There are 8 ways to get from Palo Alto to Ohio by plane, bus (Greyhound), subway, train, bus, or car
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane SFO - CLE
7h 5m$207–341Fly San Francisco International Airport to Detroit, bus
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Detroit (DTW)plane SFO - DTW
- Take the bus from Dearborn to Toledobus
9h 35m$177–614Bus
- Take the bus from San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich to Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Columbusbus
2d 12h$414–797BART, train, bus
- Take the subway from Millbrae to Richmondsubway
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Columbusbus
2d 15h$823–1,718Drive 2,441.9 mi
- Drive from Palo Alto to Columbuscar 2,441.9 mi
38h 41m$446–644Fly San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane SFO - CMH
7h 30m$276–771Fly San Francisco International Airport to Covington
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Covington (CVG)plane SFO - CVG
7h 50m$257–623Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Covington (CVG)plane SJC - CVG
9h 39m$241–964
Palo Alto to Ohio by bus and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palo Alto to Ohio is to fly which costs $200 - $350 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Palo Alto to Ohio is to fly which takes 7h 5m and costs $200 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Palo Alto to Ohio. However, there are services departing from El Camino & Churchill and arriving at Columbus via San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich, Los Angeles Union Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Palo Alto and Ohio is 2202 miles. The road distance is 2456.2 miles.
The best way to get from Palo Alto to Ohio without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 12h and costs $410 - $800.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Palo Alto to Ohio, including transfers.
Palo Alto to Ohio bus services, operated by Hoang Express, depart from San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich station.
The best way to get from Palo Alto to Ohio is to fly which takes 7h 5m and costs $200 - $350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $410 - $800 and takes 2 days 12h.
Palo Alto to Ohio bus services, operated by Hoang Express, arrive at Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station.
Ohio is 3h ahead of Palo Alto. It is currently 2:22 PM in Palo Alto and 5:22 PM in Ohio.
What companies run services between Palo Alto, CA, USA and Ohio, USA?
United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and two other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from El Camino & Churchill to Columbus via Tully & King, San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich, Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station, Chinatown Station, Union Station - Metro A-Line, Los Angeles Union Station, and St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Saturday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Covington via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–650
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Millbrae to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- [email protected]
- Website
- xedohoang.com
Bus from San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich to Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/hoangexpress/
- Website
- https://xedohoang.com/en
- Adult One-way
- $45–60
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 St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Dearborn to Toledo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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