There are 11 ways to get from Walnut Creek to Silver Spring by subway, plane, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, train, 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.
BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)SFO - DCA
8h$286–1,224BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)SFO - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
8h 30m$146–1,172Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Vallejo Transit Center to Sparks Transit Center
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Silver Spring Bus Station
2d 21h$265–565Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Martinez to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
2d 23h$354–670Drive 2,777.5 mi
- Drive from Walnut Creek to Silver Spring2,777.5 mi
43h 45m$507–733BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)SFO - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
8h 33m$166–728Fly Oakland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)OAK - DCA
9h 24m$300–1,319Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Martinez to Sacramento
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)SMF - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
10h 49m$235–540Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Take the train from Martinez to Sacramento
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)SMF - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
10h 33m$215–1,034BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Take the subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)SFO - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
10h 39m$172–1,320Train, bus
- Take the train from Martinez to Chicago Union Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Silver Spring Bus Station
3d$322–562
Walnut Creek to Silver Spring by bus (Greyhound)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Walnut Creek to Silver Spring is to bus which costs $260 - $600 and takes 2 days 21h.
The fastest way to get from Walnut Creek to Silver Spring is to BART and fly which takes 8h and costs $280 - $1,300.
No, there is no direct bus from Walnut Creek to Silver Spring station. However, there are services departing from Walnut Creek BART and arriving at Silver Spring Bus Station via Vallejo Transit Center, Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station and Chicago Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
The distance between Walnut Creek and Silver Spring is 2504 miles. The road distance is 2793.7 miles.
The best way to get from Walnut Creek to Silver Spring without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 21h and costs $260 - $600.
It takes approximately 8h to get from Walnut Creek to Silver Spring, including transfers.
Walnut Creek to Silver Spring bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Vallejo Transit Center station.
The best way to get from Walnut Creek to Silver Spring is to bus which takes 2 days 21h and costs $260 - $600. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $350 - $700 and takes 2 days 23h, you could also fly, which costs $300 - $1,400 and takes 9h 24m.
Walnut Creek to Silver Spring bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sparks Transit Center station.
Silver Spring is 3h ahead of Walnut Creek. It is currently 2:47 PM in Walnut Creek and 5:47 PM in Silver Spring.
What companies run services between Walnut Creek, CA, USA and Silver Spring, MD, USA?
You can take a bus from Walnut Creek BART to Silver Spring Bus Station via Vallejo Transit Center, Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, and Chicago Bus Station in around 2d 21h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Walnut Creek BART to Silver Spring, Red Line Center Platform via Martinez Amtrak Unloading, Martinez, Chicago Union Station, Rockville Amtrak, and Rockville, Red Line Center Platform in around 2d 23h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Walnut Creek to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Martinez to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–430
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Martinez to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–21
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Vallejo Transit Center to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Silver Spring Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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