There are 9 ways to get from Indianapolis to Salinas by plane, train, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus, Amtrak), car, shuttle, 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.
Fly Indianapolis to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, bus
best- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane IND - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinasbus
9h 48mFly Indianapolis to Monterey Regional Airport
cheapest- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane IND - MRY
11h 33m$177–759Bus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station 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 Santa Barbara Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara to Salinasbus
2d 6hBus, train
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Emeryvilletrain
- Take the bus from Emeryville to Salinasbus
2d 13hDrive 2,275.5 mi
- Drive from Indianapolis to Salinascar 2,275.5 mi
36h 26m$416–600Fly Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane IND - SJC
- Take a shuttle bus from SJC Airport Terminal A to Prunedale Park & Ride
11h 3m$224–855Fly Indianapolis to Oakland International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane IND - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinasbus
11h 44mFly Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane IND - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno, CA to Gilroybus
- Take the bus from Monterey / Gilroy Train Station to N Main St/ W Rossi Stbus
14h 7m$219–684Bus to Covington, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, bus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnatibus
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CVG - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinasbus
12h 53m
Indianapolis (IND) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Indianapolis to Salinas is to fly and bus which costs $210 - $700 and takes 14h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Indianapolis to Salinas is to fly and shuttle which takes 11h 3m and costs $220 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Indianapolis station to Salinas. However, there are services departing from Indianapolis Union Station and arriving at Salinas via St Louis Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station and Santa Barbara. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Indianapolis and Salinas is 2062 miles. The road distance is 2288.8 miles.
The best way to get from Indianapolis to Salinas without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 6h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 48m to get from Indianapolis to Salinas, including transfers.
Indianapolis to Salinas bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Indianapolis Union Station.
The best way to get from Indianapolis to Salinas is to bus which takes 2 days 6h and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $170 - $800 and takes 11h 33m.
Indianapolis to Salinas bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Salinas is 3h behind Indianapolis. It is currently 14:38 in Indianapolis and 11:38 in Salinas.
What companies run services between Indianapolis, IN, USA and Salinas, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Salinas via St Louis Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Santa Barbara Bus Stop, and Santa Barbara in around 2d 6h. Alternatively, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) every 4 hours.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Indianapolis to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Indianapolis to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Indianapolis to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Indianapolis to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Oakland International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Oakland International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Indianapolis to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Covington to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Covington to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Indianapolis to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Indianapolis to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Indianapolis to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Indianapolis to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Covington to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Covington to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Monterey Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Monterey Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Covington to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Indianapolis to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Indianapolis to Monterey Regional Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Indianapolis to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Covington to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Covington to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Covington to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,100
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- BART
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from San Jose to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Santa Barbara to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Emeryville to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from San Jose to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from San Jose to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $310–490
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Indianapolis to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Shuttle from SJC Airport Terminal A to Prunedale Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Schedules at
- Groome Transportation
- Standard Rate
- $40–50
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from Fresno, CA to Gilroy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $35–65
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Fresno, CA to Gilroy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $14–27
- Titanium
- $15–27
- Phone
- 1-888-678-2871
- customerservice@mst.org
- Website
- Monterey-Salinas Transit
Bus from Monterey / Gilroy Train Station to N Main St/ W Rossi St
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Monterey-Salinas Transit
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