There are 10 ways to get from Joliet to Boulder by train, plane, bus, car, or bus (Greyhound)
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 Chicago Midway International Airport, fly to Denver, bus
best- Take the train from Joliet Gateway Center to Summit Amtrak
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Denver (DEN)MDW - DEN
- Take the bus from Denver Airport Station Gate 8 to Downtown Boulder Station
6h 40m$113–624Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Jefferson St & Mayor Art Schultz Dr to Downers Grove Metra834
- Take the bus from Naperville Amtrak to Chicago
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Take the bus from Union Station Gate B17 to Broadway & Euclid AveFf1 / ...
26h 56m$108–322Bus, train
- Take the bus from Jefferson St & Mayor Art Schultz Dr to Downers Grove Metra834
- Take the train from Naperville Amtrak Station to Denver
- Take the bus from Union Station Gate B17 to Downtown Boulder StationFf1 / ...
22h 28m$206–337Train, bus
- Take the train from Joliet Gateway Center to Bloomington-Normal
- Take the bus from Bloomington/Normal to Denver
- Take the bus from Union Station Gate B17 to Downtown Boulder StationFf1 / ...
25h 20m$174–557Drive 980.9 mi
- Drive from Joliet to Boulder980.9 mi
15h 36m$179–259Train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Denver, bus
- Take the train from Joliet to LaSalle Street
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Denver (DEN)ORD - DEN
- Take the bus from Denver Airport Station Gate 8 to Downtown Boulder Station
7h 22m$279–715Train to Chicago Midway International Airport, fly to Colorado Springs Airport, bus
- Take the train from Joliet Gateway Center to Summit Amtrak
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Colorado Springs Airport (COS)MDW - COS
- Take the bus from Colorado Springs Airport to Denver International Airport
- Take the bus from Denver Airport Station Gate 8 to Downtown Boulder Station
9h 35m$143–544Train, train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Denver, bus
- Take the train from Joliet to LaSalle Street
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Denver (DEN)MKE - DEN
- Take the bus from Denver Airport Station Gate 8 to Downtown Boulder Station
9h 30m$211–1,085Train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Colorado Springs Airport, bus
- Take the train from Joliet to LaSalle Street
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Colorado Springs Airport (COS)ORD - COS
- Take the bus from Colorado Springs Airport to Denver International Airport
- Take the bus from Denver Airport Station Gate 8 to Downtown Boulder Station
10h 39m$124–445Train, bus to Peoria International Airport, fly to Denver, bus
- Take the train from Joliet Gateway Center to Bloomington-Normal
- Take the bus from Bloomington/Normal to Peoria
- Fly from Peoria International Airport (PIA) to Denver (DEN)PIA - DEN
- Take the bus from Denver Airport Station Gate 8 to Downtown Boulder Station
8h 44m$145–850
Joliet to Boulder by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Joliet to Boulder is to bus which costs $100 - $330 and takes 26h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Joliet to Boulder is to train and fly and bus which takes 6h 40m and costs $110 - $650.
The distance between Joliet and Boulder is 977 miles. The road distance is 986.6 miles.
The best way to get from Joliet to Boulder without a car is to bus and train which takes 22h 28m and costs $200 - $340.
It takes approximately 6h 40m to get from Joliet to Boulder, including transfers.
Boulder is 1h behind Joliet. It is currently 4:24 PM in Joliet and 3:24 PM in Boulder.
Yes, the driving distance between Joliet to Boulder is 987 miles. It takes approximately 15h 36m to drive from Joliet to Boulder.
There are 169+ hotels available in Boulder.
What companies run services between Joliet, IL, USA and Boulder, CO, USA?
You can take a bus from Jefferson St & Mayor Art Schultz Dr to Broadway & Euclid Ave via Downers Grove Metra, Downers Grove, Naperville, Naperville Amtrak, Chicago Bus Station, Denver Union Station, and Union Station Gate B17 in around 26h 56m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Denver via Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver via Cedar Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver via General Mitchell International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver via Kearney
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Denver via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Denver via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Denver via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Joliet Gateway Center to Summit Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–19
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Naperville Amtrak Station to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–330
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Joliet Gateway Center to Bloomington-Normal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–260
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 312-322-6777
- Website
- metra.com
Train from Joliet Gateway Center to Summit Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–6
- Website
- https://metra.com
Train from Joliet to LaSalle Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–7
- Website
- https://metra.com
- Phone
- +1 303-299-6000
- Website
- rtd-denver.com
Bus from Denver Airport Station Gate 8 to Downtown Boulder Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.rtd-denver.com/
- Adult
- $3
Bus from Union Station Gate B17 to Downtown Boulder Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.rtd-denver.com/
- Adult
- $3
Bus from Union Station Gate B17 to Broadway & Euclid Ave
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.rtd-denver.com/
- Adult
- $3
- Phone
- +1(847) 364-7223
- Passenger.Services@PaceBus.com
- Website
- pacebus.com
Bus from Jefferson St & Mayor Art Schultz Dr to Downers Grove Metra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- pacebus.com
- Adult
- $2–4
- Phone
- +1 (319) 753-2864
- info@burlingtontrailways.com
- Website
- burlingtontrailways.com
Bus from Bloomington/Normal to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–300
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $150–220
- Flexible Fares
- $210–300
- Saver Fare
- $203
- Flex Fare
- $279
Bus from Bloomington/Normal to Peoria
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $23–35
- Flexible Fares
- $30–45
Bus from Naperville Amtrak to Chicago
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $22–35
- Flexible Fares
- $29–45
- Phone
- +1 719-687-3456
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Colorado Springs Airport to Denver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/colorado-springs/
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–270
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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