There are 9 ways to get from Boston to Novato by ferry, plane, bus, train, taxi, bus (Greyhound), car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, bus
best- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BOS - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
10h 55m$276–422Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Sonoma County Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane BOS - STS
- Take the bus from Sonoma Co Airport Terminal to Petalumabus
13h 12m$190–722Train, taxi
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Martineztrain
- Take the taxi from Martinez to Novatotaxi
3d 4h$1,959–3,087Bus
- Take the bus from Boston to New Yorkbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salesforce Transit Center-Bus Plaza Bay A to Redwood Blvd & Grant Avebus
3d 8h$640–1,024Drive 3,080.2 mi
- Drive from Boston to Novatocar 3,080.2 mi
2d 1h$509–735Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane BOS - OAK
- Take the bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafaelbus
12h 27m$224–873Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART, bus
- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane BOS - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to Montgomery Streetsubway
- Take the bus from Mission St & 2nd St to Redwood Blvd & Grant Avebus
13h 50m$242–935Bus to Bradley International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Boston to Hartfordbus
- Fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BDL - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
12h 43m$194–668Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane BOS - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
14h 52m$308–558
Boston to Novato by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Novato is to ferry and fly and bus which costs $270 - $430 and takes 10h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Novato is to ferry and fly and bus which takes 10h 55m and costs $270 - $430.
No, there is no direct bus from Boston to Novato. However, there are services departing from Boston and arriving at Redwood Blvd & Grant Ave via Port Authority Bus Terminal, St Louis Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station and Salesforce Transit Center-Bus Plaza Bay A. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 8h.
The distance between Boston and Novato is 2760 miles. The road distance is 3098.2 miles.
The best way to get from Boston to Novato without a car is to train and taxi which takes 3 days 4h and costs $1,900 - $3,100.
It takes approximately 10h 55m to get from Boston to Novato, including transfers.
Boston to Novato bus services, operated by Peter Pan Bus Lines, depart from Boston station.
Boston to Novato bus services, operated by Peter Pan Bus Lines, arrive at New York station.
Novato is 3h behind Boston. It is currently 12:37 PM in Boston and 9:37 AM in Novato.
Yes, the driving distance between Boston to Novato is 3098 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Boston to Novato.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Novato, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Boston to Redwood Blvd & Grant Ave via New York, Port Authority Bus Terminal, St Louis Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, San Francisco Bus Station, and Salesforce Transit Center-Bus Plaza Bay A in around 3d 8h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Bradley International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Bradley International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Bradley International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Bradley International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Bradley International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Bradley International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Milpitas to Montgomery Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- BART
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- Marin Airporter
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- Marin Airporter
- Adult One-way
- $32
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- Marin Airporter
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Boston to New York
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Boston to Hartford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Peter Pan
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 415-921-5858
- bridgecomments@goldengate.org
- Website
- Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
Bus from Salesforce Transit Center-Bus Plaza Bay A to Redwood Blvd & Grant Ave
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
- Adult
- $7–11
Bus from Mission St & 2nd St to Redwood Blvd & Grant Ave
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
- Adult
- $7–11
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Bus from Sonoma Co Airport Terminal to Petaluma
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- First Passenger
- $25–55
Bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- First Passenger
- $25–55
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
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