There are 8 ways to get from Salinas to Ontario by shuttle, plane, bus, taxi, train, 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 Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly, bus, taxi
best- Take a shuttle bus from Prunedale Park & Ride to SJC Airport Terminal A
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Boise Airport (BOI)plane SJC - BOI
- Take the bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NECbus
- Take the taxi from Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC to Ontariotaxi
7h 36m$169–457Drive 726.3 mi
cheapest- Drive from Salinas to Ontariocar 726.3 mi
12h 16m$133–192Train, bus
- Take the train from Salinas to Chemulttrain
- Take the bus from Chemult Post Office to Hawthorne Main Transfer Stationbus
- Take the bus from Hawthorne Station, Bend, OR to Ontario, ORbus
23h 32m$227–475Train, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Salinas to San Josetrain
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Boise Airport (BOI)plane SFO - BOI
- Take the bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NECbus
- Take the taxi from Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC to Ontariotaxi
8h 24m$374–464Fly from Monterey Regional Airport, bus, taxi
- Fly from Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) to Boise Airport (BOI)plane MRY - BOI
- Take the bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NECbus
- Take the taxi from Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC to Ontariotaxi
9h 53m$142–425Train, train to Oakland International Airport, fly, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Salinas to San Josetrain
- Take the train from San Jose to Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtraktrain
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Boise Airport (BOI)plane OAK - BOI
- Take the bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NECbus
- Take the taxi from Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC to Ontariotaxi
8h 56m$168–492Train, Caltrain, bus to Sonoma County Airport, fly, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Salinas to San Josetrain
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Sonoma Co Airport Terminalbus
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Boise Airport (BOI)plane STS - BOI
- Take the bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NECbus
- Take the taxi from Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC to Ontariotaxi
11h 32m$249–839Train, bus via John Day
- Take the train from Salinas to Chemulttrain
- Take the bus from Chemult Post Office to Hawthorne Main Transfer Stationbus
- Take the bus from Bend Hawthorne Station to People Mover Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from People Mover Bus Station to Ontario - Saint Alphonsus Medical Centerbus
26h 38m$222–458
Salinas to Ontario by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salinas to Ontario is to drive which costs $130 - $200 and takes 12h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Salinas to Ontario is to shuttle and fly and bus and taxi which takes 7h 36m and costs $160 - $460.
The distance between Salinas and Ontario is 657 miles. The road distance is 730.5 miles.
The best way to get from Salinas to Ontario without a car is to train and bus which takes 23h 32m and costs $220 - $480.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Salinas to Ontario, including transfers.
Ontario is 1h ahead of Salinas. It is currently 7:44 PM in Salinas and 8:44 PM in Ontario.
Yes, the driving distance between Salinas to Ontario is 731 miles. It takes approximately 12h 16m to drive from Salinas to Ontario.
There are 14+ hotels available in Ontario.
What companies run services between Salinas, CA, USA and Ontario, OR, USA?
There is no direct connection from Salinas to Ontario. However, you can take the line 29 bus to Meridian Spur / Prunedale Park & Ride, walk to Prunedale Park & Ride, take the shuttle to SJC Airport Terminal A, walk to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) airport, fly to Boise Airport (BOI), walk to Boise Airport, take the line 3 bus to S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC, take the bus to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC, then take the taxi to Ontario. Alternatively, you can take a train from Salinas to Ontario, OR via Chemult, Chemult Post Office, Hawthorne Main Transfer Station, and Hawthorne Station, Bend, OR in around 23h 32m.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Boise Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Boise Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boise Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boise Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–300
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Boise Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Boise Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Boise Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Boise Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Boise Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boise Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boise Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Boise Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–420
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Boise Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boise Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–270
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Boise Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Boise Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Boise Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Salinas to Chemult
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–390
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Salinas to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Salinas to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Jose to Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–26
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Salinas to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Salinas to Chemult
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–390
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from Prunedale Park & Ride to SJC Airport Terminal A
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Standard Rate
- $40–55
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Sonoma Co Airport Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–75
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $25–75
- Phone
- (208) 345-7433
- Website
- valleyregionaltransit.org
Bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- valleyregionaltransit.org
Bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- valleyregionaltransit.org
Bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- valleyregionaltransit.org
Bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- valleyregionaltransit.org
Bus from S Broadway Ave & W University Dr SEC to Blaine St & S 24th Ave NEC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- valleyregionaltransit.org
- Phone
- +1 541 883-2877
- [email protected]
- Website
- basintransit.com
Bus from Chemult Post Office to Hawthorne Main Transfer Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.basintransit.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.basintransit.com/routes-and-schedules#Shedules
Bus from Chemult Post Office to Hawthorne Main Transfer Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.basintransit.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.basintransit.com/routes-and-schedules#Shedules
- Phone
- +1 541-366-5110
- [email protected]
- Website
- pacificcrestbuslines.net
Bus from Chemult Post Office to Hawthorne Main Transfer Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–25
- Website
- https://pacificcrestbuslines.net
Bus from Chemult Post Office to Hawthorne Main Transfer Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–25
- Website
- https://pacificcrestbuslines.net
- Phone
- +1 888-846-4183
- Website
- oregon-point.com
Bus from Hawthorne Station, Bend, OR to Ontario, OR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oregon-point.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Hawthorne Station, Bend, OR to Ontario, OR
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $47–51
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $47–51
- Phone
- +1 541-575-2370
- Website
- grantcountypeoplemover.com
Bus from Bend Hawthorne Station to People Mover Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://grantcountypeoplemover.com
- Schedules at
- https://grantcountypeoplemover.com/routes
Bus from People Mover Bus Station to Ontario - Saint Alphonsus Medical Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://grantcountypeoplemover.com
- Schedules at
- https://grantcountypeoplemover.com/routes
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Estimated price
- $75–95
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