There are 7 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Moab by plane, shuttle, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train, or car
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Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Grand Junction Regional Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT)plane SBA - GJT
- Take a shuttle bus from Grand Junction Regional Airport to Moab
8h 27m$346–812Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Moab
cheapest- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Moab (CNY)plane SBA - CNY
8h 45m$126–532Bus
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Las Vegas BusTerminalbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas BusTerminal to Green Riverbus
- Take the bus from Green River to Moab, UTbus
19h 35m$128–297Train, drive (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Emeryvilletrain
- Take the train from Emeryville to Green River Stationtrain
- Drive from Green River Station to Moabcar
33h 25m$174–442Drive 796.4 mi
- Drive from Santa Barbara to Moabcar 796.4 mi
12h 51m$146–210Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)plane SBA - SLC
- Take a shuttle bus from Salt Lake City Airport to Moab
8h 25m$670–1,602Train to John Wayne Airport Orange County, fly to Grand Junction Regional Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT)plane SNA - GJT
- Take a shuttle bus from Grand Junction Regional Airport to Moab
12h 2m$378–885
Santa Barbara to Moab by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Moab is to drive which costs $140 - $210 and takes 12h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Moab is to fly and shuttle which takes 8h 25m and costs $650 - $1,600.
No, there is no direct bus from Santa Barbara to Moab. However, there are services departing from Santa Barbara Bus Stop and arriving at Moab, UT via Los Angeles Union Station, Las Vegas BusTerminal and Green River. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 35m.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Moab is 832 miles. The road distance is 801 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Moab without a car is to bus which takes 19h 35m and costs $120 - $300.
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Santa Barbara to Moab, including transfers.
Santa Barbara to Moab bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Santa Barbara Bus Stop station.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Moab is to bus which takes 19h 35m and costs $120 - $300. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $120 - $550 and takes 8h 45m.
Santa Barbara to Moab bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Moab is 1h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 4:06 AM in Santa Barbara and 5:06 AM in Moab.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Moab, UT, USA?
You can take a bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Moab, UT via Los Angeles Union Station, Las Vegas BusTerminal, and Green River in around 19h 35m. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Corporate Flight Management Inc, and three other airlines fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Moab (CNY) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Grand Junction Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Grand Junction Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–450
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Grand Junction Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Grand Junction Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Grand Junction Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Grand Junction Regional Airport via Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–800
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Grand Junction Regional Airport via Salt Lake City International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–400
- Website
- contouraviation.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Moab via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Moab via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Moab via Los Angeles, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Moab via San Diego, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Moab via Las Vegas, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Moab via Las Vegas, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–900
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Grand Junction Regional Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Santa Barbara to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Emeryville to Green River Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $90–250
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $120–290
- Business - advance purchase
- $170–700
- Business Class
- $260–650
Train from Santa Barbara to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 435-259-9402
- dualsportutah@gmail.com
- Website
- roadrunnershuttle.com
Shuttle from Grand Junction Regional Airport to Moab
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $230–350
- Schedules at
- roadrunnershuttle.com
Shuttle from Salt Lake City Airport to Moab
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $500–750
- Schedules at
- roadrunnershuttle.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Las Vegas BusTerminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Las Vegas BusTerminal to Green River
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 208-656-8824
- info@saltlakeexpress.com
- Website
- saltlakeexpress.com
Bus from Green River to Moab, UT
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–50
- Schedules at
- saltlakeexpress.com
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Yes, the driving distance between Santa Barbara to Moab is 801 miles. It takes approximately 12h 51m to drive from Santa Barbara to Moab.
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