There are 8 ways to get from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz by taxi, plane, ferry, bus, car, or train
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Taxi to Lethbridge Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, ferry
best- Take the taxi from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Lethbridge Airport (YQL)
- Fly from Lethbridge Airport (YQL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)YQL - SFO
- Take the ferry from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island
20h 27m$458–824Drive to Glacier Park International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, ferry
cheapest- Drive from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA)
- Fly from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)FCA - SFO
- Take the ferry from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island
8h 30m$149–413Bus, drive, train
- Take the bus from Fort Macleod to Lethbridge
- Drive from Lethbridge to Port of Sweet Grass
- Take the bus from Port of Sweet Grass to Shelby Transit Center
- Take the train from Shelby Amtrak Station to Portland
- Take the train from Portland to Oakland
42h 47m$374–931Bus, train via Yuba City
- Take the bus from Fort Macleod, AB to Nelson, BC - 512 Railway Street
- Take the bus from Nelson, BC - 512 Railway Street to Vancouver, BC - Pacific Central Station
- Take the bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Station
- Take the bus from Seattle Bus Station to Marysville
- Take the bus from I St & 9th St to J & 4th St99 / ...
- Take the train from Sacramento to Oakland
44h 53m$457–648Drive 1,200.2 mi
- Drive from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz1,200.2 mi
23h 14m$275–397Drive to Glacier Park International Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, ferry
- Drive from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA)
- Fly from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)FCA - OAK
- Take the ferry from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island
8h 5m$184–589Bus to Calgary International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, ferry
- Take the bus from Fort Macleod to Calgary Int. Airport
- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)YYC - SFO
- Take the ferry from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island
10h 2m$270–1,149Bus, train
- Take the bus from Fort Macleod, AB to Balfour, BC - 350 Balfour Ferry
- Take the bus from Balfour, BC - 350 Balfour Ferry to Vancouver, BC - Pacific Central Station
- Take the train from Vancouver to Seattle
- Take the train from Seattle to Oakland
2d$496–1,262
Lethbridge Airport (YQL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz is to drive and fly and ferry which costs $140 - $420 and takes 8h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz is to drive and fly and ferry which takes 8h 5m and costs $180 - $600.
The distance between Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Alcatraz is 1033 miles. The road distance is 1207.2 miles.
The best way to get from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz without a car is to bus and train via Yuba City which takes 44h 53m and costs $450 - $650.
It takes approximately 20h 27m to get from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz is 1207 miles. It takes approximately 23h 14m to drive from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz.
There are 853+ hotels available in Alcatraz.
What companies run services between Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, AB, Canada and Alcatraz, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz. However, you can take the taxi to Lethbridge Airport (YQL) airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), walk to San Francisco International Airport, take the subway to Embarcadero, walk to Market St & Main St, take the vehicle to The Embarcadero & Bay St, walk to Pier 33, take the ferry to Alcatraz Island, then walk to Alcatraz. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to Alcatraz via Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, Port of Sweet Grass, Shelby Transit Center, Shelby Amtrak Station, Portland, and Oakland in around 42h 47m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–600
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–300
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–600
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–600
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Lethbridge Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–750
Flights from Lethbridge Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–800
Flights from Lethbridge Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary International Airport, Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 58m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–800
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–600
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–300
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–600
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lethbridge Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–270
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–290
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lethbridge Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–270
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Calgary International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–280
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–480
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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–420
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–32
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Vancouver to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Seattle to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Fort Macleod to Lethbridge
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $6–85
Bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Seattle Bus Station to Marysville
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $80–140
Bus from Fort Macleod to Calgary Int. Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $15–85
- Phone
- +1 406-470-0727
- tctransit@gmail.com
- Website
- northern.rural-transit.com
Bus from Port of Sweet Grass to Shelby Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- northern.rural-transit.com
- Phone
- +1 778 382 7729
- info@mountainmanmikes.ca
- Website
- mountainmanmikes.ca
Bus from Fort Macleod, AB to Nelson, BC - 512 Railway Street
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/
- Book at
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/routes-fares/
Bus from Nelson, BC - 512 Railway Street to Vancouver, BC - Pacific Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/
- Book at
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/routes-fares/
Bus from Fort Macleod, AB to Balfour, BC - 350 Balfour Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/
- Book at
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/routes-fares/
Bus from Balfour, BC - 350 Balfour Ferry to Vancouver, BC - Pacific Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/
- Book at
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/routes-fares/
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (530) 634-6880
- Website
- yubasuttertransit.com
Bus from I St & 9th St to J & 4th St
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–5
- Website
- Yuba-Sutter Transit
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from I St & 9th St to J & 4th St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 202-208-6843
- Website
- nps.gov
Ferry from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $48
- Website
- https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
- Phone
- +1.888.467.6256
- info@alcatrazcruises.com
- Website
- cityexperiences.com
Ferry from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $46
- Schedules at
- https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/departure-schedule/
- Website
- https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/
- Adult 12 - 61
- $46
- Child 5-11
- $28
- Senior 62+
- $43
- Toddler 0-4
- $0
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Estimated price
- $310–380
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