There are 7 ways to get from Great Falls to Santa Rosa by plane, bus, train, or car
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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
6h 41m$117–517Fly 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 41m$104–366Bus, train via Sacramento
- 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 Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Vallejo Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Vallejo to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
39h 36m$329–691Drive 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
9h 7m$156–658Bus, train
- 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$439–940Bus, 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 to Seattle Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the train from Seattle to Martineztrain
- Take the bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
44h 14m$427–898
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 $100 - $370 and takes 8h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Great Falls to Santa Rosa is to fly which takes 6h 41m 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 Sacramento which takes 39h 36m and costs $320 - $700.
It takes approximately 6h 41m to get from Great Falls to Santa Rosa, including transfers.
Santa Rosa is 1h behind Great Falls. It is currently 7:04 AM in Great Falls and 6:04 AM 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 274+ hotels available in Santa Rosa.
What companies run services between Great Falls, MT, USA and Santa Rosa, CA, USA?
Delta, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and two other airlines fly from Great Falls International Airport (GTF) to Sonoma County Airport (STS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–350
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- 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
- $95–410
Flights from Great Falls International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Shelby Amtrak Station to Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–480
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–430
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Seattle to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–550
- 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
- +1 406-470-0727
- 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 Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Vallejo Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Vallejo to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–30
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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
- $25–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $25–55
- 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
Bus from Spokane to Seattle Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- 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
- +1 800-366-6975
- info@busnws.com
- Website
- northwesternstagelines.com
Bus from Spokane to Seattle Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Schedules at
- northwesternstagelines.com
- Adults
- $110–140
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Spokane to Seattle Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $50–65
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