There are 10 ways to get from Malden to California by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to San Diego International Airport
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BOS - SAN
8h 32m$237–960Fly to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BOS - SFO
9h 1m$155–618Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
2d 20h$892–2,052Bus
- Take the bus from Boston to Newark Penn Stationbus
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
2d 23h$502–1,059Drive 2,981 mi
- Drive from Malden to Los Angelescar 2,981 mi
2d$544–786Fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BOS - LAX
8h 50m$262–668Fly to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane BOS - SNA
9h 52m$315–770Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane BOS - SJC
10h 32m$251–1,011Fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane BOS - FAT
11h 18m$216–906Bus, train
- Take the bus from Boston to New York Midtownbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
2d 23h$760–1,682
Malden to California by subway and train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Malden to California is to fly which costs $150 - $650 and takes 9h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Malden to California is to fly which takes 8h 32m and costs $230 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Malden to California station. However, there are services departing from Chelsea and arriving at Los Angeles Union Station via Boston, Newark Penn Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 23h.
No, there is no direct train from Malden to California. However, there are services departing from Malden Center and arriving at Los Angeles via Boston and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Malden and California is 2611 miles. The road distance is 2998.4 miles.
The best way to get from Malden to California without a car is to train which takes 2 days 20h and costs $850 - $2,100.
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Malden to California, including transfers.
Malden to California bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Boston station.
Malden to California train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Boston station.
The best way to get from Malden to California is to fly which takes 8h 32m and costs $230 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $850 - $2,100 and takes 2 days 20h, you could also bus, which costs $500 - $1,100 and takes 2 days 23h.
What companies run services between Malden, MA, USA and California, USA?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., JetBlue Airways, and three other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Malden Center to Los Angeles via Back Bay, Boston, and Chicago Union Station in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 4m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
- 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 Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $310–650
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Malden to California bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Newark Penn Station.
California is 3h behind Malden. It is currently 12:45 AM in Malden and 9:45 PM in California.
Malden to California train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Malden to California is 2998 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Malden to California.
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