How to get from Des Moines to Washington by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Des Moines and Washington is 3736 kilometers (2316 miles).
Driving distance from Des Moines to Washington is 4497 kilometers (2788 miles)

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Routes from des-moines-washington to washington-district-of-columbia
Cheapest
Car
44h 4m
4497 km
cost $899
Fastest
Truck
44h 4m
price $899
Others
Bike
11d 6h 14m
distance 4729 km
Walk
39d 3h 29m
distance 4819 km

4 Ways from Des Moines (United States/Washington) to Washington (United States/District of Columbia)

Choose 1 of the options below and start your journey
Cheapest
Car
44h 4m
4497 km
cost $899
Fastest
Truck
44h 4m
price $899
Others
Bike
11d 6h 14m
distance 4729 km
Walk
39d 3h 29m
distance 4819 km

Route instructions

1. Continue onto 18th Avenue South 241 m
2. Turn left onto South 229th Street 238 m
3. Turn left onto South 229th Street 363 m
4. Turn left onto 23rd Place South 48 m
5. Turn right onto South 227th Place 77 m
6. Turn right onto 24th Avenue South 259 m
7. Turn left onto South Kent Des Moines Road, WA 509 492 m
8. Keep left onto South Kent Des Moines Road 5.55 km
9. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto 4th Avenue South 366 m
10. Turn right onto West Gowe Street 478 m
11. Turn left onto Central Avenue South, WA 516 258 m
12. Turn right onto East Smith Street, WA 516 2.71 km
13. Keep right onto Southeast Kent-Kangley Road, WA 516 3.23 km
14. Turn slight right onto Southeast 272nd Street, WA 516 3.43 km
15. Turn left 26.06 km
16. Keep right 919.30 km
17. Keep left onto I 90 367.78 km
18. Keep right onto I 90, US 87, US 212 250.94 km
19. Keep left onto I 90 1345.61 km
20. Keep left onto I 90 362.61 km
21. Keep left onto Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, I 90 65.21 km
22. Keep right onto Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, I 90 10.65 km
23. Keep left onto Express Lanes, I 90 10.53 km
24. Keep right onto Express Lanes, I 90, I 94 6.50 km
25. Keep left onto Dan Ryan Expressway (Express), I 90, I 94 6.44 km
26. Keep right 1.45 km
27. Keep left onto Chicago Skyway, I 90 7.29 km
28. Keep left 4.22 km
29. Keep right 378 m
30. Turn right 8 m
31. Turn left onto South Indianapolis Avenue, US 12, US 20, US 41 580 m
32. Keep right 479.42 km
33. Keep left onto Ohio Turnpike, I 80 209.23 km
34. Keep right onto Pennsylvania Turnpike, I 76, PATP 210.40 km
35. Keep right onto I 70 3.04 km
36. Keep right 354 m
37. Turn sharp left onto Lincoln Highway, US 30 546 m
38. Turn left onto I 70 38.59 km
39. Keep right onto Dwight David Eisenhower Highway, I 70 83.55 km
40. Keep right onto I 70 Exit 53 37.57 km
41. Keep right onto I 270 10.71 km
42. Keep left onto I 270 3.91 km
43. Keep left 1.59 km
44. Keep left 51 m
45. Turn right 28 m
46. Turn left onto Rockville Pike, MD 355 5.44 km
47. Turn slight right onto Wisconsin Avenue Northwest 1.70 km
48. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Nebraska Avenue Northwest 1.10 km
49. Continue onto Ward Circle Northwest 84 m
50. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Massachusetts Avenue Northwest 4.22 km
51. At roundabout, take exit 4 onto Massachusetts Avenue Northwest 673 m
52. At roundabout, take exit 4 932 m
53. Turn left onto K Street Northwest, US 29 86 m
54. Turn right onto 17th Street Northwest 266 m
55. Turn left onto H Street Northwest 375 m
56. Turn right onto 15th Street Northwest 583 m
57. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

All station in Des Moines (United States/Washington)
B Station Des MoinesS Station Des MoinesA Station Des MoinesAngle Lake Des Moines
All station in Washington (United States/District of Columbia)
Capitol South Washington StationUnion Station Washington StationShaw–Howard University s WashingtonPotomac Avenue Washington StationGallery Place Washington StationMount Vernon Square WashingtonNoMa–Gallaudet U s WashingtonU Street Washington StationRonald Reagan Washington National
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