There are 12 ways to get from Lake Havasu City to Merced by shuttle, plane, taxi, train, bus, 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.
Shuttle to Harry Reid International Airport, fly to Merced Municipal Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane LAS - MCE
6h 28m$170–511Drive 475.9 mi
cheapest- Drive from Lake Havasu City to Mercedcar 475.9 mi
7h 59m$87–126Taxi, train, bus via Victorville
- Take the taxi from Lake Havasu City to Needles Stationtaxi
- Take the train from Needles Station to Victorville Amtraktrain
- Take the bus from Victorville Transit Center to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
14h 10m$252–399Taxi, train, bus
- Take the taxi from Lake Havasu City to Needles Stationtaxi
- Take the train from Needles Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Mercedbus
16h 22m$274–437Shuttle to Harry Reid International Airport, fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane LAS - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno to Mercedbus
8h 17m$197–550Shuttle to Harry Reid International Airport, fly to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK)plane LAS - SCK
- Take the bus from Stockton to Mercedbus
7h 55m$169–440Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane PHX - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno to Mercedbus
8h 42m$429–693Shuttle to Harry Reid International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane LAS - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
9h 51m$252–450Shuttle to Harry Reid International Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane LAS - OAK
- 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
10h 10m$283–611Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Kingman, AZ
- Take the bus from Kingman, AZ to Las Vegasbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas to Huntington Parkbus
- Take the bus from Huntington Park to Mercedbus
14h 30m$200–277Shuttle, bus via Bakersfield
- Take a shuttle bus from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Bakersfieldbus
- Take the bus from Bakersfield - 1821 18th St International to Mercedbus 1
14h 57m$224–299Taxi, train, bus via Delano
- Take the taxi from Lake Havasu City to Needles Stationtaxi
- Take the train from Needles Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Delanobus
- Take the bus from Delano to Mercedbus
17h 22m$270–439
Lake Havasu City to Merced by shuttle, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lake Havasu City to Merced is to drive which costs $85 - $130 and takes 7h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Lake Havasu City to Merced is to shuttle and fly which takes 6h 28m and costs $170 - $550.
The distance between Lake Havasu City and Merced is 500 miles. The road distance is 478.7 miles.
The best way to get from Lake Havasu City to Merced without a car is to taxi and train and bus via Victorville which takes 14h 10m and costs $250 - $400.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Lake Havasu City to Merced, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Lake Havasu City to Merced is 479 miles. It takes approximately 7h 59m to drive from Lake Havasu City to Merced.
There are 32+ hotels available in Merced.
What companies run services between Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Lake Havasu City to Merced. However, you can take the shuttle to Harry Reid International, walk to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) airport, fly to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE), walk to West Av @ 1st, then take the bus to O St @ 15th. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Needles Station, take the train to Victorville Amtrak, walk to Victorville Transit Center, take the bus to Los Angeles Union Station, then take the bus to Merced Bus Stop.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–260
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–260
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–300
- Website
- jsx.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–310
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–320
- Website
- contouraviation.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–430
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Needles Station to Victorville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Needles Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Needles Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 928-854-5253
- [email protected]
- Website
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–100
- Schedules at
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–100
- Schedules at
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–100
- Schedules at
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–100
- Schedules at
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–100
- Schedules at
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Kingman, AZ
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–80
- Schedules at
- vegasairporter.com
Shuttle from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–100
- Schedules at
- vegasairporter.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Victorville Transit Center to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–12
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 866 691 9732
- [email protected]
- Website
- eplalimo.com
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://eplalimo.com/
- One Way
- $26–40
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://eplalimo.com/
- One Way
- $26–40
Bus from Bakersfield - 1821 18th St International to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://eplalimo.com/
- One Way
- $35–55
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $30–55
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $30–55
Bus from Kingman, AZ to Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $35–60
Bus from Las Vegas to Huntington Park
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $60–90
Bus from Huntington Park to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $60–85
Bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Delano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $40–65
Bus from Delano to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $40–65
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- [email protected]
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–21
- Titanium
- $8–21
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–21
- Titanium
- $8–21
Bus from Huntington Park to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $35–50
- Titanium
- $40–50
Bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Delano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $16–29
- Titanium
- $17–30
Bus from Delano to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $17–30
- Titanium
- $18–35
- Phone
- +1-480-710-3441
- [email protected]
- Website
- airportshuttleofphoenix.com
Shuttle from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $241
- Website
- https://airportshuttleofphoenix.com
- 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 Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Bakersfield
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Estimated price
- $120–160
5 Dollar Holler Shuttle
- Phone
- +1-928-208-3376
- Website
- 5-dollar-holler.business.site
5 Dollar Holler Shuttle
- Phone
- +1-928-208-3376
- Website
- 5-dollar-holler.business.site
5 Dollar Holler Shuttle
- Phone
- +1-928-208-3376
- Website
- 5-dollar-holler.business.site
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