There are 11 ways to get from San Francisco to Salvation Mountain by flight, car, bus, taxi, subway, train, or night bus
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- Fly from San Francisco (SFO) to Indio/Palm Springs (PSP)SFO - PSP
- Drive from Indio/Palm Springs (PSP) to Salvation Mountain
bestFly San Francisco to Indio/Palm Springs, drive
4h 54m$112–452- Take the train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Yuma Amtrak
- Drive from Yuma Amtrak to Salvation Mountain
cheapestTrain, drive
21h 4m$93–318- Fly from Oakland (OAK) to Indio/Palm Springs (PSP)OAK - PSP
- Drive from Indio/Palm Springs (PSP) to Salvation Mountain
Fly Oakland to Indio/Palm Springs, drive
5h 1m$178–629- Fly from San Francisco (SFO) to San Diego (SAN)SFO - SAN
- Take the bus from San Diego to El Centro Bus Stop
- Take the taxi from El Centro Bus Stop to Salvation Mountain
Fly San Francisco to San Diego, bus, taxi
7h 27m$208–493- Fly from Oakland (OAK) to San Diego (SAN)OAK - SAN
- Take the bus from San Diego to El Centro Bus Stop
- Take the taxi from El Centro Bus Stop to Salvation Mountain
Fly Oakland to San Diego, bus, taxi
7h 40m$189–470- Take the subway from Powell Street to Milpitas
- Fly from San Jose (SJC) to San Diego (SAN)SJC - SAN
- Take the bus from San Diego to El Centro Bus Stop
- Take the taxi from El Centro Bus Stop to Salvation Mountain
BART to San Jose, fly to San Diego, bus, taxi
8h 38m$193–505- Take the subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Take the bus from San Jose - King Rd to Indio, CA
- Drive from Indio, CA to Salvation Mountain
BART, bus, drive
15h 21m$99–152- Take the bus from San Francisco Bus Station to San Diego Greyhound Bus Stop
- Take the bus from San Diego to El Centro Bus Stop
- Take the taxi from El Centro Bus Stop to Salvation Mountain
Bus, taxi
16h 41m$178–444- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain SouthboundL1 / ...
- Take the train from San Jose to Los Angeles
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to El Centro Bus Stop
- Take the taxi from El Centro Bus Stop to Salvation Mountain
Caltrain, train, bus, taxi
21h 12m$201–472- Take the night bus from San Francisco to San Diego
- Take the bus from San Diego to El Centro Bus Stop
- Take the taxi from El Centro Bus Stop to Salvation Mountain
Night bus, bus, taxi
14h 41m$185–352- Drive from San Francisco to Salvation Mountain565.8 mi
Drive 565.8 mi
9h 53m$104–150
San Francisco (SFO) to Indio/Palm Springs (PSP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Salvation Mountain is to BART and bus and drive which costs $95 - $160 and takes 15h 21m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Salvation Mountain is to fly and drive which takes 4h 54m and costs $110 - $460.
The distance between San Francisco and Salvation Mountain is 518 miles. The road distance is 569.1 miles.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Salvation Mountain without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 16h 41m and costs $170 - $450.
It takes approximately 4h 54m to get from San Francisco to Salvation Mountain, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between San Francisco to Salvation Mountain is 569 miles. It takes approximately 9h 53m to drive from San Francisco to Salvation Mountain.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Salvation Mountain, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from San Francisco to Salvation Mountain. However, you can take the subway to San Francisco International Airport, walk to San Francisco (SFO) airport, fly to Indio/Palm Springs (PSP), then drive to Salvation Mountain. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Coliseum, take the subway to Oakland International Airport Station, walk to Oakland (OAK) airport, fly to Indio/Palm Springs (PSP), then drive to Salvation Mountain.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco to Indio/Palm Springs via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
Flights from Oakland to Indio/Palm Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Oakland to Indio/Palm Springs via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from San Francisco to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–350
Flights from Oakland to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from San Jose to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco to Indio/Palm Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from San Francisco to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from San Jose to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco to Indio/Palm Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–490
Flights from San Francisco to Indio/Palm Springs via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–490
Flights from San Francisco to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–420
Flights from San Jose to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $24–210
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Oakland to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–250
Flights from San Jose to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–270
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Powell Street to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- http://www.bart.gov
Subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- http://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $45–120
- Business - advance purchase
- $65–210
- Business Class
- $70–210
- Coach Seat
- $50–170
Train from Los Angeles to Yuma Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $30–65
- Business - advance purchase
- $45–140
- Business Class
- $50–130
- Coach Seat
- $29–120
Train from San Jose to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $45–110
- Business - advance purchase
- $60–200
- Business Class
- $70–200
- Coach Seat
- $45–160
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- http://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/schedules.html
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from San Diego to El Centro Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $12–50
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to El Centro Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $21–75
Night bus from San Francisco to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $40–140
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- centelusa@hotmail.com
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from San Jose - King Rd to Indio, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from San Francisco Bus Station to San Diego Greyhound Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–230
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to El Centro Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Estimated price
- $130–170
Taxi Speed
- Phone
- +52 686 555 5800
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Seguro
- Phone
- +52 686 554 8834
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Elite
- Phone
- +52 686 234 0031
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Speed
- Phone
- +52 686 555 5800
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Seguro
- Phone
- +52 686 554 8834
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Elite
- Phone
- +52 686 234 0031
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Speed
- Phone
- +52 686 555 5800
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Seguro
- Phone
- +52 686 554 8834
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Elite
- Phone
- +52 686 234 0031
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Speed
- Phone
- +52 686 555 5800
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Seguro
- Phone
- +52 686 554 8834
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Elite
- Phone
- +52 686 234 0031
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Speed
- Phone
- +52 686 555 5800
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Seguro
- Phone
- +52 686 554 8834
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Elite
- Phone
- +52 686 234 0031
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Speed
- Phone
- +52 686 555 5800
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Seguro
- Phone
- +52 686 554 8834
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Elite
- Phone
- +52 686 234 0031
- Website
- facebook.com
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