There are 9 ways to get from Modesto to Detroit by bus, subway, plane, bus (Greyhound, Amtrak), train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Detroit
best- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Stationbus
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Detroit (DTW)plane SFO - DTW
10h 3m$169–675Bus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Union Station to Dearbornbus
2d 7h$447–853Bus, train
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Lodi Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Lodi Amtrak Station to Sacramentobus
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Detroittrain
2d 12h$742–1,701Drive 2,356.3 mi
- Drive from Modesto to Detroitcar 2,356.3 mi
37h 34m$430–622Bus to Oakland International Airport, fly to Detroit
- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Stationbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Detroit (DTW)plane OAK - DTW
10h 49m$209–913Bus to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Detroit
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Detroit (DTW)plane SMF - DTW
10h 2m$240–1,035Train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Detroit
- Take the train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Stationtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Detroit (DTW)plane SJC - DTW
12h 17m$259–1,123Bus to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, fly to Detroit
- Take the bus from Modesto to Stocktonbus
- Fly from Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK) to Detroit (DTW)plane SCK - DTW
10h 4m$222–938Bus, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Stationbus
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane SFO - CLE
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Detroit Bus Stationbus
13h 34m$256–1,031
Modesto to Detroit by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Modesto to Detroit is to bus and BART and fly which costs $160 - $700 and takes 10h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Modesto to Detroit is to bus and fly which takes 10h 2m and costs $240 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Modesto to Detroit. However, there are services departing from Modesto Bus Stop and arriving at Cass & Michigan via Sacramento Bus Station, Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, Chicago Union Station and Dearborn Transit Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Modesto and Detroit is 2214 miles. The road distance is 2370.1 miles.
The best way to get from Modesto to Detroit without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 7h and costs $440 - $900.
It takes approximately 10h 3m to get from Modesto to Detroit, including transfers.
Modesto to Detroit bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Modesto Bus Stop station.
Modesto to Detroit bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sacramento Bus Station.
Detroit is 3h ahead of Modesto. It is currently 7:13 PM in Modesto and 10:13 PM in Detroit.
Yes, the driving distance between Modesto to Detroit is 2370 miles. It takes approximately 37h 34m to drive from Modesto to Detroit.
What companies run services between Modesto, CA, USA and Detroit, MI, USA?
You can take a bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Cass & Michigan via Sacramento Bus Station, Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, Chicago Bus Station, Chicago Union Station, and Dearborn Transit Center in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Detroit via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Detroit via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Detroit via Las Vegas, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Detroit via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Detroit via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Detroit via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-411-7245
- Website
- acerail.com
Train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- https://acerail.com
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–26
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Lodi Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Chicago Union Station to Dearborn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Lodi Amtrak Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Modesto to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $26–50
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Modesto to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3–16
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $3–16
- Titanium
- $3–16
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