Lots of ways to go to Martha's Vineyard island by car, train, bus, ferryboat and airplane.

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 $15 to $20 per day.

From New York City by Bus & Ferry

In summer, Adventure Northeast Transportation Service runs special non-stop buses from New York City to Quonset Point, North Kingstown RI to connect with the ferryboats to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. More...

Woods Hole (Cape Cod) Car Ferry

The 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.)

To take your car to the island, advance reservations are almost always necessary in summer. Reserve your space!

Walk-on passengers may not need reservations, though the ferries do sometimes fill up, so reservations are good to have.

You don't really need to take your car to Martha's Vineyard. You can rent a car, bicycle or scooter on the island, or use the convenient buses. More...

Falmouth (Cape Cod) Passenger Ferry

The Island Queen ferry sails from Falmouth Harbor to Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard seven times daily in summer. More...

Hyannis (Cape Cod) Passenger Ferry

Hy-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 Ferry

New England Fast Ferry (tel 617-748-1428, info@nefastferry.com) operates at least three daily fast catamaran passenger ferries year-round from New Bedford in southeastern MA to Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard. The voyage takes one hour.

Quonset Point RI Passenger Ferry

From 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.

Inter-Island Passenger Ferry

From 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 island.

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

Cape Air (tel 800-352-0714) flies frequently in summer to Martha's Vineyard Airport from Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS); Hyannis MA; New Bedford MA; Nantucket MA and Providence RI.

Cape Air flights also connect Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains NY, near New York City, with Martha's Vineyard. Limo service is available between and 35th Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan.

Cape Air's airline partners include American Airlines, jetBlue, and United Airlines.

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