There are 8 ways to get from Atlanta to Santa Maria by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, car, or train (Amtrak)
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Fly to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, bus
best- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)plane ATL - SBP
- Take the bus from Government Center to Santa Maria Transit Centerbus
10h 56m$146–608Bus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Chapala at Figueroa to Santa Maria Transit Centerbus
2d 7h$357–689Bus, train
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Carbondale Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the bus from Carbondale Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from St. Louis to Kansas Citytrain
- Take the train from Kansas City to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Guadalupe Amtrak Stationtrain
2d 13h$793–1,706Drive 2,286.9 mi
- Drive from Atlanta to Santa Mariacar 2,286.9 mi
36h 51m$418–603Fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, bus
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane ATL - SBA
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Santa Maria Airport, CAbus
11h 8m$234–780Fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane ATL - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Maria Airport, CAbus
11h 44m$288–524Fly to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane ATL - BUR
- Take the train from Burbank to Guadalupe Amtrak Stationtrain
13h 18m$280–1,036Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Peachtree Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Guadalupe Amtrak Stationtrain
2d 19h$827–1,873
Atlanta to Santa Maria by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Atlanta to Santa Maria is to fly and bus which costs $140 - $650 and takes 10h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Atlanta to Santa Maria is to fly and bus which takes 10h 56m and costs $140 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Atlanta station to Santa Maria. However, there are services departing from Atlanta Bus Station and arriving at Santa Maria Transit Center via Dallas Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Cabrillo & Anacapa and Chapala at Figueroa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
No, there is no direct train from Atlanta station to Santa Maria station. However, there are services departing from Peachtree Station and arriving at Guadalupe Amtrak Station via New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and Los Angeles. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Atlanta and Santa Maria is 2115 miles. The road distance is 2300.2 miles.
The best way to get from Atlanta to Santa Maria without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 7h and costs $350 - $700.
It takes approximately 10h 56m to get from Atlanta to Santa Maria, including transfers.
Atlanta to Santa Maria bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Atlanta Bus Station.
Atlanta to Santa Maria train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Peachtree Station.
The best way to get from Atlanta to Santa Maria is to bus which takes 2 days 7h and costs $350 - $700. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $800 - $1,900 and takes 2 days 19h.
What companies run services between Atlanta, GA, USA and Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Santa Maria Transit Center via Dallas Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Santa Barbara Bus Stop, Cabrillo & Anacapa, Chapala & Anapamu, and Chapala at Figueroa in around 2d 7h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Peachtree Station to Main at Pine Inbound via New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, Los Angeles, Guadalupe Amtrak Station, and Guadalupe Amtrak Station in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–340
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from St. Louis to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Kansas City to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Guadalupe Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Burbank to Guadalupe Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Peachtree Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–350
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Guadalupe Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Amtrak
- Website
- SoCoTransit
Bus from Government Center to Santa Maria Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- SoCoTransit
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $210–420
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Carbondale Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Carbondale Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- (805) 692-1902
- [email protected]
- Website
- Clean Air Express
Bus from Chapala at Figueroa to Santa Maria Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–8
- Website
- Clean Air Express
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Carbondale Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-470-8818
- [email protected]
- Website
- Central Coast Shuttle
Bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Santa Maria Airport, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–75
- Website
- Central Coast Shuttle
- one way non-prepaid
- $65–75
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $60–70
Bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Maria Airport, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–105
- Website
- Central Coast Shuttle
- one way non-prepaid
- $90–105
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $85–100
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More Questions & Answers
Atlanta to Santa Maria bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Dallas Bus Station.
Santa Maria is 3h behind Atlanta. It is currently 1:12 PM in Atlanta and 10:12 AM in Santa Maria.
Atlanta to Santa Maria train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal station.
Yes, the driving distance between Atlanta to Santa Maria is 2300 miles. It takes approximately 36h 51m to drive from Atlanta to Santa Maria.
There are 96+ hotels available in Santa Maria.








