There are 6 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 28m$200–361Fly from Nanaimo
cheapest- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane ZNA - PDX
6h 58m$37–199Drive, bus and ferry, bus
- Drive from Parksville to Swartz Baycar
- Take the busferry from Swartz Bay to Vancouverbusferry
- Take the bus from Vancouver to Portland Curbside Bus Stopbus
14h 9m$69–160Fly from Nanaimo Airport
- Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane YCD - PDX
8h 26m$149–709Bus to Victoria International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal to Victoria, BC - Sandman Innbus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane YYJ - PDX
10h 43m$274–764Bus 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 29m$479–759
Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Portland International Airport (PDX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Parksville to Portland is to drive and bus and ferry and bus which costs $65 - $160 and takes 14h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Parksville to Portland is to fly which takes 6h 58m and costs $35 - $200.
The distance between Parksville and Portland is 393 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 28m to get from Parksville to Portland, including transfers.
There are 889+ hotels available in Portland.
What companies run services between Parksville, BC, Canada and Portland, OR, USA?
Air Canada, WestJet, and Delta fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Portland International Airport (PDX) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–320
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–270
Flights from Nanaimo to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–190
Flights from Comox Valley Airport to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–280
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Portland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Nanaimo to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Nanaimo to Portland International Airport via Vancouver, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Comox Valley Airport to Portland International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Portland International Airport via Vancouver, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–320
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Portland International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- 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
- $10–49
- Website
- BC Ferries Connector
- Adult
- $49
- Senior
- $44
- Youth
- $20
- Child
- $10
- Toddler
- $0
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Vancouver to Portland Curbside Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- info@islandlinkbus.com
- Website
- Island Link Bus
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal to Victoria, BC - Sandman Inn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $33
- 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
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