There are 9 ways to get from Harvard University to Silicon Valley by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), bus, train, car, or subway
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Fly Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)BOS - SFO
9h 29m$145–596Bus
- Take the bus from Boston to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Jose Diridon Station
3d 5h$286–819Bus, train
- Take the bus from Boston to Syracuse Bus Station
- Take the train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to San Bernardino
- Take the bus from Bloomington to San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant
3d 6h$423–985Drive 3,114.5 mi
- Drive from Harvard University to Silicon Valley3,114.5 mi
2d 1h$569–821Fly 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
11h 23m$221–889Fly 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
12h 16m$216–848Train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Take the train from South Station to Providence
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)PVD - SJC
13h 6m$207–1,364Fly 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
13h 27m$184–526Train, BART
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Richmond
- Take the subway from Richmond to Millbrae
3d 7h$369–1,184
Harvard University to Silicon Valley by foot, subway, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Harvard University to Silicon Valley is to fly which costs $140 - $600 and takes 9h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Harvard University to Silicon Valley is to fly which takes 9h 29m and costs $140 - $600.
No, there is no direct train from Harvard University to Silicon Valley. However, there are services departing from Harvard and arriving at Palo Alto Caltrain Southbound via Boston, Chicago Union Station, Richmond and Millbrae Caltrain Southbound. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 7h.
The distance between Harvard University and Silicon Valley is 2742 miles. The road distance is 3132.7 miles.
The best way to get from Harvard University to Silicon Valley without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 5h and costs $280 - $850.
It takes approximately 9h 29m to get from Harvard University to Silicon Valley, including transfers.
Harvard University to Silicon Valley train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Boston station.
The best way to get from Harvard University to Silicon Valley is to fly which takes 9h 29m and costs $140 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $280 - $850 and takes 3 days 5h.
Harvard University to Silicon Valley train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Harvard University to Silicon Valley is 3133 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Harvard University to Silicon Valley.
What companies run services between Harvard University, MA, USA and Silicon Valley, CA, USA?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., JetBlue Airways, and four other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Harvard University to Palo Alto Caltrain Northbound via Harvard, South Station, Boston, Port Authority Bus Terminal, St Louis Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, San Jose Diridon Station, and San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound in around 3d 5h.
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- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
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
- $190–750
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
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
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- 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 9m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–460
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $34–36
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–460
- 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
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from South Station 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 Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from South Station 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from South Station 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
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Richmond to Millbrae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Boston to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–380
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Jose Diridon Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Boston to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–160
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from Boston to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $29–60
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Jose Diridon Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–150
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Bloomington to San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
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