There are 11 ways to get from Orange County to Santa Barbara by bus, plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, 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.
Bus, bus to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Terminal Bbus
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane EWR - SBA
12h 44m$193–705Bus, bus to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Terminal Bbus
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane EWR - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
13h 49m$161–541Bus
- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stopbus
2d 20h$508–968Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbaratrain
2d 20h$838–1,783Drive 2,848.8 mi
- Drive from Orange County to Santa Barbaracar 2,848.8 mi
45h 43m$520–751Bus to Laguardia Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane LGA - SBA
12h 26m$201–833Bus to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane JFK - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
14h 10m$169–595Bus to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane JFK - BUR
- Take the train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbaratrain
14h 1m$234–851Bus to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Ontario International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane JFK - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
15h 58m$292–1,116Bus, bus to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Terminal Bbus
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane EWR - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbaratrain
16h 57m$254–592Bus, train
- Take the bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stopbus
2d 23h$630–1,455
Orange County to Santa Barbara by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Orange County to Santa Barbara is to bus and fly and train which costs $160 - $550 and takes 13h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Orange County to Santa Barbara is to bus and fly which takes 12h 26m and costs $200 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Orange County to Santa Barbara. However, there are services departing from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen and arriving at Santa Barbara Bus Stop via Port Authority Bus Terminal, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Orange County and Santa Barbara is 2665 miles. The road distance is 2865.4 miles.
The best way to get from Orange County to Santa Barbara without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 20h and costs $500 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 12h 44m to get from Orange County to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Orange County to Santa Barbara bus services, operated by Shortline Bus, depart from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen station.
The best way to get from Orange County to Santa Barbara is to bus which takes 2 days 20h and costs $500 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $800 - $1,800 and takes 2 days 20h.
Orange County to Santa Barbara bus services, operated by Shortline Bus, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Santa Barbara is 3h behind Orange County. It is currently 6:18 AM in Orange County and 3:18 AM in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Orange County, NY, USA and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Santa Barbara Bus Stop via Port Authority Bus Terminal, St Louis Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 20h. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Orange County to Santa Barbara via Beacon, Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, and Fullerton Amtrak Station in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Kansas City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–420
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–450
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $480–1,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $490–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912-6224
- questions@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from Matthew St Park and Ride - Goshen to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Schedules at
- coachusa.com
- Adults
- $16–28
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912-6224
- olympia@coachusa.com
- Website
- newarkairportexpress.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Terminal B
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25
- Book at
- https://www.coachusa.com/airport-transportation
- One Way - Adult
- $25
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- 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
- $170–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $310–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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