There are 9 ways to get from Southern California to Boston by car, bus, plane, taxi, train, or bus (Flixbus, Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive, bus to Palm Springs International Airport, fly
best- Drive from Southern California to Hwy 62 & Kickapoocar
- Take the bus from Hwy 62 & Kickapoo to Palm Springs Airportbus
- Fly from Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane PSP - BOS
11h 22m$297–1,227Taxi, train (Amtrak)
- Take the taxi from Southern California to Victorville Amtraktaxi
- Take the train from Victorville Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Bostontrain
2d 17h$986–2,135Bus
- Take the bus from Barstow Station to Los Angeles Union Station Arrivalsbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Bostonbus
3d 4h$600–1,097Drive 2,836.4 mi
- Drive from Southern California to Bostoncar 2,836.4 mi
2d$518–748Bus to Harry Reid International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Barstow Amtrak Bus Stop to South Strip Transit Terminalbus
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane LAS - BOS
10h 20m$311–765Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Barstow Station to Los Angeles Union Station Arrivalsbus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane LAX - BOS
11h 8m$349–780Bus to Ontario International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Barstow Station to San Bernardinobus
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane ONT - BOS
12h 58m$304–1,019Bus, train to San Diego International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Barstow Station to Santa Ana Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Centertrain
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane SAN - BOS
13h 45m$330–1,136Bus to John Wayne Airport Orange County, fly
- Take the bus from Barstow Station to Santa Ana Bus Stopbus
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane SNA - BOS
15h 47m$362–837
Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southern California to Boston is to bus and fly which costs $310 - $800 and takes 10h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Southern California to Boston is to bus and fly which takes 10h 20m and costs $310 - $800.
The distance between Southern California and Boston is 2618 miles. The road distance is 2853 miles.
The best way to get from Southern California to Boston without a car is to taxi and train which takes 2 days 17h and costs $950 - $2,200.
It takes approximately 11h 22m to get from Southern California to Boston, including transfers.
Boston is 3h ahead of Southern California. It is currently 9:52 PM in Southern California and 12:52 AM in Boston.
Yes, the driving distance between Southern California to Boston is 2853 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Southern California to Boston.
There are 1729+ hotels available in Boston.
What companies run services between Southern California, CA, USA and Boston, MA, USA?
You can take a vehicle from Southern California to Boston via Barstow Station, Los Angeles Union Station Arrivals, Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal, and New York Midtown in around 3d 4h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Boston Logan Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Boston Logan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Boston Logan Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Victorville Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 760 366 2395
- comments@basin-transit.com
- Website
- basin-transit.com
Bus from Hwy 62 & Kickapoo to Palm Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://basin-transit.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Barstow Station to Los Angeles Union Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Barstow Station to San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- 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 Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $310–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Barstow Station to Santa Ana Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Barstow Amtrak Bus Stop to South Strip Transit Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Estimated price
- $150–190
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