There are 9 ways to get from Boise to Santa Maria by plane, bus, train, taxi, car, or bus (Flixbus)
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Fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, bus
best- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane BOI - SBA
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Santa Maria Airport, CAbus
8h 17m$122–398Fly to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)plane BOI - SBP
- Take the bus from Government Center to Santa Maria Transit Centerbus
8h 45m$54–267Bus, train via Los Angeles
- Take the bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Las Vegasbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas to Downtown Los Angelesbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Guadalupe Amtrak Stationtrain
28h 2m$254–382Taxi, bus, train
- Take the taxi from Boise to Ontario, ORtaxi
- Take the bus from Ontario, OR to Hawthorne Station, Bend, ORbus
- Take the bus from Hawthorne Main Transfer Station to Chemult Post Officebus
- Take the train from Chemult to San Luis Obispotrain
31h 38m$406–741Drive 830.2 mi
- Drive from Boise to Santa Mariacar 830.2 mi
15h 41m$152–219Fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BOI - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Maria Airport, CAbus
9h 35m$137–373Fly to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane BOI - BUR
- Take the train from Burbank to Guadalupe Amtrak Stationtrain
10h 40m$228–445Bus
- Take the bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Las Vegasbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas Downtown 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
29h 41m$200–274Bus, train
- Take the bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Las Vegasbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas to Santa Barbarabus
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Guadalupe Amtrak Stationtrain
33h 49m$306–444
Boise to Santa Maria by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Boise to Santa Maria is to fly and bus which costs $50 - $270 and takes 8h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Boise to Santa Maria is to fly and bus which takes 8h 17m and costs $120 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from Boise to Santa Maria. However, there are services departing from 3988 W Chinden - Boise and arriving at Santa Maria Transit Center via SB H after Owens, Las Vegas Downtown, Los Angeles Union Station, Cabrillo & Anacapa and Chapala at Figueroa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 41m.
The distance between Boise and Santa Maria is 740 miles. The road distance is 835 miles.
The best way to get from Boise to Santa Maria without a car is to bus and train via Los Angeles which takes 28h 2m and costs $250 - $390.
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Boise to Santa Maria, including transfers.
Boise to Santa Maria bus services, operated by Tufesa, depart from 3988 W Chinden - Boise station.
Boise to Santa Maria bus services, operated by Tufesa, arrive at Las Vegas station.
Santa Maria is 1h behind Boise. It is currently 1:31 PM in Boise and 12:31 PM in Santa Maria.
Yes, the driving distance between Boise to Santa Maria is 835 miles. It takes approximately 15h 41m to drive from Boise to Santa Maria.
What companies run services between Boise, ID, USA and Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Santa Maria Transit Center via Las Vegas, SB H after Owens, Bonneville Transit Center Bay 4, Las Vegas Downtown, Los Angeles Union Station, Santa Barbara Bus Stop, Cabrillo & Anacapa, Chapala & Anapamu, and Chapala at Figueroa in around 29h 41m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Boise Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Boise Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Boise Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Boise Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–280
Flights from Boise Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–270
Flights from Boise Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–280
Flights from Boise Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from Boise Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–410
Flights from Boise Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–440
Flights from Boise Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Boise Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Boise Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–450
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Boise Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Boise Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Boise Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Boise Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Boise Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Boise Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–310
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Boise Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–260
Flights from Boise Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Boise Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from Boise Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–260
Flights from Boise Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–290
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boise Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–330
Flights from Boise Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- 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
Train from Chemult to San Luis Obispo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–480
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Burbank to Guadalupe Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Santa Barbara to Guadalupe Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- 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
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–160
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $130–160
Bus from Las Vegas to Downtown Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $60–90
Bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–160
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $130–160
Bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–160
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $130–160
- Phone
- +1 888-846-4183
- Website
- Point
Bus from Ontario, OR to Hawthorne Station, Bend, OR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Point
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Ontario, OR to Hawthorne Station, Bend, OR
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $47–51
- Website
- Amtrak
- Adult
- $47–51
- Phone
- +1 541 883-2877
- [email protected]
- Website
- Basin Transit Service
Bus from Hawthorne Main Transfer Station to Chemult Post Office
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- Basin Transit Service
- Schedules at
- Basin Transit Service Schedules
- Phone
- +1 541-366-5110
- [email protected]
- Website
- Pacific Crest Bus Lines
Bus from Hawthorne Main Transfer Station to Chemult Post Office
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–25
- Website
- Pacific Crest Bus Lines
- 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
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Las Vegas Downtown to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Schedules at
- 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
- 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 Las Vegas to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Estimated price
- $130–160
Boise Taxi Company
- Phone
- +1 208-877-6777
- Website
- boisetaxicompany.com
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