There are 9 ways to get from Merced to Salt Lake City by bus, plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Merced Bus Stop to Fresno Bus Station
- Fly from Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)FAT - SLC
5h 45m$188–1,027Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Merced to Sacramento Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr
16h 50m$96–192Bus, train
- Take the bus from Merced to Sacramento Bus StationFlixBus 2007
- Take the train from Sacramento to Salt Lake CityCalifornia Zephyr
19h 35m$100–730Drive 677.9 mi
- Drive from Merced to Salt Lake City677.9 mi
12h 39m$124–179Bus to Sacramento International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Merced to Sacramento Bus Station
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)SMF - SLC
6h 54m$169–887Bus, bus to Oakland International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Merced Bus Stop to Modesto Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Station
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)OAK - SLC
7h 32m$152–814Bus, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Merced Bus Stop to Modesto Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Station
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)SFO - SLC
8h 22m$152–776Bus, train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Merced to Stockton
- Take the train from Stockton - Robert J Cabral Station to Santa Clara Station
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)SJC - SLC
8h 45m$183–966Fly from Merced Municipal Airport
- Fly from Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)MCE - SLC
5h 48m$114–656
Merced to Salt Lake City by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Merced to Salt Lake City is to bus which costs $95 - $200 and takes 16h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Merced to Salt Lake City is to bus and fly which takes 5h 45m and costs $180 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Merced to Salt Lake City. However, there are services departing from Merced and arriving at Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr via Sacramento Bus Station and Sparks Transit Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 50m.
The distance between Merced and Salt Lake City is 574 miles. The road distance is 681.9 miles.
The best way to get from Merced to Salt Lake City without a car is to bus which takes 16h 50m and costs $95 - $200.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Merced to Salt Lake City, including transfers.
Merced to Salt Lake City bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Merced station.
The best way to get from Merced to Salt Lake City is to bus which takes 16h 50m and costs $95 - $200. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $110 - $700 and takes 5h 48m.
Merced to Salt Lake City bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Sacramento Bus Station.
Salt Lake City is 1h ahead of Merced. It is currently 8:35 AM in Merced and 9:35 AM in Salt Lake City.
What companies run services between Merced, CA, USA and Salt Lake City, UT, USA?
You can take a bus from Merced to Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr via Sacramento Bus Station and Sparks Transit Center in around 16h 50m. Alternatively, Advanced Air, LLC, Southwest Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) once daily.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,300
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Merced Municipal Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Merced Municipal Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,200
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Merced Municipal Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 800-411-7245
- Website
- acerail.com
Train from Stockton - Robert J Cabral Station to Santa Clara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Website
- https://acerail.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Merced Bus Stop to Fresno Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Merced Bus Stop to Modesto Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Merced to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–27
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Merced to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $10–85
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
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Yes, the driving distance between Merced to Salt Lake City is 682 miles. It takes approximately 12h 39m to drive from Merced to Salt Lake City.
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