There are 9 ways to get from Elk Grove to Washington by plane, subway, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, or train
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Fly Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
best- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SMF - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
8h 16m$259–991Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SFO - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
11h 36m$213–1,275Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Washington Union Stationbus
2d 16h$311–651Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Stationtrain California Zephyr
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Washington Union Stationtrain Floridian / ...
2d 22h$335–709Drive 2,720.5 mi
- Drive from Elk Grove to Washingtoncar 2,720.5 mi
43h 17m$497–718Fly Sacramento International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SMF - DCA
9h 12m$527–2,133Fly Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SMF - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
8h 18m$229–1,435Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SFO - DCA
10h 45m$441–1,673Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SFO - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
11h 27m$233–831
Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Elk Grove to Washington is to bus which costs $310 - $650 and takes 2 days 16h.
The fastest way to get from Elk Grove to Washington is to fly and subway which takes 8h 16m and costs $250 - $1,000.
The distance between Elk Grove and Washington is 2421 miles. The road distance is 2736.4 miles.
The best way to get from Elk Grove to Washington without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs $310 - $650.
It takes approximately 8h 16m to get from Elk Grove to Washington, including transfers.
The best way to get from Elk Grove to Washington is to bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs $310 - $650. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $330 - $750 and takes 2 days 22h, you could also fly, which costs $500 - $2,200 and takes 9h 12m.
Washington is 3h ahead of Elk Grove. It is currently 5:55 PM in Elk Grove and 8:55 PM in Washington.
Yes, the driving distance between Elk Grove to Washington is 2736 miles. It takes approximately 43h 17m to drive from Elk Grove to Washington.
There are 1777+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Elk Grove, CA, USA and Washington, DC, USA?
You can take a vehicle from Elk Grove to Washington Union Station via Sacramento Bus Station, Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, and Chicago Bus Station in around 2d 16h. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Elk Grove to Washington Union Station via CRC Station, 12th & I Station, Sacramento, and Chicago Union Station in around 2d 22h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–410
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–29
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- 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 Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–240
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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