There are 10 ways to get from Washington to Merced by plane, subway, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), 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 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane DCA - SFO
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasantonsubway
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
11h 44m$264–1,039Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
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 San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane IAD - SFO
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasantonsubway
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
13h 15m$148–597Bus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Mercedbus
2d 18h$260–855Train, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramentotrain
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
3d 1h$294–1,044Drive 2,739.9 mi
- Drive from Washington to Mercedcar 2,739.9 mi
45h 55m$500–723Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Merced Municipal Airport
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane DCA - MCE
9h 44m$209–878Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- 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 Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane IAD - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
11h 50m$297–1,245Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane BWI - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
11h 45m$307–1,782Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane BWI - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
13h 7m$302–1,777Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BWI - SFO
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasantonsubway
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
13h 12m$158–1,184
Washington to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Merced is to subway and fly and BART and bus which costs $140 - $600 and takes 13h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Merced is to fly which takes 9h 44m and costs $200 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Washington station to Merced. However, there are services departing from Washington Union Station and arriving at Merced via Pittsburgh Intermodal Station, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Washington and Merced is 2595 miles. The road distance is 2755.9 miles.
The best way to get from Washington to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs $260 - $900.
It takes approximately 11h 44m to get from Washington to Merced, including transfers.
Washington to Merced bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Washington Union Station.
The best way to get from Washington to Merced is to bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs $260 - $900. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $200 - $900 and takes 9h 44m.
Washington to Merced bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Pittsburgh Intermodal Station.
Merced is 3h behind Washington. It is currently 7:31 AM in Washington and 4:31 AM in Merced.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Washington Union Station to Merced via Pittsburgh Intermodal Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 18h. Alternatively, American Airlines, Advanced Air, LLC, and Southwest Airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) once daily.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Kansas City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via St. Louis, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Columbus, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
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
- $100–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–490
- 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
- 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
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- 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
- $120–490
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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