pine CA to Mount Whitneyunknown
2d 3hBus, travel
- 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 Reno - RTC Centennial Plaza Bay "O" - 1421 Victorian Avenue, Sparks, NV 89431 to Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Streetbus
- Take the bus from Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Street to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Streetbus Lpx
- Walk from Lone Pine CA to Mount Whitneyunknown
2d 3hFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane MDW - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Visalia Transit Stationbus
- Take the bus from Visalia Transit Center to Three Rivers Historical Museumbus
- Walk from Three Rivers Historical Museum to Mount Whitneyunknown
13h 56mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane ORD - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from Lancaster - Metrolink Station, 44812 Sierra Highway to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Streetbus
- Walk from Whitney Portal to Mount Whitneyunknown
15h 46mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Bishop Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Bishop Airport (BIH)plane MDW - BIH
- Take the bus from Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Street to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Streetbus
- Walk from Whitney Portal to Mount Whitneyunknown
11h 29mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane MDW - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from Lancaster - Metrolink Station, 44812 Sierra Highway to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Streetbus
- Walk from Whitney Portal to Mount Whitneyunknown
15h 38mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane ORD - LAS
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Mojave - Carl's Jr., 44812 Sierra Highway to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Streetbus
- Walk from Whitney Portal to Mount Whitneyunknown
15h 50mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane MDW - LAS
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Mojave - Carl's Jr., 44812 Sierra Highway to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Streetbus
- Walk from Whitney Portal to Mount Whitneyunknown
15h 38mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane ORD - SNA
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from Lancaster - Metrolink Station, 44812 Sierra Highway to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Streetbus
- Walk from Whitney Portal to Mount Whitneyunknown
18h 33m
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Chicago and Mount Whitney is 1868 miles.
The best way to get from Chicago to Mount Whitney without a car is to train and bus and travel which takes 2 days 3h and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 29m to get from Chicago to Mount Whitney, including transfers.
Mount Whitney is 2h behind Chicago. It is currently 5:50 AM in Chicago and 3:50 AM in Mount Whitney.
There are 10+ hotels available in Mount Whitney.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Mount Whitney, Tulare County, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Mount Whitney. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT), walk to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, take the bus to Fresno Amtrak, walk to Fresno Bus Station, take the bus to Visalia Transit Station, walk to Visalia Transit Center, take the bus to Three Rivers Historical Museum, then travel to Mount Whitney. Alternatively, you can take a train from Chicago Union Station to Mount Whitney via Los Angeles, L.A. Union Station, Lancaster, Lancaster - Metrolink Station, 44812 Sierra Highway, and Lone Pine CA in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Albuquerque
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Colorado Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Bishop Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Bishop Airport via Kansas City, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Bishop Airport via Omaha, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Bishop Airport via Colorado Springs, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 34m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Bishop Airport via Milwaukee, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Bishop Airport via Des Moines, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from L.A. Union Station to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $12–17
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 Visalia Transit Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 202-208-6843
- Website
- nps.gov
Bus from Visalia Transit Center to Three Rivers Historical Museum
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
- Phone
- +1 760-872-1901
- info@estransit.com
- Website
- estransit.com
Bus from Lancaster - Metrolink Station, 44812 Sierra Highway to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.estransit.com
Bus from Reno - RTC Centennial Plaza Bay "O" - 1421 Victorian Avenue, Sparks, NV 89431 to Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.estransit.com
Bus from Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Street to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.estransit.com
Bus from Mojave - Carl's Jr., 44812 Sierra Highway to Lone Pine - McDonald's, 601 S. Main Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://www.estransit.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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