There are 8 ways to get from Needles to Monterey by train, shuttle, plane, train (Amtrak), bus, subway, 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.
Train, shuttle, fly to Monterey Regional Airport
best- Take the train from Needles Station to Kingman Stationtrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Kingman, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane LAS - MRY
8h 8m$141–398Drive 490.9 mi
cheapest- Drive from Needles to Montereycar 490.9 mi
8h 27m$90–130Train, shuttle
- Take the train from Needles Station to Los Angelestrain Southwest Chief
- Take a shuttle bus from Los Angeles to Salinas - 116 E Alisal StCbx
17h 18m$102–207Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Needles Station to Los Angelestrain Southwest Chief
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Salinastrain Coast Starlight
18h 23m$134–417Train, bus
- Take the train from Needles Station to Kingman Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Kingman Station to South Strip Transit Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas BusTerminal to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Salinas Train Stationbus
20h 31mTrain, shuttle, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Take the train from Needles Station to Kingman Stationtrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Kingman, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane LAS - SJC
- Take a shuttle bus from San Jose Airport Terminal A to Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage
9h 28m$213–615Train, shuttle, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Needles Station to Kingman Stationtrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Kingman, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane LAS - SFO
- Take a shuttle bus from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage
10h 38m$618–1,600Train, shuttle, fly to Oakland International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Needles Station to Kingman Stationtrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Kingman, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane LAS - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Milpitassubway
- Take a shuttle bus from SJC Airport Terminal B to Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage
11h 11m$217–589
Needles to Monterey by train, bus, foot, and shuttle
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Needles to Monterey is to drive which costs $85 - $130 and takes 8h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Needles to Monterey is to train and shuttle and fly which takes 8h 8m and costs $140 - $400.
The distance between Needles and Monterey is 570 miles. The road distance is 493.8 miles.
The best way to get from Needles to Monterey without a car is to train and shuttle which takes 17h 18m and costs $100 - $210.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Needles to Monterey, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Needles to Monterey is 494 miles. It takes approximately 8h 27m to drive from Needles to Monterey.
There are 259+ hotels available in Monterey.
What companies run services between Needles, CA, USA and Monterey, CA, USA?
You can take a train from Needles Station to Tyler / Franklin via Los Angeles, Salinas, and Salinas Transit Center / Gate 7 in around 18h 23m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–430
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–460
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–460
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–210
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–390
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–420
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–430
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–420
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–420
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–290
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–210
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–430
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–210
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–210
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Needles Station to Kingman Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Needles Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Coliseum to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 928-854-5253
- info@VegasAirporter.com
- Website
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Kingman, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–90
- Schedules at
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Los Angeles to Salinas - 116 E Alisal St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Schedules at
- crossborderxpress.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Kingman Station to South Strip Transit Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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 Las Vegas BusTerminal to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Salinas Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from San Jose Airport Terminal A to Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $50–60
- Standard Rate
- $57
Shuttle from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–75
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $60–75
- Standard Rate
- $70
Shuttle from SJC Airport Terminal B to Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $50–60
- Standard Rate
- $57
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