There are 8 ways to get from Nantucket to Ithaca by ferry, bus, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry, bus
best- Take the ferry from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Hyannis, MAferry
- Take the bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Boston South Busesbus
- Take the bus from Boston to Ithacabus
13h 23m$125–168Fly to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
cheapest- Fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH)plane ACK - ITH
9h 27m$61–402Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MAferry
- Take the train from New Bedford to South Stationtrain
- Take the train from Boston to Utica Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Utica Bus Stop to Ithacabus
17h 12m$120–308Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Nantucket to Hyannis, MAferry High-speed ferry to Hyannis
- Drive from Hyannis, MA to Ithacacar
8h 21m$78–156Ferry, bus via New Haven
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MAferry
- Take the bus from New Bedford to Providence Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Peter Pan Bus Terminal to New Haven Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from New Haven, CT - Union Station to Ithaca, NY - West Ave across from Bakers Flagpolebus
13h 56m$133–380Fly to Rochester, bus
- Fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Rochester (ROC)plane ACK - ROC
- Take the bus from Rochester to Ithacabus
8h$140–731Fly to Syracuse Hancock International Airport, bus
- Fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)plane ACK - SYR
- Take the bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Ithacabus
8h 34m$121–792Fly to Laguardia Airport, bus
- Fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane ACK - LGA
- Take the bus from New York to Ithacabus
8h 55m$469–945
Nantucket to Ithaca by ferry, foot, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nantucket to Ithaca is to ferry and drive which costs $75 - $160 and takes 8h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Nantucket to Ithaca is to fly and bus which takes 8h and costs $140 - $750.
The distance between Nantucket and Ithaca is 485 miles.
The best way to get from Nantucket to Ithaca without a car is to ferry and bus which takes 13h 23m and costs $120 - $170.
It takes approximately 13h 23m to get from Nantucket to Ithaca, including transfers.
There are 64+ hotels available in Ithaca.
What companies run services between Nantucket, MA, USA and Ithaca, NY, USA?
Delta, JetBlue Airways, and United Airlines fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Rochester via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Rochester via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Rochester via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–950
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–750
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–350
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–400
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Rochester via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–800
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–350
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via Newark, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via Laguardia Airport, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Rochester via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–750
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–350
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from New Bedford to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–17
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $6–17
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Utica Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (508) 746-0378
- info@p-b.com
- Website
- p-b.com
Bus from Hyannis Transportation Center to Boston South Buses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Website
- https://www.p-b.com/
- One Way - Adult
- $27–35
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to Ithaca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Utica Bus Stop to Ithaca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Ithaca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from New Bedford to Providence Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–35
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
Bus from Peter Pan Bus Terminal to New Haven Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Phone
- +1-844-800-6828
- pr@ourbus.com
- Website
- ourbus.com
Bus from New Haven, CT - Union Station to Ithaca, NY - West Ave across from Bakers Flagpole
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- https://www.ourbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- trailways.com
Bus from Rochester to Ithaca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–55
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Saver
- $20–55
- Flexible
- $40–55
Bus from New York to Ithaca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Saver
- $35–140
- Flexible
- $65–140
- Phone
- +1 800.492.8082
- Website
- hylinecruises.com
Ferry from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Hyannis, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- hylinecruises.com
- Adult
- $50
- Child 5-12
- $31
- Phone
- +1 800-262-8743
- contact@seastreak.com
- Website
- seastreak.com
Ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–90
- Website
- https://seastreak.com
- Schedules at
- https://seastreak.com/ferry-routes-and-schedules/
- NJ/Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/ Adult
- $105–115
- Newport/Providence Adult
- $23–28
- Adult
- $55–90
- Phone
- +1 (508) 477-8600
- Website
- steamshipauthority.com
Ferry from Nantucket to Hyannis, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–50
- Schedules at
- steamshipauthority.com
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