There are 8 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Port Townsend by plane, bus, ferry, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train, or car
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Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, bus, ferry
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)SBA - SEA
- Take the bus from SeaTac Airport - Departures to Coupeville - Coupe's Village
- Take the ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend
10h 23m$122–514Bus
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Oakland
- Take the bus from Oakland to Sacramento Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Seattle Bus Station
- Take the bus from Seattle Greyhound Station to 63 Four Corners Park & Ride
29h 48m$209–459Train, bus
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to SeattleCoast Starlight
- Take the bus from Seattle Amtrak Station to 63 Four Corners Park & RideDungeness Line
35h 38m$246–411Drive 1,144.4 mi
- Drive from Santa Barbara to Port Townsend1,144.4 mi
20h 16m$209–302Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Paine Field County Airport, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Paine Field County Airport (PAE)LAX - PAE
- Take the ferry from Mukilteo to Clinton
- Take the bus from Clinton Ferry Terminal to Engle Rd at Coupeville Ferry Terminal
- Take the ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend
12h 41m$122–516Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)LAX - SEA
- Take the bus from SeaTac Airport - Departures to Coupeville - Coupe's Village
- Take the ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend
13h 24m$135–525Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Portland International Airport, train, ferry, bus
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Portland International Airport (PDX)SBA - PDX
- Take the train from Portland to Edmonds
- Take the ferry from Edmonds to Kingston
- Take the bus from Kingston Ferry Terminal to Haines Place Park and Ride
13h 34m$156–672Train to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuys
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)BUR - SEA
- Take the bus from SeaTac Airport - Departures to Coupeville - Coupe's Village
- Take the ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend
13h 21m$136–551
Santa Barbara to Port Townsend by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Port Townsend is to drive which costs $200 - $310 and takes 20h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Port Townsend is to fly and bus and ferry which takes 10h 23m and costs $120 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Santa Barbara to Port Townsend. However, there are services departing from Santa Barbara Bus Stop and arriving at Haines Place Park and Ride via Oakland, Sacramento Bus Station, Seattle Greyhound Station and Four Corners Park & Ride. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 48m.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Port Townsend is 1096 miles. The road distance is 1151.1 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Port Townsend without a car is to bus which takes 29h 48m and costs $200 - $460.
It takes approximately 10h 23m to get from Santa Barbara to Port Townsend, including transfers.
Santa Barbara to Port Townsend bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Santa Barbara Bus Stop station.
Santa Barbara to Port Townsend bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Oakland station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Barbara to Port Townsend is 1151 miles. It takes approximately 20h 16m to drive from Santa Barbara to Port Townsend.
There are 217+ hotels available in Port Townsend.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Port Townsend, WA, USA?
You can take a bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Haines Place Park and Ride via Oakland, Sacramento Bus Station, Seattle Greyhound Station, and Four Corners Park & Ride in around 29h 48m.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–420
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–420
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Portland International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–420
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Portland International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Portland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Portland International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–340
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Santa Barbara to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Edmonds
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 360-679-4003
- Website
- seatacshuttle.com
Bus from SeaTac Airport - Departures to Coupeville - Coupe's Village
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.seatacshuttle.com
- Youth 0-15
- $30–45
- Seniors 60+
- $40–60
- Adult 16-59
- $45–65
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–230
- 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 Oakland to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 360-417-0700
- Website
- dungeness-line.com
Bus from Seattle Greyhound Station to 63 Four Corners Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://dungeness-line.com/
- Schedules at
- https://dungeness-line.com/schedules/
Bus from Seattle Amtrak Station to 63 Four Corners Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://dungeness-line.com/
- Schedules at
- https://dungeness-line.com/schedules/
- Phone
- +1 360-678-7771
- info@islandtransit.org
- Website
- islandtransit.org
Bus from Clinton Ferry Terminal to Engle Rd at Coupeville Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- http://www.islandtransit.org
- Schedules at
- http://www.islandtransit.org
- Phone
- 1-360-385-4777
- Website
- jeffersontransit.com
Bus from Kingston Ferry Terminal to Haines Place Park and Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- http://jeffersontransit.com
- Schedules at
- https://jeffersontransit.com/178/Routes-Schedules
- Phone
- +1 360 705 7000
- Website
- wsdot.wa.gov
Ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–25
- Schedules at
- wsdot.wa.gov
- Passenger
- $6–16
- Vehicle & Driver
- $18–25
Ferry from Mukilteo to Clinton
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–23
- Schedules at
- wsdot.wa.gov
- Passenger
- $6–15
- Vehicle & Driver
- $16–23
Ferry from Edmonds to Kingston
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–25
- Schedules at
- wsdot.wa.gov
- Passenger
- $6–16
- Vehicle & Driver
- $18–25
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