There are 9 ways to get from St. Louis to Ridgecrest by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly to Meadows Field Airport, bus
best- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Meadows Field Airport (BFL)plane STL - BFL
- Take the bus from GET Downtown Transit Center to Senior Center/Lake Isabella Blvd.bus
- Take the bus from Senior Center/Lake Isabella Blvd. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.bus
12h 36m$200–884Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.bus 250 / ...
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.bus 230
46h 14m$150–527Train, drive (Amtrak)
- Take the train from St. Louis to Kansas Citytrain
- Take the train from Kansas City to Victorville Amtraktrain
- Drive from Vista Rd EB & Helendale Rd to College Maincar
42h 59m$192–701Drive 1,776.7 mi
- Drive from St. Louis to Ridgecrestcar 1,776.7 mi
28h 21m$325–469Fly to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane STL - BUR
- Take the train from Burbank - Downtown to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.bus
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.bus
13h 41m$382–830Fly to Harry Reid International Airport, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane STL - LAS
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.bus
13h 14mFly to Los Angeles International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane STL - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.bus
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.bus
14h 34m$224–794Fly to Ontario International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane STL - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.bus
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.bus
17h 25m$250–1,138Train, bus
- Take the train from St. Louis to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancastertrain
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.bus 250 / ...
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.bus 230
2d 19h$209–1,308
St. Louis to Ridgecrest by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from St. Louis to Ridgecrest is to bus and train which costs $150 - $550 and takes 46h 14m.
The fastest way to get from St. Louis to Ridgecrest is to fly and bus which takes 12h 36m and costs $200 - $900.
The distance between St. Louis and Ridgecrest is 1733 miles. The road distance is 1787.1 miles.
The best way to get from St. Louis to Ridgecrest without a car is to bus and train which takes 46h 14m and costs $150 - $550.
It takes approximately 12h 36m to get from St. Louis to Ridgecrest, including transfers.
Ridgecrest is 2h behind St. Louis. It is currently 1:13 PM in St. Louis and 11:13 AM in Ridgecrest.
Yes, the driving distance between St. Louis to Ridgecrest is 1787 miles. It takes approximately 28h 21m to drive from St. Louis to Ridgecrest.
There are 25+ hotels available in Ridgecrest.
What companies run services between St. Louis, MO, USA and Ridgecrest, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from St. Louis to Ridgecrest. However, you can take the train to LAMBERT AIRPORT TERMINAL #1 station, walk to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) airport, fly to Meadows Field Airport (BFL), take the taxi to GET Downtown Transit Center, take the bus to Senior Center/Lake Isabella Blvd., then take the bus to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.. Alternatively, you can take a train from St. Louis to Carls Jr via Kansas City, Victorville Amtrak, VVTC - Dock 5 Passthrough, Vista Rd EB & Helendale Rd, and College Main in around 42h 59m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Will Rogers World
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Meadows Field Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from St. Louis to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Kansas City to Victorville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–460
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $140–410
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $210–460
- Business - advance purchase
- $290–1,200
- Business Class
- $400–1,000
Train from St. Louis to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from L.A. Union Station to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $12–17
Train from Burbank - Downtown to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $11–15
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $8–11
- Phone
- 800-323-2396
- Website
- kerntransit.org
Bus from GET Downtown Transit Center to Senior Center/Lake Isabella Blvd.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://kerntransit.org/
- Schedules at
- https://kerntransit.org/routes-and-schedules/
Bus from Senior Center/Lake Isabella Blvd. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://kerntransit.org/
- Schedules at
- https://kerntransit.org/routes-and-schedules/
Bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://kerntransit.org/
- Schedules at
- https://kerntransit.org/routes-and-schedules/
Bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://kerntransit.org/
- Schedules at
- https://kerntransit.org/routes-and-schedules/
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–500
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 760-872-1901
- info@estransit.com
- Website
- estransit.com
Bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.estransit.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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