There are 9 ways to get from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre by plane, bus, car, train, or tram
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Los Angeles International Airport
best- Fly from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PVR - LAX
7h 22m$181–618Bus via El Monte Station - Lower Level
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucerías to Tepicbus
- Take the bus from Tepic to Los Angelesbus
35h 16m$106–227Drive 1,459.5 mi
- Drive from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madrecar 1,459.5 mi
27h 12m$267–385Fly to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Fly from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane PVR - BUR
9h 42m$140–665Fly to Ontario International Airport
- Fly from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane PVR - ONT
10h 15m$162–966Fly to John Wayne Airport Orange County, line 76 bus, line 43 bus, train, tram
- Fly from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane PVR - SNA
- Take the bus from Airport-Arrival Terminal to Macarthur-Harborbus
- Take the bus from Harbor-Macarthur to Fullerton Trans Ctr Dock 2bus
- Take the train from Fullerton to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Take the tram from Union Station - Metro A-Line to Sierra Madre Villa Stationtram
10h 36m$145–670Fly to Tijuana International Airport, train
- Fly from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)plane PVR - TIJ
- Take the train from San Diego to Los Angelestrain
11h 45m$112–334Bus
- Take the bus from Bucerías to Tepicbus
- Take the bus from Tepic to Huntington Parkbus Guadalajara
42h 42m$203–298Bus #2
- Take the bus from Nuevo Vallarta to Tepicbus
- Take the bus from Tepic to Los Angelesbus
2d$181–243
Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre is to fly and train which costs $110 - $340 and takes 11h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre is to fly which takes 7h 22m and costs $180 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre. However, there are services departing from Autotransportes Medina and arriving at Sierra Madre / Baldwin via Bucerías, Tepic, 7th / Decatur, Olive / 5th and El Monte Station - Lower Level. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 16m.
The distance between Puerto Vallarta and Sierra Madre is 1260 miles. The road distance is 1468 miles.
The best way to get from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre without a car is to bus via El Monte Station - Lower Level which takes 35h 16m and costs $100 - $230.
It takes approximately 7h 22m to get from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre, including transfers.
Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre bus services, operated by Pacífico, depart from Bucerías station.
The best way to get from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre is to fly which takes 7h 22m and costs $180 - $650. Alternatively, you can bus via El Monte Station - Lower Level, which costs $100 - $230 and takes 35h 16m.
Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre bus services, operated by Pacífico, arrive at Tepic station.
Sierra Madre is 1h behind Puerto Vallarta. It is currently 8:39 AM in Puerto Vallarta and 7:39 AM in Sierra Madre.
What companies run services between Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and Sierra Madre, CA, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Autotransportes Medina to Sierra Madre / Baldwin via Bucerías, Tepic, Los Angeles, 7th / Decatur, 5th / Hill, Olive / 5th, and El Monte Station - Lower Level in around 35h 16m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–950
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–200
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–950
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–230
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
Train from Fullerton to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
- Phone
- +1-323-466-3876
- [email protected]
- Website
- Metro Los Angeles
Tram from Union Station - Metro A-Line to Sierra Madre Villa Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- Metro Los Angeles
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Diego to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- [email protected]
- Website
- estrellablanca.com.mx
Bus from Bucerías to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–19
- Schedules at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
- Book at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
Bus from Bucerías to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–19
- Schedules at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
- Book at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- [email protected]
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Tepic to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- +1 714-560-6282
- Website
- octa.net
Bus from Airport-Arrival Terminal to Macarthur-Harbor
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- octa.net
Bus from Harbor-Macarthur to Fullerton Trans Ctr Dock 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- octa.net
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- [email protected]
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Tepic to Huntington Park
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $180–270
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $180–270
- Titanium
- $207–213
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- [email protected]
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Nuevo Vallarta to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Tepic to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $150–190
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
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Yes, the driving distance between Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre is 1468 miles. It takes approximately 27h 12m to drive from Puerto Vallarta to Sierra Madre.
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