There are 10 ways to get from Boston to Riverside by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Ontario International Airport
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)BOS - ONT
9h 59m$219–860Fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)BOS - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtown
10h 16m$159–450Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Riverside
2d 17h$448–1,996Bus
- Take the bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Indio Bus Station
- Take the bus from Indio Bus Station to Riverside
2d 20h$287–824Drive 2,948.3 mi
- Drive from Boston to Riverside2,948.3 mi
47h 10m$539–778Fly to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)BOS - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
12h 54m$174–534Fly to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)BOS - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Santa Ana
- Take the train from Santa Ana to Riverside - Downtown
11h 26m$277–995Fly to Palm Springs International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)BOS - PSP
- Take the bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
13h 18mFly to Harry Reid International Airport, bus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)BOS - LAS
- Take the bus from Las Vegas, NV to San Bernardino
12h 34m$185–531Bus, train
- Take the bus from Boston to New York Midtown
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Riverside
2d 21h$428–1,603
Boston to Riverside by train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Riverside is to fly and train which costs $150 - $450 and takes 10h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Riverside is to fly which takes 9h 59m and costs $210 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Boston to Riverside. However, there are services departing from Boston and arriving at Magnolia + Beatty via Newark Penn Station, St Louis Bus Station, Indio Bus Station and UCR at Bannockburn Village. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
No, there is no direct train from Boston to Riverside. However, there are services departing from Boston and arriving at Riverside via Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
The distance between Boston and Riverside is 2598 miles. The road distance is 2965.5 miles.
The best way to get from Boston to Riverside without a car is to train which takes 2 days 17h and costs $440 - $2,000.
It takes approximately 9h 59m to get from Boston to Riverside, including transfers.
Boston to Riverside bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Boston station.
Boston to Riverside train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Boston station.
The best way to get from Boston to Riverside is to fly which takes 9h 59m and costs $210 - $900. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $440 - $2,000 and takes 2 days 17h, you could also bus, which costs $280 - $850 and takes 2 days 20h.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Riverside, Riverside County, CA, USA?
Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Ontario International Airport (ONT) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Boston to Riverside via Chicago Union Station in around 2d 17h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Ontario International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Ontario International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Riverside
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–32
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $10–14
Train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $7–11
Train from Santa Ana to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $8–11
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–340
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Indio Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Indio Bus Station to Riverside
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $10–85
Bus from Boston to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–230
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 866 691 9732
- eplasales@eplalimo.com
- Website
- eplalimo.com
Bus from Las Vegas, NV to San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- eplalimo.com
- One Way
- $40–60
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More Questions & Answers
Boston to Riverside bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Newark Penn Station.
Riverside is 3h behind Boston. It is currently 8:58 PM in Boston and 5:58 PM in Riverside.
Boston to Riverside train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Boston to Riverside is 2965 miles. It takes approximately 47h 10m to drive from Boston to Riverside.
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