There are 9 ways to get from Philadelphia to Cape Lookout by plane, unknown, train, bus, car, or car 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 Philadelphia International Airport to Wilmington International Airport, travel
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Wilmington International Airport (ILM)plane PHL - ILM
- Walk from Wilmington International Airport (ILM) to Cape Lookoutunknown
5h 44mTrain, bus, travel (Amtrak)
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Wilsontrain
- Take the bus from Wilson to Morehead Citybus
- Walk from Morehead City to Cape Lookoutunknown
11h 49mBus, travel
- Take the bus from Philadelphia to Norfolkbus
- Take the bus from Norfolk to Wilson Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Wilson to Morehead Citybus
- Walk from Morehead City to Cape Lookoutunknown
14h 55mDrive, car ferry, travel
- Drive from Philadelphia to Davis, NCcar
- Take the car ferry from Davis, NC to South Core Banks, Great Island, NCcarferry
- Walk from South Core Banks, Great Island, NC to Cape Lookoutunknown
10h 42mTrain to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Wilmington International Airport, travel
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Wilmington International Airport (ILM)plane EWR - ILM
- Walk from Wilmington International Airport (ILM) to Cape Lookoutunknown
6h 41mTrain to Laguardia Airport, fly to Wilmington International Airport, travel
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Wilmington International Airport (ILM)plane LGA - ILM
- Walk from Wilmington International Airport (ILM) to Cape Lookoutunknown
8h 16mFly Philadelphia International Airport to Myrtle Beach, bus, travel
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Myrtle Beach (MYR)plane PHL - MYR
- Take the bus from Myrtle Beach Bus Station to Jacksonville Bus Stopbus
- Walk from Jacksonville Bus Stop to Cape Lookoutunknown
9h 18mFly Philadelphia International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane PHL - RDU
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Wilsontrain
- Take the bus from Wilson to Morehead Citybus
- Walk from Morehead City to Cape Lookoutunknown
11h 21mTrain, bus, travel via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Wilsontrain
- Take the bus from Wilson to Morehead Citybus
- Walk from Morehead City to Cape Lookoutunknown
12h 18m
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Wilmington International Airport (ILM) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Philadelphia and Cape Lookout is 508 miles.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Cape Lookout without a car is to train and bus and travel which takes 11h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 44m to get from Philadelphia to Cape Lookout, including transfers.
There are 212+ hotels available in Cape Lookout.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Cape Lookout, NC, USA?
There is no direct connection from Philadelphia to Cape Lookout. However, you can take the train to Airport Terminal A, walk to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) airport, fly to Wilmington International Airport (ILM), then travel to Cape Lookout. Alternatively, you can take a train from 30th Street Station to Cape Lookout via Wilson, Wilson, and Morehead City in around 11h 49m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wilmington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Wilmington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–390
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–400
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Myrtle Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–380
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Myrtle Beach via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wilmington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–410
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Wilmington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–390
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Wilson
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–260
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $18–29
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $10–65
- Business - advance purchase
- $13–95
- Business Class
- $23–180
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Wilson
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to Wilson
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Wilson to Morehead City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Philadelphia to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Philadelphia to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Norfolk to Wilson Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Myrtle Beach Bus Station to Jacksonville Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Car ferry from Davis, NC to South Core Banks, Great Island, NC
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20
- Website
- https://cape-lookout-cabins-camps-ferry-davis-nc.com/reservations-truck-ferry-cape-lookout-nc
- Schedules at
- https://cape-lookout-cabins-camps-ferry-davis-nc.com/ferry-south-core-banks-cape-lookout-nc
- car
- $135
- adult
- $20
- child (4-10)
- $12
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