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Ferries & Flights to Martha's Vineyard | |
| Ferries from North Kingstown RI, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Hyannis, New Bedford and Nantucket. Planes from Boston, Hyannis, Nantucket, New Bedford and Providence. | ||
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Here's transportation information to get to Hyannis. In summer, Adventure Northeast Transportation Service runs special non-stop buses from New York City to Quonset Point, North Kingstown RI; New Bedford MA; Woods Hole MA and Hyannis MA to connect with the ferryboats to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. More... If you need to park your car while visiting Martha's Vineyard, be sure to calculate the cost of parking for the time you will be away from the mainland. This cost may be $10 to $15 per day. Woods Hole (Cape Cod) Car FerryThe Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority runs the car ferries from Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs (map). (There are no ferries at all to Edgartown.) Advance reservations are almost always necessary for a car in summer, though not for walk-on passengers. You don't really need to take your car to Martha's Vineyard. You can rent a car, bicycle or scooter there, or use the convenient buses. More... Falmouth (Cape Cod) Passenger FerryThe Island Queen ferry sails from Falmouth Harbor to Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard seven times daily in summer. More... Hyannis (Cape Cod) Passenger FerryHy-Line Cruises operates five fast, comfortable catamaran passenger ferries daily, year-round, between Hyannis on Cape Cod and Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard. The voyage takes just under one hour. From May through September, Hy-Line also operates at least one and as many as three slower, cheaper passenger boats (morning, early afternoon and late afternoon) daily between Hyannis and Oak Bluffs, taking 2-1/2 hours. New Bedford Passenger FerryFrom May through October, SeaStreak (Tel: 1-866-MVFERRY [1-866-683-3779]) operates at least two daily fast catamaran passenger ferries from New Bedford in southeastern MA to Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard. The voyage takes one hour. From late June through Labor Day weekend there are up to six voyages per day and they stop at Oak Bluffs as well. More... Quonset Point RI Passenger FerryFrom May through September, fast catamaran ferries operated by Vineyard Fast Ferry run between Quonset Point, Wickford (North Kingstown) RI and Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard. Quonset Point is just off I-95 about 15 minutes' drive south of Providence's T F Green State Airport (map). The Quonset Point ferry service does not run as frequently as the Woods Hole, Falmouth or Hyannis services, and it runs only in the warm months, but if you're coming from New York City, the Connecticut Shoreline or Rhode Island, it may save you some time. There is shuttle service from Amtrak's Kingston RI railroad station to the Quonset Point fast ferry dock. Also, Adventure Northeast Transportation Service runs special non-stop buses from New York City to the Quonset Point fery docks. Ferries from New York City & New JerseyOn Friday afternoons in summer, comfortable SeaStreak ferries depart from Highlands NJ and New York City's 35th Street docks for Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, returning on Sunday. The voyage takes about 5-1/4 hours from Manhattan, about 7 hours from New Jersey. More... Inter-Island Passenger FerryFrom late-June to mid-September, Hy-Line Cruises, Ocean Street Dock, Hyannis MA (tel 508-778-2600) operates at least one and as many as three daily Inter-Island passenger boats (morning, noontime and afternoon) in each direction on the 2-1/4-hour voyage between Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Bicycles and pets are carried on Hy-Line vessels, but not cars. Buy tickets in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard (tel 508-693-0112), on Straight Wharf, Nantucket (tel 508-228-3949), or at the Hy-Line office at Ocean Street Dock in Hyannis. By Plane
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