There are 10 ways to get from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), 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.
Fly to Lafayette Regional Airport, bus
best- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT)MSP - LFT
- Take the bus from Lafayette Transit System to Baton Rouge Bus Station
8h 33m$148–636Fly to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
cheapest- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR)MSP - BTR
8h 40m$133–612Bus
- Take the bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Chicago Bus Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Memphis Bus Station
- Take the bus from Memphis Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
30h$177–479Train, bus
- Take the train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
30h 26m$219–562Drive 1,159.9 mi
- Drive from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge1,159.9 mi
20h 9m$212–306Fly to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, bus
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)MSP - MSY
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
8h 6m$240–882Fly to Natchez, drive
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Natchez (HEZ)MSP - HEZ
- Drive from Natchez (HEZ) to Baton Rouge
9h 54m$150–680Fly to Alexandria International Airport, bus
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Alexandria International Airport (AEX)MSP - AEX
- Take the bus from Boyce, LA to Baton Rouge Bus Station
10h 4m$174–694Fly to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport (GPT)MSP - GPT
- Take the bus from Gulfport to Baton Rouge
9h 58m$252–872Bus, train
- Take the bus from UMN - Minneapolis to Madison
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
35h 30m$199–516
Saint Paul to Baton Rouge by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge is to drive which costs $210 - $310 and takes 20h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge is to fly and bus which takes 8h 6m and costs $240 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge station. However, there are services departing from Saint Paul Union Depot and arriving at Baton Rouge Bus Station via Chicago Bus Station and Memphis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h.
The distance between Saint Paul and Baton Rouge is 1087 miles. The road distance is 1166.7 miles.
The best way to get from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge without a car is to bus which takes 30h and costs $170 - $480.
It takes approximately 8h 33m to get from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge, including transfers.
Saint Paul to Baton Rouge bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Saint Paul Union Depot station.
The best way to get from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge is to bus which takes 30h and costs $170 - $480. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $130 - $650 and takes 8h 40m.
Saint Paul to Baton Rouge bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Chicago Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Saint Paul to Baton Rouge is 1167 miles. It takes approximately 20h 9m to drive from Saint Paul to Baton Rouge.
What companies run services between Saint Paul, MN, USA and Baton Rouge, LA, USA?
You can take a bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Baton Rouge Bus Station via Chicago Bus Station and Memphis Bus Station in around 30h. Alternatively, Delta, United Airlines, and American Airlines fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) every 3 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lafayette Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lafayette Regional Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Alexandria International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lafayette Regional Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Alexandria International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport via St. Louis, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport via Nashville, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lafayette Regional Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Natchez via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–320
- 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 Lafayette Transit System to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Memphis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Memphis Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Boyce, LA to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Memphis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Memphis Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $55–100
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Baton Rouge Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Gulfport to Baton Rouge
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from UMN - Minneapolis to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–120
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from UMN - Minneapolis to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
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