There are 7 ways to get from Parksville to Portland by car, ferry, train, busferry, bus, 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.
Drive, ferry, train
best- Drive from Parksville to Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal Bay Bcar
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry
- Take the train from Seattle to Portlandtrain
12h 24m$241–395Fly from Nanaimo
cheapest- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane ZNA - PDX
7h 1m$49–289Drive, bus and ferry, bus
- Drive from Parksville to Swartz Baycar
- Take the busferry from Swartz Bay to Vancouverbusferry
- Take the bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Seattle Bus Station to Portland Curbside Bus Stopbus
14h 44m$70–169Fly from Nanaimo Airport
- Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane YCD - PDX
8h 52m$59–339Drive, ferry, bus, train
- Drive from Parksville to Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal Bay Bcar
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Port Angelesferry
- Take the bus from Port Angeles Gateway Transit Center to Seattle Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the train from Seattle to Portlandtrain
15h 8m$188–262Bus to Victoria International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorgebus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane YYJ - PDX
10h 44m$103–343Bus to Comox Valley Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Deep Bay Marina to Downtown Courtenay Bay Abus
- Fly from Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane YQQ - PDX
11h 16m$54–309
Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Portland International Airport (PDX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Parksville to Portland is to drive and bus and ferry and bus which costs $70 - $170 and takes 14h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Parksville to Portland is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs $45 - $290.
The distance between Parksville and Portland is 393 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 24m to get from Parksville to Portland, including transfers.
Portland is 1h behind Parksville. It is currently 1:55 PM in Parksville and 12:55 PM in Portland.
There are 901+ hotels available in Portland.
What companies run services between Parksville, BC, Canada and Portland, OR, USA?
Air Canada and WestJet fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Portland International Airport (PDX) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–330
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–280
Flights from Nanaimo to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–280
Flights from Comox Valley Airport to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Portland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Nanaimo to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Nanaimo to Portland International Airport via Vancouver, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Portland International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–1,000
Flights from Nanaimo to Portland International Airport via Vancouver, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–290
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Portland International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 788 8840
- reservations@bcfconnector.com
- Website
- BC Ferries Connector
Busferry from Swartz Bay to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–47
- Website
- BC Ferries Connector
- Adult
- $47
- Senior
- $43
- Youth
- $19
- Child
- $10
- Toddler
- $0
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Seattle Bus Station to Portland Curbside Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Vancouver to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Seattle Bus Station to Portland Curbside Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 360-417-0700
- Website
- Dungeness Line
Bus from Port Angeles Gateway Transit Center to Seattle Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- Dungeness Line
- Schedules at
- Dungeness Line Schedules
- info@islandlinkbus.com
- Website
- Island Link Bus
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $32
- Phone
- +1 250 339 5453
- transitinfo@bctransit.com
- Website
- Comox Valley
Bus from Deep Bay Marina to Downtown Courtenay Bay A
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- Comox Valley
- Adult
- $2
- Phone
- +1 800-888-2535
- Website
- clippervacations.com
Ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- clippervacations.com
- Adult
- $120–210
- Child
- $80–110
- Phone
- +1 888-993-3779
- Website
- Black Ball Ferry Line
Ferry from Victoria to Port Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25
- Website
- Black Ball Ferry Line
- Schedules at
- Black Ball Ferry Line Schedule & Fares
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