There are 10 ways to get from Vermont to California by train, plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound), car, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bradley International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
best- Take the train from Brattleboro Station to Windsor Lockstrain
- Fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BDL - LAX
10h 54m$272–1,079Bus to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Burlington Downtown Transit Ctr to Montrealbus
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane YUL - LAX
13h 26m$209–704Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Burlington to Schenectadytrain
- Take the train from Schenectady to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
2d 17h$308–1,907Bus
- Take the bus from Downtown Transit Center Burlington to Greyhound \ Trailways Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Albany to New Yorkbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
3d$264–879Drive 2,896.6 mi
- Drive from Burlington to Los Angelescar 2,896.6 mi
47h 11m$529–764Shuttle to Boston Logan Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Killington Ski Resort to Boston Logan Airport Terminal C
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BOS - SAN
11h 32m$339–1,182Bus to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the bus from Burlington Downtown Transit Ctr to Montrealbus
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane YUL - SAN
12h 28m$360–1,345Bus to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the bus from Burlington Downtown Transit Ctr to Montrealbus
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane YUL - SFO
12h 55m$238–803Shuttle to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Killington Ski Resort to Boston Logan Airport Terminal C
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BOS - LAX
12h 30m$228–591Bus, train
- Take the bus from Downtown Transit Center Burlington to AMTRAK Station Rensselaerbus
- Take the bus from Albany-Rensselaer to New York, NYbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
3d 2h$339–1,879
Vermont to California by train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vermont to California is to shuttle and fly which costs $220 - $600 and takes 12h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Vermont to California is to train and fly which takes 10h 54m and costs $270 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Vermont to California station. However, there are services departing from Downtown Transit Center Burlington and arriving at Los Angeles Union Station via Albany, Port Authority Bus Terminal and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 0h.
No, there is no direct train from Vermont to California. However, there are services departing from Burlington and arriving at Los Angeles via Schenectady and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
The distance between Vermont and California is 2631 miles. The road distance is 2913.5 miles.
The best way to get from Vermont to California without a car is to train which takes 2 days 17h and costs $300 - $2,000.
It takes approximately 10h 54m to get from Vermont to California, including transfers.
Vermont to California bus services, operated by Vermont Translines, depart from Downtown Transit Center Burlington station.
Vermont to California train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Burlington station.
The best way to get from Vermont to California is to train which takes 2 days 17h and costs $300 - $2,000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $260 - $900 and takes 3 days 0h.
What companies run services between Vermont, USA and California, USA?
You can take a train from Burlington to Los Angeles via Schenectady and Chicago Union Station in around 2d 17h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Downtown Transit Center Burlington to Los Angeles Union Station via Greyhound \ Trailways Terminal, Albany, New York, Port Authority Bus Terminal, and St Louis Bus Station in around 3d.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Brattleboro Station to Windsor Locks
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $17–29
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $9–65
- Business - advance purchase
- $13–90
- Business Class
- $22–180
Train from Burlington to Schenectady
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $32–38
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Schenectady to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–1,600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 844- 888-7267
- info@vttranslines.com
- Website
- vttranslines.com
Bus from Downtown Transit Center Burlington to Greyhound \ Trailways Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Website
- https://vttranslines.com
- Book at
- https://vttranslines.com/buy-tickets-now/
Bus from Downtown Transit Center Burlington to AMTRAK Station Rensselaer
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Website
- https://vttranslines.com
- Book at
- https://vttranslines.com/buy-tickets-now/
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- trailways.com
Bus from Albany to New York
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–110
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Saver
- $29–100
- Flexible
- $55–110
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–270
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Burlington Downtown Transit Ctr to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Shuttle from Killington Ski Resort to Boston Logan Airport Terminal C
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $75
- Schedules at
- killingtonexpressshuttle.net
- Phone
- +1-877-462-6342
- questions@us.megabus.com
- Website
- us.megabus.com
Bus from Albany-Rensselaer to New York, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20
- Website
- https://us.megabus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–220
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Vermont to California bus services, operated by Vermont Translines, arrive at Greyhound \ Trailways Terminal station.
California is 3h behind Vermont. It is currently 2:13 PM in Vermont and 11:13 AM in California.
Vermont to California train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Schenectady station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vermont to California is 2913 miles. It takes approximately 47h 11m to drive from Vermont to California.
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