How to get from San Francisco to Chicago by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between San Francisco and Chicago is 2985 kilometers (1851 miles).
Driving distance from San Francisco to Chicago is 3430 kilometers (2127 miles)

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Routes from san-francisco-california to chicago-illinois
Cheapest
Car
32h 38m
3430 km
cost $686
Fastest
Truck
32h 38m
price $686
Others
Walk
29d 17h 31m
distance 3597 km
Bike
9d 6h 47m
distance 4020 km

4 Ways from San Francisco (United States/California) to Chicago (United States/Illinois)

Choose 1 of the options below and start your journey
Cheapest
Car
32h 38m
3430 km
cost $686
Fastest
Truck
32h 38m
price $686
Others
Walk
29d 17h 31m
distance 3597 km
Bike
9d 6h 47m
distance 4020 km

Route instructions

1. Continue onto Van Ness Avenue, US 101 120 m
2. Make a U-turn onto Van Ness Avenue, US 101 220 m
3. Turn left onto Grove Street 447 m
4. Turn right onto Hyde Street 224 m
5. Turn left onto Mission Street 830 m
6. Turn right onto 5th Street 771 m
7. Turn sharp left 12.18 km
8. Keep right 5.67 km
9. Keep left onto Eastshore Freeway, I 80 25.79 km
10. Continue onto I 80 22.42 km
11. Keep left onto I 80 43.86 km
12. Keep left onto I 80 19.42 km
13. Keep right onto North Sacramento Beltline Freeway, I 80 20.04 km
14. Keep left onto North Sacramento Beltline Freeway, I 80 131.95 km
15. Keep right 6.27 km
16. Keep right 890.61 km
17. Keep left onto Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway, I 80 4.16 km
18. Keep right onto I 80 1498.51 km
19. Keep right 4.74 km
20. Keep right onto I 80 Local, US 6 191.39 km
21. Keep right onto I 80 424 m
22. Keep left onto I 80 1.24 km
23. Keep left onto I 80 22.46 km
24. Keep right onto I 80 277.04 km
25. Keep right 90.62 km
26. Keep left onto Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, I 88, IL 110 126.43 km
27. Keep right onto Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, I 88, IL 110 32.96 km
28. Turn right onto South Michigan Avenue 12 m
29. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

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