Location
Getting to Nantucket
Read our guide below or visit this link for more information.
From Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard, you have a choice of traveling from three points of origin with the below ferry companies listed. Contact ferry company for specific travel instructions and reservations. Some require 24 hour booking notice. Travel time: about an hour. Most ferries run every hour.
HARWICH PORT, MA: (from Harwich Port)
Freedom Cruise Line Harwich – High speed ferry – (508) 432-8999
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MA: (from Dockside Marine)
Hy-Line Cruises – Passenger ferry from Martha’s Vineyard – (800) 49New York/2-8082
HYANNIS, MA: (from Ocean Street, near Hyannis airport)
Hy-Line Cruises – Passenger ferry from Martha’s Vineyard – (800) 492-8082
Steamship Authority – Passenger and car ferry from Hyannis – (508) 495-3278
Alternatively you can board ferries from New Bedford, New Jersey and New York
NEW BEDFORD, MA
Seastreak Ferry
NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY
Seastreak Ferry
Upon Arrival
- Head west on Straight Wharf toward Harbor Square – 361 ft
- Continue onto Main St – 177 ft
- Turn right onto Easy St – 0.1 mi
- Turn left onto Broad St – 0.1 mi
- Turn right onto N Water St – 0.2 mi
- Slight right onto Cliff Rd to #9
Distance: 0.5 miles
Approximate Travel Time: 5 mins by car/10 mins by foot
Cape Air – 800-CAPE-AIR (227-3247)
Nantucket Airlines – 800-635-8787
Jet Blue – 800-JETBLUE (538-2583)
Tradewind Aviation – (866) 959-0188
Delta Airlines – 888-750-3284
United Airlines – 800-864-8331
American Airlines – 800-433-7300
Reliant Air – 203-743-5100
Upon Arrival
- Take Old South Rd and Lower Pleasant St to Pleasant St – 2.4 mi / 7 min
- Continue on Pleasant St to Gardner St – 0.4 mi / 2 min
- Continue on Gardner St to Lily St – 0.2 mi / 55 s
- Follow Lily St to Chester St – 0.3 mi / 1 min
- Continue on Chester St. Drive to Cliff Rd – 0.1 mi / 58 s
- Turn right onto Chester St – 295 ft
- Sharp left onto Cliff Rd – Destination will be on the right – 279 ft
Distance: 3.3 miles
Approximate Travel Time: 12 mins
Car Rentals
Windmill Auto Rental – 800-228-1227
Nantucket Island Rent-A-Car – 800.508.9972
Affordable Rents – 877-235-3500
Hertz Rent A Car – 508-228-9421
Island Buggies Auto Rental – 617-803-8948
Whaler Auto Rental – 508-228-4577
Bus Service
Wave Regional Transit Authority – 508-228-7025
Bicycle & Scooter Rentals
Nantucket Bike Shop – 800-770-3088
Easy Riders – 508-325-2722
Young’s Bicycle Shop – 508.228.1151
Island Bike Shop – 508-228-4070
Cook’s Cycle Shop – 508.228.0800