There are 9 ways to get from Washington to Modesto by plane, subway, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, or car
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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)DCA - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
9h 49m$255–1,008Subway 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 Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)IAD - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
11h 29m$139–581Bus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Modesto Bus Stop
2d 19h$280–884Train, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
3d 1h$313–2,203Drive 2,763.6 mi
- Drive from Washington to Modesto2,763.6 mi
44h 34m$505–729Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)BWI - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
11h 21m$139–1,118Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)BWI - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
11h 20m$266–1,581Train 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 Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)BWI - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
11h 24m$242–1,560Subway 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 Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)IAD - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
11h 52m$256–1,044
Washington to Modesto by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Modesto is to subway and fly and BART and bus which costs $130 - $600 and takes 11h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Modesto is to fly and BART and bus which takes 9h 49m and costs $250 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Washington station to Modesto. However, there are services departing from Washington Union Station and arriving at Modesto Bus Stop via Pittsburgh Intermodal Station, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Washington and Modesto is 2555 miles. The road distance is 2779.7 miles.
The best way to get from Washington to Modesto without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs $280 - $900.
It takes approximately 9h 49m to get from Washington to Modesto, including transfers.
Washington to Modesto bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Washington Union Station.
Washington to Modesto bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Pittsburgh Intermodal Station.
Modesto is 3h behind Washington. It is currently 5:26 PM in Washington and 2:26 PM in Modesto.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Modesto is 2780 miles. It takes approximately 44h 34m to drive from Washington to Modesto.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Modesto, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Washington Union Station to Modesto Bus Stop via Pittsburgh Intermodal Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
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
- $230–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- 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 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- 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
- 9h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- 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
- $100–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–1,600
- 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.html
- 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 Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Modesto Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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