--- title: "Denver to Salt Lake City – 4 ways by bus, plane, car | Mixroutes" description: "Denver to Salt Lake City is 597 km. Fastest: fly in 4h 16m. Cheapest: bus from $59. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/denver-to-salt-lake-city" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/denver-to-salt-lake-city.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Denver to Salt Lake City [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City) [Salt Lake City to Denver](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/salt-lake-city-to-denver) **Fastest:** 4h 16m\ by plane, door to door\ **Cheapest:** $59\ by bus\ **Distance:** 597 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 7\ 4 ways, Mon 2 Nov\ ## 4 ways to travel 597 km apart. Times are the timetables for Mon 2 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 6h 10m slower than flying but $160 cheaper; for most people that trade is worth it. - [**Bus** best cheapest Least hassle 10h 26m$59–161 Estimated 6 departures · Greyhound-us](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City) - [**Fly** fastest 4h 16m$190–290 Estimated DEN → SLC · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City) - [**Drive** 9h 27m$65–90 Estimated 838 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City) - [**Taxi** 9h 27m$1,340–1,840 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:02 → 12:18 4h 16m · direct$190–290](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City&date=2026-11-02&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 2. [09:32 → 20:34 11h 2m · 1 change · Greyhound-us Greyhound US0560S$60–146](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City&date=2026-11-02&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 3. [09:42 → 20:45 11h 3m · 1 change · Regional Transportation District 15L$60–146](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City&date=2026-11-02&time=08%3A00&it=t2) 4. [09:42 → 20:34 10h 52m · 2 changes · Regional Transportation District 15L$60–146](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City&date=2026-11-02&time=08%3A00&it=t3) 5. [09:59^+1 → 20:25^+1 10h 26m · direct · Greyhound-us Greyhound US0560S$72–161](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City&date=2026-11-02&time=08%3A00&it=t5) 6. [16:29^+1 → 03:40^+2 11h 11m · direct · Greyhound-us Greyhound US0550$59–126](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City&date=2026-11-02&time=08%3A00&it=t6) 7. [09:59^+2 → 20:25^+2 10h 26m · direct · Greyhound-us Greyhound US0560S$72–161](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Denver&to=Salt+Lake+City&date=2026-11-02&time=08%3A00&it=t7) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Denver to Salt Lake City? The fastest way is by plane: about 4h 16m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 597 km. What is the cheapest way from Denver to Salt Lake City? Bus is the cheapest, from $59. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How much is the bus from Denver to Salt Lake City? Buses take about 10h 26m and cost $59–161 depending on operator and seat type. 6 departures appear in today's timetable window. How long is the flight from Denver to Salt Lake City? About 1h 29m in the air (DEN → SLC), about 4h 16m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run $190–290; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Salt Lake City from Denver by road? About 838 km, roughly 9h 27m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $65–90; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - Greyhound-us - Utah Transit Authority - Regional Transportation District Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Salt Lake City State capital and largest city of Utah, U.S. Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The population was 199,723 at the 2020 census, while the Salt Lake City metropolitan area has an estimated 1.3 million residents and is the 46th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It is also part of the larger Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo combined statistical area, an urban corridor along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front with a population of approximately 2.8 million. It is one of the principal urban centers within the Great Basin, along with Reno, Nevada. [The Salt Lake City guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/salt-lake-city) Worth your time - Utah State Capitol 350 N State St (just north of downtown; public transit: UTA Bus 200 (stops at four places around the Capitol grounds)),. - Salt Lake City and County Building 451 S State St (at the corner of University Blvd & State St.; public transit: UTA TRAX Red Line (Library Station) and Bus 1, 4, 200, 205, 209, 451, 455, 470, 472, and 473),. - Salt Lake City Main Library 210 E 400 S (next to the Salt Lake City and Country Building; public transit: UTA TRAX Red Line (Library Station) and Bus 4 and 455),. - Hogle Zoo 2600 E Sunnyside Ave (at the mouth of Emigration Canyon on the east side of the city),. 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