There are 11 ways to get from Manhattan to Lee's Summit by bus, plane, train, train (Amtrak), or car
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Bus to Laguardia Airport, fly to Kansas City, line 201 bus, train
best- Take the bus from E 125 St/Lexington Av to Laguardia Rd/94 St
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Kansas City (MCI)LGA - MCI
- Take the bus from Boardwalk Square Metrocenter to On 3Rd At Grand Westbound
- Take the train from Kansas City to Lee's Summit Station
8h 44m$143–453Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Kansas City
cheapest- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Kansas City (MCI)PHL - MCI
10h 20m$123–1,002Bus, train via Chicago
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus StationFlixBus N2640
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Lee's Summit StationLincoln Service Missouri River Runner
31h 39m$159–394Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Chicago Union StationLake Shore Limited / ...
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Lee's Summit StationLincoln Service Missouri River Runner
32h 7m$193–747Drive 1,180.6 mi
- Drive from Manhattan to Lee's Summit1,180.6 mi
20h 23m$216–312Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Kansas City, line 201 bus, train
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Newark Airport Railroad Station
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Kansas City (MCI)EWR - MCI
- Take the bus from Boardwalk Square Metrocenter to On 3Rd At Grand Westbound
- Take the train from Kansas City to Lee's Summit Station
8h 48m$140–463Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Kansas City, line 201 bus, train
- Take the train from Grand Central Terminal to Jamaica
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kansas City (MCI)JFK - MCI
- Take the bus from Boardwalk Square Metrocenter to On 3Rd At Grand Westbound
- Take the train from Kansas City to Lee's Summit Station
8h 54m$134–584Train to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport, fly to Kansas City
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Central Islip
- Fly from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP) to Kansas City (MCI)ISP - MCI
12h 7m$175–796Fly Laguardia Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, train
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)LGA - STL
- Take the train from St. Louis to Lee's Summit Station
10h 52m$216–560Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, train
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)EWR - STL
- Take the train from St. Louis to Lee's Summit Station
10h 57m$183–600Bus, train
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Warrensburg Chamber Of Commerce
- Take the train from Warrensburg Amtrak Station to Lee's Summit Station
31h 42m$136–358
Manhattan to Lee's Summit by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manhattan to Lee's Summit is to bus and train which costs $130 - $360 and takes 31h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Manhattan to Lee's Summit is to bus and fly and line 201 bus and train which takes 8h 44m and costs $140 - $460.
The distance between Manhattan and Lee's Summit is 1168 miles. The road distance is 1187.5 miles.
The best way to get from Manhattan to Lee's Summit without a car is to bus and train via Chicago which takes 31h 39m and costs $150 - $400.
It takes approximately 8h 44m to get from Manhattan to Lee's Summit, including transfers.
Lee's Summit is 1h behind Manhattan. It is currently 12:09 PM in Manhattan and 11:09 AM in Lee's Summit.
Yes, the driving distance between Manhattan to Lee's Summit is 1188 miles. It takes approximately 20h 23m to drive from Manhattan to Lee's Summit.
There are 146+ hotels available in Lee's Summit.
What companies run services between Manhattan, NY, USA and Lee's Summit, MO, USA?
You can take a bus from Columbus Av/W 84 St to Lee's Summit Station via 7 Av/W 31 St, Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, and Chicago Union Station in around 32h 7m.
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- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kansas City via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kansas City via Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kansas City via Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Kansas City via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Kansas City via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Kansas City via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kansas City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kansas City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kansas City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kansas City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Kansas City via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kansas City via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Kansas City to Lee's Summit Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Lee's Summit Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–370
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from St. Louis to Lee's Summit Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Warrensburg Amtrak Station to Lee's Summit Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $13–25
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $5–55
- Business - advance purchase
- $7–70
- Business Class
- $12–160
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- njtransit.com
Train from New York Penn Station to Newark Airport Railroad Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- https://www.njtransit.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.njtransit.com/bus-to
- Adult Airport
- $15–19
- Phone
- +1-718-217-5477
- Website
- mta.info
Train from Grand Central Terminal to Jamaica
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road/timetables
- Off-Peak
- $4–7
- Peak
- $5–9
Train from New York Penn Station to Central Islip
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road/timetables
- Off-Peak
- $11–17
- Peak
- $17–28
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Website
- mta.info
Bus from E 125 St/Lexington Av to Laguardia Rd/94 St
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–7
- Website
- http://www.mta.info
- Schedules at
- https://new.mta.info/schedules
- Standard Fare
- $2–7
- Phone
- +1 816-221-0660
- Website
- ridekc.org
Bus from Boardwalk Square Metrocenter to On 3Rd At Grand Westbound
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- ridekc.org
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $90–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Warrensburg Chamber Of Commerce
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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