There are 10 ways to get from Seattle to Grinnell by plane, shuttle, bus, bus (Greyhound), 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 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines, shuttle, bus
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Des Moines (DSM)plane SEA - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Take the bus from Ames to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
12h 14m$333–1,239Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane SEA - MDW
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa Citybus
- Take the bus from Iowa City to Grinnellbus
14h 13m$183–702Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Seattle Bus Station to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
43h 25m$344–661Train, bus
- Take the train from Seattle to St. Paul-Minneapolistrain
- Take the bus from Minneapolis to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
46h 19m$560–1,159Drive 1,797.6 mi
- Drive from Seattle to Grinnellcar 1,797.6 mi
28h 13m$329–474Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane SEA - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
- Take the bus from Iowa City to Grinnellbus
12h 43mFly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Omaha (OMA)plane SEA - OMA
- Take the bus from Omaha, NE to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
11h 52m$228–969Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kansas City (MCI)plane SEA - MCI
- Take the bus from Kansas City to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
12h 57m$214–797Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane SEA - MSP
- Take the bus from MSP Airport to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
13h 52m$209–762Fly King County International Airport to Des Moines, shuttle, bus
- Fly from King County International Airport (BFI) to Des Moines (DSM)plane BFI - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Take the bus from Ames to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
12h 17m$550–2,236
Seattle to Grinnell by bus (Greyhound)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Grinnell is to fly and bus which costs $180 - $700 and takes 14h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Grinnell is to fly and bus which takes 11h 52m and costs $220 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Seattle station to Grinnell. However, there are services departing from Seattle Bus Station and arriving at Grinnell via Denver Union Station and Des Moines. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 25m.
The distance between Seattle and Grinnell is 1609 miles. The road distance is 1808.1 miles.
The best way to get from Seattle to Grinnell without a car is to bus which takes 43h 25m and costs $340 - $700.
It takes approximately 12h 14m to get from Seattle to Grinnell, including transfers.
Seattle to Grinnell bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Seattle Bus Station.
Seattle to Grinnell bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Denver Union Station.
Grinnell is 2h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 6:26 PM in Seattle and 8:26 PM in Grinnell.
Yes, the driving distance between Seattle to Grinnell is 1808 miles. It takes approximately 28h 13m to drive from Seattle to Grinnell.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Grinnell, IA, USA?
You can take a bus from Seattle Bus Station to Grinnell via Denver Union Station and Des Moines in around 43h 25m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from King County International Airport to Des Moines via Portland, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from King County International Airport to Des Moines via Portland, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Spokane
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from King County International Airport to Des Moines via Portland, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from King County International Airport to Des Moines via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–2,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Seattle to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $480–1,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 320.253.2226
- Website
- executiveexpress.biz
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz
- Schedules at
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz/coverage-areas/
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Ames to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $19–27
Bus from Minneapolis to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $65–90
Bus from Kansas City to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $50–75
Bus from MSP Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $65–90
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Des Moines to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Seattle Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–430
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Iowa City to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–21
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Omaha, NE to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1-319-362-0375
- Website
- 380express.com
Bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.380express.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.380express.com/schedule/
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