There are 9 ways to get from Colorado to Salinas by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, train, shuttle, 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.
Fly to Monterey Regional Airport, line 20 bus
best- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)DEN - MRY
- Take the bus from Monterey Transit Plaza / Gate 4 Tyler to Salinas Transit Center / Gate 7
7h 45m$113–500Bus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Oakland
- Take the bus from Oakland to Salinas Train Station
32h 13m$118–368Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Denver to EmeryvilleCalifornia Zephyr
- Take the train from Emeryville to SalinasCoast Starlight
37h 38m$144–1,353Drive 1,235.7 mi
- Drive from Denver to Salinas1,235.7 mi
19h 37m$226–326Fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, bus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)DEN - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinas
8h 6mFly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)DEN - SJC
- Take a shuttle bus from San Jose Airport Terminal A to Meridian Spur / Prunedale Park & Ride
7h 58m$175–721Fly to Oakland International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)DEN - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinas
8h 16mFly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)DEN - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Salinas
11h 29m$165–752Fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)DEN - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno, CA to Gilroy
- Take the bus from Monterey / Gilroy Train Station to N Main St/ W Rossi St
10h 40m$138–644
Colorado to Salinas by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colorado to Salinas is to bus which costs $110 - $370 and takes 32h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Colorado to Salinas is to fly and line 20 bus which takes 7h 45m and costs $110 - $500.
No, there is no direct bus from Colorado to Salinas station. However, there are services departing from Colfax Ave & Grant St and arriving at Salinas Train Station via Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center and Oakland. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Colorado to Salinas. However, there are services departing from Denver and arriving at Salinas via Emeryville. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 38m.
The distance between Colorado and Salinas is 1012 miles. The road distance is 1242.9 miles.
The best way to get from Colorado to Salinas without a car is to bus which takes 32h 13m and costs $110 - $370.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Colorado to Salinas, including transfers.
Colorado to Salinas bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Denver Union Station.
Colorado to Salinas train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Denver station.
The best way to get from Colorado to Salinas is to bus which takes 32h 13m and costs $110 - $370. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $140 - $1,400 and takes 37h 38m.
What companies run services between Colorado, USA and Salinas, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Colfax Ave & Grant St to Salinas Train Station via Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center, and Oakland in around 32h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Denver to Salinas via Emeryville in around 37h 38m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Denver to Monterey Regional Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Denver to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Denver to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Denver to Monterey Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Denver to Monterey Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Denver to Monterey Regional Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Denver to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Emeryville to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- 1-888-678-2871
- customerservice@mst.org
- Website
- mst.org
Bus from Monterey Transit Plaza / Gate 4 Tyler to Salinas Transit Center / Gate 7
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Monterey-Salinas Transit
Bus from Monterey / Gilroy Train Station to N Main St/ W Rossi St
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Monterey-Salinas Transit
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Oakland to Salinas Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $15–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $15–85
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from San Jose to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from San Jose Airport Terminal A to Meridian Spur / Prunedale Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $40–55
- Standard Rate
- $49
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Fresno, CA to Gilroy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Fresno, CA to Gilroy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–26
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $12–25
- Titanium
- $14–26
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More Questions & Answers
Colorado to Salinas bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sparks Transit Center station.
Salinas is 1h behind Colorado. It is currently 12:15 PM in Colorado and 11:15 AM in Salinas.
Colorado to Salinas train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Emeryville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Colorado to Salinas is 1243 miles. It takes approximately 19h 37m to drive from Colorado to Salinas.
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