There are 9 ways to get from Utah to Santa Maria by plane, bus, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Salt Lake City International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, bus
best- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane SLC - SBA
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Santa Maria Airport, CAbus
7h 1m$128–450Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Salt Lake City to Emeryvilletrain California Zephyr
- Take the train from Emeryville to San Luis Obispotrain Coast Starlight
28h 58m$340–719Bus
- Take the bus from Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Oaklandbus
- Take the bus from Oakland to Santa Barbara Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Chapala at Figueroa to Santa Maria Transit Centerbus
29h 30m$166–318Drive 810.4 mi
- Drive from Salt Lake City to Santa Mariacar 810.4 mi
13h 34m$148–214Bus to Harry Reid International Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, bus
- Take the bus from St George to Harry Reid Internationalbus
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane LAS - SBA
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Santa Maria Airport, CAbus
8h 4m$279–429Fly Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane SLC - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Maria Airport, CAbus
9h 25m$208–495Bus to Harry Reid International Airport, fly to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, bus
- Take the bus from St George to Harry Reid Internationalbus
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)plane LAS - SBP
- Take the bus from Government Center to Santa Maria Transit Centerbus
7h 54m$201–448Fly Salt Lake City International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane SLC - BUR
- Take the train from Burbank to Guadalupe Amtrak Stationtrain
10h 48m$259–607Train, bus
- Take the train from Salt Lake City to Emeryvilletrain
- Take the bus from Emeryville to Paso Robles Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the bus from North County Transit Center to Government Centerbus 9S
- Take the bus from Government Center to Santa Maria Transit Centerbus 10S
30h 23m$325–669
Utah to Santa Maria by train and bus (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Utah to Santa Maria is to drive which costs $140 - $220 and takes 13h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Utah to Santa Maria is to fly and bus which takes 7h 1m and costs $120 - $450.
No, there is no direct bus from Utah to Santa Maria. However, there are services departing from 200 S / Main St and arriving at Santa Maria Transit Center via Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr, Sparks Transit Center, Oakland, Cabrillo & Anacapa and Chapala at Figueroa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Utah to Santa Maria station. However, there are services departing from Salt Lake City and arriving at Guadalupe Amtrak Station via Emeryville and San Luis Obispo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 58m.
The distance between Utah and Santa Maria is 696 miles. The road distance is 815.2 miles.
The best way to get from Utah to Santa Maria without a car is to train which takes 28h 58m and costs $340 - $750.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Utah to Santa Maria, including transfers.
Utah to Santa Maria bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr station.
Utah to Santa Maria train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Salt Lake City station.
The best way to get from Utah to Santa Maria is to train which takes 28h 58m and costs $340 - $750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $160 - $320 and takes 29h 30m.
What companies run services between Utah, USA and Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, CA, USA?
You can take a train from Salt Lake City to Main at Pine Inbound via Emeryville, San Luis Obispo, Guadalupe Amtrak Station, and Guadalupe Amtrak Station in around 28h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from 200 S / Main St to Santa Maria Transit Center via Salt Lake Central Station, Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr, Sparks Transit Center, Oakland, Santa Barbara Bus Stop, Cabrillo & Anacapa, Chapala & Anapamu, and Chapala at Figueroa in around 29h 30m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–420
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–250
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–280
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–310
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–370
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–420
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–260
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $35–220
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $55–310
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–380
- Website
- jsx.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–500
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Salt Lake City to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–550
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Emeryville to San Luis Obispo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Burbank to Guadalupe Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Salt Lake City to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–550
- 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 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Salt Lake City Intermodal Trans Ctr to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Oakland to Santa Barbara Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- 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
- Phone
- +1 208-656-8824
- [email protected]
- Website
- Salt Lake Express
Bus from St George to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Website
- Salt Lake Express
Bus from St George to Harry Reid International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Website
- Salt Lake Express
- 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
Bus from North County Transit Center to Government Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- SoCoTransit
Bus from Government Center to Santa Maria Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Website
- SoCoTransit
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Emeryville to Paso Robles Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Amtrak
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More Questions & Answers
Utah to Santa Maria bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sparks Transit Center station.
Santa Maria is 1h behind Utah. It is currently 8:40 PM in Utah and 7:40 PM in Santa Maria.
Utah to Santa Maria train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Emeryville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Utah to Santa Maria is 815 miles. It takes approximately 13h 34m to drive from Utah to Santa Maria.
There are 89+ hotels available in Santa Maria.













