There are 8 ways to get from Boston to Stanford by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)BOS - SFO
8h 9m$149–575Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Reno
- Take the bus from Reno Amtrak to Vallejo Transit Center
- Drive from Vallejo Transit Center to Stanford
3d 3h$321–2,485Bus, drive
- 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 Montclair Transcenter
- Take the bus from Ontario Amtrak to Bakersfield
- Take the bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Tracy Transit Center
- Drive from Tracy Transit Center to Stanford
3d 9hDrive 3,119.2 mi
- Drive from Boston to Stanford3,119.2 mi
2d 1h$570–823Fly Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)BOS - SJC
9h 50m$255–1,015Fly Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)BOS - OAK
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Palo Alto Caltrain Southbound
10h 52m$246–965Fly Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)BOS - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
12h 3m$294–1,102Train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Take the train from Boston to Providence
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)PVD - SJC
12h 11m$225–1,469
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Stanford is to fly which costs $140 - $600 and takes 8h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Stanford is to fly which takes 8h 9m and costs $140 - $600.
The distance between Boston and Stanford is 2733 miles. The road distance is 3137.4 miles.
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from Boston to Stanford, including transfers.
Stanford is 3h behind Boston. It is currently 4:38 PM in Boston and 1:38 PM in Stanford.
Yes, the driving distance between Boston to Stanford is 3137 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Boston to Stanford.
There are 473+ hotels available in Stanford.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Stanford, CA, USA?
JetBlue Airways, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) hourly.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 9m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
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 Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–1,700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Palo Alto Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $6–210
- Business Class
- $45–240
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from Boston to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $5–14
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $10–450
- First Class
- $110–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Reno Amtrak to Vallejo Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Montclair Transcenter
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–420
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Tracy Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- 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
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Ontario Amtrak to Bakersfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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