There are 7 ways to get from Cleveland to Grinnell by train, bus, car, plane, taxi, bus (Greyhound), or shuttle
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Train, bus
best- Take the train from Cleveland Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain Floridian / ...
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnellbus Greyhound US0155S / ...
15h 20m$100–239Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus Greyhound US0164
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnellbus Greyhound US0155S / ...
15h 50m$89–182Drive 612.9 mi
- Drive from Cleveland to Grinnellcar 612.9 mi
10h 9m$112–162Fly to Waterloo Municipal Airport, bus, taxi
- Fly from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Waterloo Municipal Airport (ALO)plane CLE - ALO
- Take the bus from Waterloo to Marshalltownbus
- Take the taxi from Marshalltown to Grinnelltaxi
9h 14m$184–598Bus via Shipshewana
- Take the bus from Cleveland to Shipshewanabus
- Take the bus from Shipshewana to Chicagobus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnellbus
17h$90–213Fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Fly from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane CLE - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
- Take the bus from Iowa City to Grinnellbus
10h 44mFly to Des Moines, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Des Moines (DSM)plane CLE - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Take the bus from Ames to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
10h 35m$278–1,204
Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Waterloo Municipal Airport (ALO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cleveland to Grinnell is to bus which costs $85 - $190 and takes 15h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Cleveland to Grinnell is to fly and bus and taxi which takes 9h 14m and costs $180 - $600.
The distance between Cleveland and Grinnell is 643 miles. The road distance is 616.5 miles.
The best way to get from Cleveland to Grinnell without a car is to train and bus which takes 15h 20m and costs $95 - $240.
It takes approximately 15h 20m to get from Cleveland to Grinnell, including transfers.
Grinnell is 1h behind Cleveland. It is currently 6:38 PM in Cleveland and 5:38 PM in Grinnell.
Yes, the driving distance between Cleveland to Grinnell is 617 miles. It takes approximately 10h 9m to drive from Cleveland to Grinnell.
There are 13+ hotels available in Grinnell.
What companies run services between Cleveland, OH, USA and Grinnell, IA, USA?
You can take a bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Grinnell via Chicago Bus Station and Grinnell in around 15h 50m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–440
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Reagan Washington, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–430
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Des Moines via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,000
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Des Moines via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–430
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to Des Moines via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Cleveland Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Waterloo to Marshalltown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Iowa City to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Des Moines to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Bus from Cleveland to Shipshewana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Bus from Shipshewana to Chicago
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–50
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Phone
- +1-319-362-0375
- Website
- 380express.com
Bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.380express.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.380express.com/schedule/
- Phone
- +1 320.253.2226
- Website
- executiveexpress.biz
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz
- Schedules at
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz/coverage-areas/
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Ames to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–45
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Estimated price
- $65–80
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