There are 10 ways to get from Washington to Bellingham by plane, train (Amtrak), bus, train, car, shuttle, or subway
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bellingham International Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Bellingham International Airport (BLI)plane DCA - BLI
9h 52m$317–1,306Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Bellingham International Airport
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Bellingham International Airport (BLI)plane IAD - BLI
11h$173–759Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Everett Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Everett Amtrak Station to Bellingham Amtrak Stationtrain
2d 18h$279–1,738Bus, train via Saint Paul
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depotbus
- Take the train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Spokanetrain
- Take the bus from Spokane to Everett Stationbus
- Take the bus from Everett Amtrak Station to Bellingham Amtrak Stationbus
2d 18h$335–811Drive 2,783.5 mi
- Drive from Washington to Bellinghamcar 2,783.5 mi
45h 42m$508–734Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane DCA - SEA
- Take a shuttle bus from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Bellingham, WA-4 points by Sheraton
9h 33m$363–1,450Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane BWI - SEA
- Take a shuttle bus from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Bellingham, WA-4 points by Sheraton
10h 52m$212–1,410Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane IAD - SEA
- Take a shuttle bus from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Bellingham, WA-4 points by Sheraton
11h 20m$212–823Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Vancouver International Airport, train
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)plane IAD - YVR
- Take the train from Vancouver to Bellingham Amtrak Stationtrain
12h 8m$322–1,026Bus, train
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Ithacabus
- Take the bus from Ithaca to Torontobus
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Vancouvertrain
- Take the train from Vancouver to Bellingham Amtrak Stationtrain
4d 23h$377–844
Washington to Bellingham by train and bus (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Bellingham is to subway and fly which costs $170 - $800 and takes 11h.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Bellingham is to fly and shuttle which takes 9h 33m and costs $360 - $1,500.
The distance between Washington and Bellingham is 2350 miles. The road distance is 2799.8 miles.
The best way to get from Washington to Bellingham without a car is to train which takes 2 days 18h and costs $270 - $1,800.
It takes approximately 9h 52m to get from Washington to Bellingham, including transfers.
The best way to get from Washington to Bellingham is to fly which takes 9h 52m and costs $310 - $1,400. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $270 - $1,800 and takes 2 days 18h.
Bellingham is 3h behind Washington. It is currently 7:43 AM in Washington and 4:43 AM in Bellingham.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Bellingham is 2800 miles. It takes approximately 45h 42m to drive from Washington to Bellingham.
There are 82+ hotels available in Bellingham.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Bellingham, WA, USA?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Bellingham International Airport (BLI) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Washington Union Station to Bellingham Station via Chicago Union Station, Everett Amtrak Station, Bellingham Amtrak Station, and Fairhaven Transportation Center in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bellingham International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bellingham International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bellingham International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bellingham International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bellingham International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bellingham International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bellingham International Airport via Indio/Palm Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Everett Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $170–1,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Everett Amtrak Station to Bellingham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Spokane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–360
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Vancouver to Bellingham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 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 Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 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 Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 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
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Toronto Union Station to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $260–450
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $260–450
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $350–450
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $340–390
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Everett Amtrak Station to Bellingham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Everett Amtrak Station to Bellingham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Ithaca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Ithaca to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-366-6975
- info@busnws.com
- Website
- northwesternstagelines.com
Bus from Spokane to Everett Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Schedules at
- northwesternstagelines.com
- Adults
- $100–130
- Phone
- +1 208-656-8824
- info@saltlakeexpress.com
- Website
- saltlakeexpress.com
Bus from Spokane to Everett Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Schedules at
- saltlakeexpress.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Spokane to Everett Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $50–60
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Everett Amtrak Station to Bellingham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 866-235-5247
- shuttle@airporter.com
- Website
- airporter.com
Shuttle from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Bellingham, WA-4 points by Sheraton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Schedules at
- airporter.com
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- trailways.com
Bus from Ithaca to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Saver
- $40–160
- Flexible
- $75–170
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