There are 9 ways to get from Washington to Ridgecrest by plane, bus, train, car, or subway
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Harry Reid International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)DCA - LAS
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
13h 18mTrain to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)BWI - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancaster
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
16h 11m$153–1,057Train, drive (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Victorville Amtrak
- Drive from Vista Rd EB & Helendale Rd to College Main
2d 14h$307–1,069Drive 2,578.8 mi
- Drive from Washington to Ridgecrest2,578.8 mi
42h 3m$471–680Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)DCA - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancaster
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
14h 40m$277–1,045Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Harry Reid 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 Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)IAD - LAS
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
15h 10mSubway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train, 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 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)IAD - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancaster
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
16h 18m$333–700Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Harry Reid International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)BWI - LAS
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
14h 55mTrain to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Ontario International Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)BWI - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Lancaster
- Take the bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.
- Take the bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
17h 21m$229–1,431
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Ridgecrest is to train and fly and bus which costs $150 - $1,100 and takes 16h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Ridgecrest is to fly and train and bus which takes 14h 40m and costs $270 - $1,100.
The distance between Washington and Ridgecrest is 2386 miles. The road distance is 2593.8 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 18m to get from Washington to Ridgecrest, including transfers.
Ridgecrest is 3h behind Washington. It is currently 1:42 PM in Washington and 10:42 AM in Ridgecrest.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Ridgecrest is 2594 miles. It takes approximately 42h 3m to drive from Washington to Ridgecrest.
There are 25+ hotels available in Ridgecrest.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Ridgecrest, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Washington to Ridgecrest. However, you can fly to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), walk to Harry Reid International, take the line 109 bus to SSTT Exit, walk to Las Vegas, Gilespie Street (South Strip Transit Terminal), take the bus to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stop, then take the bus to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.. Alternatively, you can take a train from Washington Union Station to Carls Jr via Chicago Union Station, Victorville Amtrak, VVTC - Dock 5, Vista Rd EB & Helendale Rd, and College Main in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Will Rogers World
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Albuquerque
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
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 Victorville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $190–470
- 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
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from L.A. Union Station to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $12–17
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $8–11
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Mojave Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 800-323-2396
- Website
- kerntransit.org
Bus from Carl's Jr. / Inyo St. to Ridgecrest City Hall/W California Ave.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://kerntransit.org/
- Schedules at
- https://kerntransit.org/routes-and-schedules/
Bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://kerntransit.org/
- Schedules at
- https://kerntransit.org/routes-and-schedules/
- Phone
- +1 760-872-1901
- info@estransit.com
- Website
- estransit.com
Bus from MetroLink/Sierra Hwy. to Carl's Jr. / Inyo St.
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.estransit.com
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