There are 8 ways to get from Denver to Merced by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, 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.
Fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane DEN - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno to Mercedbus
7h 2m$127–580Fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
cheapest- Fly from Denver (DEN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane DEN - SFO
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasantonsubway
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
9h 44m$96–353Bus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
27h 40m$191–360Train, bus
- Take the train from Denver to Sacramentotrain California Zephyr
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus FlixBus 2007
35h 19m$409–830Drive 1,107.7 mi
- Drive from Denver to Mercedcar 1,107.7 mi
19h 58m$203–292Fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane DEN - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
8h 31m$170–693Fly to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane DEN - OAK
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
8h 56m$142–632Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane DEN - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
9h 55m$155–686
Denver to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Denver to Merced is to fly and BART and bus which costs $95 - $360 and takes 9h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Denver to Merced is to fly and bus which takes 7h 2m and costs $120 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Denver station to Merced. However, there are services departing from Denver Union Station and arriving at Merced via Sparks Transit Center and Sacramento Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 40m.
The distance between Denver and Merced is 935 miles. The road distance is 1114.1 miles.
The best way to get from Denver to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 27h 40m and costs $190 - $360.
It takes approximately 7h 2m to get from Denver to Merced, including transfers.
Denver to Merced bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Denver Union Station.
Denver to Merced bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sparks Transit Center station.
Merced is 1h behind Denver. It is currently 7:57 AM in Denver and 6:57 AM in Merced.
Yes, the driving distance between Denver to Merced is 1114 miles. It takes approximately 19h 58m to drive from Denver to Merced.
What companies run services between Denver, CO, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Denver Union Station to Merced via Sparks Transit Center and Sacramento Bus Station in around 27h 40m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–310
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–320
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–310
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–310
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Denver to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $390–800
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 866 691 9732
- eplasales@eplalimo.com
- Website
- eplalimo.com
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://eplalimo.com/
- One Way
- $26–40
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $30–55
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–19
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $6–19
- Titanium
- $7–19
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
- $150–300
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–11
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- 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
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