There are 9 ways to get from Jackson to Baton Rouge by train, plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Detroit, fly to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
best- Take the train from Jackson Station to Dearborntrain
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR)plane DTW - BTR
10h 7m$94–500Train, bus
- Take the train from Jackson Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Stationbus
26h 43m$176–390Bus
- Take the bus from Jackson Bus Stop to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Memphis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Memphis Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Stationbus
27h 5m$151–381Drive 1,022.9 mi
- Drive from Jackson to Baton Rougecar 1,022.9 mi
18h 56m$187–270Taxi to Capital Region International Airport, fly to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, bus
- Take the taxi from Jackson to Lansing-Airport-LANtaxi
- Fly from Capital Region International Airport (LAN) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane LAN - MSY
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Stationbus
9h 36m$270–796Train to Detroit, fly to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Jackson Station to Dearborntrain
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)plane DTW - MSY
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Stationbus
9h 46m$131–378Bus, bus to Fort Wayne International Airport, fly to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
- Take the bus from Jackson Station to Toledobus
- Take the bus from Toledo to Fort Wayne, INbus
- Fly from Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR)plane FWA - BTR
14h 1mBus, bus to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
- Take the bus from Jackson, MI to East Lansing, MIbus
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Grand Rapids, MIbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR)plane GRR - BTR
13h 15m$164–816Train to Detroit, fly to Pensacola International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Jackson Station to Dearborntrain
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Pensacola International Airport (PNS)plane DTW - PNS
- Take the bus from Pensacola Airport to Mobile Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Mobile Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Stationbus
11h 44m$152–705
Jackson to Baton Rouge by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Jackson to Baton Rouge is to train and fly and bus which costs $130 - $380 and takes 9h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Jackson to Baton Rouge is to taxi and fly and bus which takes 9h 36m and costs $270 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from Jackson to Baton Rouge station. However, there are services departing from Jackson Bus Stop and arriving at Baton Rouge Bus Station via Chicago Bus Station and Memphis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 5m.
The distance between Jackson and Baton Rouge is 1008 miles. The road distance is 1028.9 miles.
The best way to get from Jackson to Baton Rouge without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 43m and costs $170 - $390.
It takes approximately 10h 7m to get from Jackson to Baton Rouge, including transfers.
Jackson to Baton Rouge bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Jackson Bus Stop station.
Jackson to Baton Rouge bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Chicago Bus Station.
Baton Rouge is 1h behind Jackson. It is currently 9:52 PM in Jackson and 8:52 PM in Baton Rouge.
Yes, the driving distance between Jackson to Baton Rouge is 1029 miles. It takes approximately 18h 56m to drive from Jackson to Baton Rouge.
What companies run services between Jackson, MI, USA and Baton Rouge, LA, USA?
You can take a bus from Jackson Bus Stop to Baton Rouge Bus Station via Chicago Bus Station and Memphis Bus Station in around 27h 5m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Fort Wayne International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–430
Flights from Fort Wayne International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Detroit, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–470
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Detroit, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Detroit to Pensacola International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Detroit to Pensacola International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Detroit to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Detroit to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Detroit to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Fort Wayne International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Fort Wayne International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Detroit to Pensacola International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Detroit to Pensacola International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Detroit to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Detroit to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Jackson Station to Dearborn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Jackson Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Jackson Bus Stop to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Memphis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–200
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Memphis Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Pensacola Airport to Mobile Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Mobile Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Memphis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Memphis Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $55–100
Bus from Mobile Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $24–90
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Jackson Station to Toledo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Toledo to Fort Wayne, IN
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–45
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Jackson, MI to East Lansing, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–23
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Grand Rapids, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Estimated price
- $140–170
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