There are 9 ways to get from Madison to Polson by plane, car, bus, or train
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Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Glacier Park International Airport, drive
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA)MSN - FCA
- Drive from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to Polson
8h 22m$143–668Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Glacier Park International Airport, drive
cheapest- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA)ORD - FCA
- Drive from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to Polson
8h 49m$126–506Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Madison to Minneapolis Bus Station
- Take the bus from Minneapolis to Dickinson
- Take the bus from Dickinson to Billings
- Take the bus from Billings to Missoula
- Drive from Missoula to Polson
30h 6m$141–578Bus, train, drive
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mall of America - IKEA - Bloomington
- Take the train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Essex Station
- Drive from Essex Station to Polson
31h 5m$178–434Drive 1,470.4 mi
- Drive from Madison to Polson1,470.4 mi
23h 35m$269–388Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Missoula International Airport, drive
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)MSN - MSO
- Drive from Missoula International Airport (MSO) to Polson
7h 43m$143–669Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Missoula International Airport, drive
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)ORD - MSO
- Drive from Missoula International Airport (MSO) to Polson
8h 51m$126–497Bus to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Glacier Park International Airport, drive
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA)MKE - FCA
- Drive from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to Polson
10h 2m$202–869Bus to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Missoula International Airport, drive
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)MKE - MSO
- Drive from Missoula International Airport (MSO) to Polson
9h 23m$202–870
Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Polson is to bus and fly and drive which costs $120 - $550 and takes 8h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Polson is to fly and drive which takes 7h 43m and costs $140 - $700.
The distance between Madison and Polson is 1322 miles. The road distance is 1479 miles.
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Madison to Polson, including transfers.
Polson is 1h behind Madison. It is currently 2:07 PM in Madison and 1:07 PM in Polson.
Yes, the driving distance between Madison to Polson is 1479 miles. It takes approximately 23h 35m to drive from Madison to Polson.
There are 21+ hotels available in Polson.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Polson, MT, USA?
There is no direct connection from Madison to Polson. However, you can take the bus to Airport at Terminal Door 6, walk to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) airport, fly to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA), then drive to Polson. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Madison to Polson via Minneapolis, Dickinson, Billings, and Missoula in around 30h 6m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Glacier Park International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Glacier Park International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Missoula International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–450
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–440
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Glacier Park International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–450
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–440
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Glacier Park International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Missoula International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–450
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–440
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Glacier Park International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Missoula International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–450
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–450
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Missoula International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Essex Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $100–280
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $150–330
- Business - advance purchase
- $200–800
- Business Class
- $290–750
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison to Minneapolis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Madison to Minneapolis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–110
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Minneapolis to Dickinson
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Dickinson to Billings
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–130
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Billings to Missoula
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–130
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mall of America - IKEA - Bloomington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
- Phone
- +1 800-236-1240
- Website
- golamers.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.golamers.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.golamers.com/
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