There are 13 ways to get from Virginia to Washington by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, bus, or train
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane DCA - SEA
7h 38m$245–705Fly Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Spokane International Airport (GEG)plane BWI - GEG
10h 42m$156–713Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Norfolk to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Seattletrain
3d 1h$1,749–2,779Bus
- Take the bus from Virginia Beach to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Seattle Bus Stationbus
3d 3h$525–841Drive 2,870.9 mi
- Drive from Virginia Beach to Seattlecar 2,870.9 mi
47h 35m$524–757Fly Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane IAD - SEA
8h 1m$215–656Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Spokane International Airport (GEG)plane DCA - GEG
9h 18m$214–904Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Portland International Airport
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane DCA - PDX
8h 21m$230–660Fly Washington Dulles International Airport to Portland International Airport
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane IAD - PDX
8h 45m$250–611Fly Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane BWI - SEA
8h 51m$207–504Fly Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Portland International Airport
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane BWI - PDX
9h 38m$192–409Bus, train via Chicago
- Take the bus from Norfolk, VA - Best Square to Times Square – 37th St.bus
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Syracusetrain
- Take the train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Seattletrain
3d 4h$1,687–2,793Bus, train
- Take the bus from Virginia Beach to New York Midtownbus
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Vancouvertrain
- Take the bus from Vancouver to Seattlebus
5d 6h$936–1,978
Virginia to Washington by bus, tram, and train (Amtrak)
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Virginia to Washington is to fly which costs $230 - $700 and takes 8h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Virginia to Washington is to fly which takes 7h 38m and costs $240 - $750.
No, there is no direct bus from Virginia to Washington. However, there are services departing from Virginia Beach and arriving at 4th Ave & Madison St via Washington Union Station, Chicago Bus Station, Denver Union Station and SODO Busway & S Royal Brougham Way. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
No, there is no direct train from Virginia station to Washington. However, there are services departing from Newtown Road Station and arriving at Seattle via Norfolk, Petersburg Amtrak Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 1h.
The distance between Virginia and Washington is 2353 miles. The road distance is 2887.7 miles.
The best way to get from Virginia to Washington without a car is to train which takes 3 days 1h and costs $1,700 - $2,800.
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Virginia to Washington, including transfers.
Virginia to Washington bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Virginia Beach station.
Virginia to Washington train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Norfolk station.
The best way to get from Virginia to Washington is to fly which takes 7h 38m and costs $240 - $750. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $1,700 - $2,800 and takes 3 days 1h, you could also bus, which costs $500 - $850 and takes 3 days 3h.
What companies run services between Virginia, USA and Washington, USA?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., Delta, and Southwest Airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pacific & 25Th1/2 to Seattle via Newtown Rd Station, Newtown Road Station, Harbor Park Station, Norfolk, Petersburg Amtrak Station, and Chicago Union Station in around 3d 1h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Portland International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Portland International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Portland International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Portland International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Portland International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Portland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Portland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Portland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Portland International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–490
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–390
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Portland International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–390
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Portland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Portland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Portland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Spokane International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Spokane International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Portland International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Norfolk to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–800
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $360–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from New York Penn Station to Syracuse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $75–180
- Business
- $110–220
- Business Plus
- $120–230
- Economy
- $85–190
- Economy Plus
- $95–200
Train from New York Penn Station to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–330
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $140–310
- Business
- $180–310
- Business Plus
- $190–320
- Economy
- $160–320
- Economy Plus
- $180–330
Train from Toronto Union Station to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $700–1,500
- Business
- $800–1,300
- Business Plus
- $800–1,300
- Economy
- $800–1,500
- Economy Plus
- $900–1,500
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Virginia Beach to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Virginia Beach to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Vancouver to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Washington Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–260
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Denver Union Station to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–350
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 757-456-5555
- Website
- Sprinter Bus
Bus from Norfolk, VA - Best Square to Times Square – 37th St.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- Sprinter Bus
- Passenger
- $50–60
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Virginia to Washington bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Washington is 3h behind Virginia. It is currently 15:23 in Virginia and 12:23 in Washington.
Virginia to Washington train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Petersburg Amtrak Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Virginia to Washington is 2888 miles. It takes approximately 47h 35m to drive from Virginia to Washington.
There are 1493+ hotels available in Washington.