There are 9 ways to get from West Virginia to San Francisco by bus, plane, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, train, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Pittsburgh International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
best- Take the bus from MountainLair to Pittsburgh Airport PITbus
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PIT - SFO
8h 51m$512–892Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to ROCKVILLE MARC ebtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane DCA - SFO
9h 43m$152–656Bus
- Take the bus from Charleston, WV to Cambridgebus
- Take the bus from Cambridge, OH to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Stationbus
2d 16h$428–868Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Charleston Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain Cardinal
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Richmondtrain California Zephyr
2d 21h$924–1,957Drive 2,551.7 mi
- Drive from Charleston to San Franciscocar 2,551.7 mi
40h 7m$466–673Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to ROCKVILLE MARC ebtrain
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane IAD - SFO
9h 53m$471–755Train, train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BWI - SFO
10h 10m$184–1,160Bus to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the bus from Wheeling Bus Stop to Columbusbus
- Fly from John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CMH - SFO
10h 18m$298–812Train, train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane BWI - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northboundtrain
11h 36m$267–1,563
West Virginia to San Francisco by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from West Virginia to San Francisco is to train and fly which costs $150 - $700 and takes 9h 43m.
The fastest way to get from West Virginia to San Francisco is to bus and fly which takes 8h 51m and costs $500 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from West Virginia to San Francisco station. However, there are services departing from Charleston, WV and arriving at San Francisco Bus Station via Cambridge, OH, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
No, there is no direct train from West Virginia station to San Francisco. However, there are services departing from Charleston Station and arriving at Civic Center / UN Plaza via Chicago Union Station and Richmond. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
The distance between West Virginia and San Francisco is 2355 miles. The road distance is 2566.6 miles.
The best way to get from West Virginia to San Francisco without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs $420 - $900.
It takes approximately 8h 51m to get from West Virginia to San Francisco, including transfers.
West Virginia to San Francisco bus services, operated by Barons Bus, depart from Charleston, WV station.
West Virginia to San Francisco train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Charleston Station.
The best way to get from West Virginia to San Francisco is to bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs $420 - $900. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $900 - $2,000 and takes 2 days 21h.
What companies run services between West Virginia, USA and San Francisco, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Charleston, WV to San Francisco Bus Station via Cambridge, Cambridge, OH, St Louis Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 16h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Charleston Station to Civic Center / UN Plaza via Chicago Union Station, Richmond, and Richmond in around 2d 21h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Charleston Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–350
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to ROCKVILLE MARC eb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to ROCKVILLE MARC eb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to ROCKVILLE MARC eb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–12
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–12
Train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to ROCKVILLE MARC eb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–12
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–12
Train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–14
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–14
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Train from Martinsburg W Va Marc to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–14
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–14
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- Phone
- +1 304-291-7433
- Website
- Mountain Line Transit Authority
Bus from MountainLair to Pittsburgh Airport PIT
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–30
- Website
- Mountain Line Transit Authority
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Charleston, WV to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–50
- Website
- Barons Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Cambridge, OH to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $280–550
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Wheeling Bus Stop to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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More Questions & Answers
West Virginia to San Francisco bus services, operated by Barons Bus, arrive at Cambridge station.
San Francisco is 3h behind West Virginia. It is currently 8:28 AM in West Virginia and 5:28 AM in San Francisco.
West Virginia to San Francisco train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between West Virginia to San Francisco is 2567 miles. It takes approximately 40h 7m to drive from West Virginia to San Francisco.
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