There are 8 ways to get from Boston to Stanford by plane, train, bus, car, or ferry
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)plane BOS - SFO
8h 10m$151–589Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Renotrain
- Take the bus from Reno Amtrak to Vallejo Transit Centerbus
- Drive from Vallejo Transit Center to Stanfordcar
3d 3h$287–1,044Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Boston to Newark Penn Stationbus
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Montclair Transcenterbus
- Take the bus from Ontario Amtrak to Bakersfieldbus
- Take the bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Tracy Transit Centerbus
- Drive from Tracy Transit Center to Stanfordcar
3d 9hDrive 3,119.2 mi
- Drive from Boston to Stanfordcar 3,119.2 mi
2d 2h$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)plane BOS - SJC
10h 5m$300–1,215Fly Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane BOS - OAK
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Palo Alto Caltrain Southboundtrain
10h 58m$262–1,044Fly Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane BOS - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtraktrain
12h 3m$335–1,265Ferry to Provincetown Municipal Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the ferry from World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MA to MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MAferry
- Fly from Provincetown Municipal Airport (PVC) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PVC - SFO
15h 47m$404–934
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 $150 - $600 and takes 8h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Stanford is to fly which takes 8h 10m and costs $150 - $600.
The distance between Boston and Stanford is 2733 miles. The road distance is 3137.4 miles.
It takes approximately 8h 10m to get from Boston to Stanford, including transfers.
Stanford is 3h behind Boston. It is currently 11:04 PM in Boston and 8:04 PM in Stanford.
Yes, the driving distance between Boston to Stanford is 3137 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 2h to drive from Boston to Stanford.
There are 556+ hotels available in Stanford.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Stanford, CA, USA?
JetBlue Airways, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) hourly.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- 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 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Provincetown Municipal Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Boston Logan Airport, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- 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
- $290–1,300
Flights from Provincetown Municipal Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Provincetown Municipal Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Boston Logan Airport, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
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
- $100–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–340
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–40
- 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 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
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Montclair Transcenter
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–400
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Tracy Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- 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
- Phone
- +1 617-748-1428
- Website
- baystatecruisecompany.com
Ferry from World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MA to MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–90
- Website
- https://baystatecruisecompany.com
- Phone
- +1 866-307-2469
- Website
- cityexperiences.com
Ferry from World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MA to MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $72
- Schedules at
- cityexperiences.com
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