There are 8 ways to get from Great Falls to Santa Rosa by plane, bus, train, car, or subway
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Fly to Sonoma County Airport
best- Fly from Great Falls International Airport (GTF) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane GTF - STS
8h 19m$115–541Fly to San Francisco International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Great Falls International Airport (GTF) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane GTF - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
- Take the train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
8h 25m$112–418Bus, train via Spokane
- Take the bus from Great Falls Transfer Center to Butte, MTbus
- Take the bus from Butte, MT to Spokane Stationbus
- Take the bus from Spokane Station to Portland Curbside Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Portland to Martineztrain
- Take the bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
39h 27m$349–690Bus, train
- Take the bus from Great Falls Transfer Center to Shelby Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the train from Shelby Amtrak Station to Portlandtrain
- Take the bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Grants Passbus
- Take the bus from Newman United Methodist - Grants Pass to Crescent City Cultural Center/CoCbus
- Take the bus from Grocery Outlet to Arcata Transit Centerbus 20
- Take the bus from Arcata to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
40h 1m$333–705Drive 1,188 mi
- Drive from Great Falls to Santa Rosacar 1,188 mi
18h 31m$217–314Fly to Oakland International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Great Falls International Airport (GTF) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane GTF - OAK
- Take the bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafaelbus
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
8h 27m$155–701Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART, train
- Fly from Great Falls International Airport (GTF) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane GTF - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Nortesubway
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
9h 52m$145–649Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Great Falls Transfer Center to Shelby Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the train from Shelby Amtrak Station to Portlandtrain
- Take the train from Portland to Martineztrain
- Take the bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
41h 58m$406–897
Great Falls to Santa Rosa by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Great Falls to Santa Rosa is to fly and bus and train which costs $110 - $420 and takes 8h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Great Falls to Santa Rosa is to fly which takes 8h 19m and costs $110 - $550.
The distance between Great Falls and Santa Rosa is 860 miles. The road distance is 1194.9 miles.
The best way to get from Great Falls to Santa Rosa without a car is to bus and train via Spokane which takes 39h 27m and costs $340 - $700.
It takes approximately 8h 19m to get from Great Falls to Santa Rosa, including transfers.
Santa Rosa is 1h behind Great Falls. It is currently 12:17 AM in Great Falls and 11:17 PM in Santa Rosa.
Yes, the driving distance between Great Falls to Santa Rosa is 1195 miles. It takes approximately 18h 31m to drive from Great Falls to Santa Rosa.
There are 862+ hotels available in Santa Rosa.
What companies run services between Great Falls, MT, USA and Santa Rosa, CA, USA?
Allegiant Air, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Delta fly from Great Falls International Airport (GTF) to Sonoma County Airport (STS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Seattle, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Salt Lake City, Indio/Palm Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Salt Lake City, Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Salt Lake City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Salt Lake City, Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
- Website
- jsx.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–410
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Shelby Amtrak Station to Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $210–460
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 707-794-3330
- Website
- sonomamarintrain.org
Train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 208-656-8824
- info@saltlakeexpress.com
- Website
- saltlakeexpress.com
Bus from Great Falls Transfer Center to Butte, MT
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://saltlakeexpress.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Butte, MT to Spokane Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $75–110
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Spokane Station to Portland Curbside Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Arcata to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 406-470-0727
- tctransit@gmail.com
- Website
- northern.rural-transit.com
Bus from Great Falls Transfer Center to Shelby Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- northern.rural-transit.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Grants Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Newman United Methodist - Grants Pass to Crescent City Cultural Center/CoC
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $17–45
- Phone
- +1 888-846-4183
- Website
- oregon-point.com
Bus from Newman United Methodist - Grants Pass to Crescent City Cultural Center/CoC
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Website
- https://www.oregon-point.com
- Website
- redwoodcoasttransit.org
Bus from Grocery Outlet to Arcata Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://redwoodcoasttransit.org
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- marinairporter.com
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
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