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By Ferry
If you’re coming to Martha’s Vineyard, you’ll need to connect to one of the many passenger ferry services that serve the Island from the mainland (unless you choose to travel by air). Boats to the Island sail from 5 Massachusetts ports: Woods Hole, Falmouth, Hyannis, New Bedford, and Nantucket (another Island) and also seasonally from Quonset Rhode Island.
The ports of Hyannis, New Bedford and Woods Hole offer year round service to the Island. Woods Hole is the only port that can carry both passengers and cars. Service is offered numerous times daily, with greater frequency in the busy summer months. Reservations for cars are recommended in the low-season and required in the high-season.
The ferries from Falmouth and Hyannis carry passengers only, and operate during the spring, summer, and fall. Passenger ferries to and from Nantucket run only during the summer months.
| From Woods Hole: | 45 minutes |
| From Falmouth: | 40 minutes |
| From Hyannis: | 1 hour and 45 minutes |
| (high speed) | 50 minutes |
| From New Bedford: | 1 hour |
| From Nantucket: (another Island) |
2 hours and 15 minutes |
| From Quonset, Rhode Island: | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
For ferry schedules, reservation requirements, and information on bringing your car by boat to the Island, visit the following Web sites:
- The Steamship Authority
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www.steamshipauthority.com
Offers routes to and from Woods Hole, Hyannis, Nantucket and New Bedford daily year-round. Steamship Authority boats dock in the town of Vineyard Haven in the winter, and both Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs in the summer. This is the only line that accommodates cars and trucks. - The Island Queen
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www.islandqueen.com
Offers seasonal daily walk-on passenger-only service to and from Falmouth to the town of Oak Bluffs. - Hy-line Cruises
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www.hy-linecruises.com
Offering year-round high-speed ferry service from Hyannis to Oak Bluffs in 50 minutes. Traditional service to and from Hyannis and Nantucket to the town of Oak Bluffs seasonally. Passenger only. - New Bedford to Martha’s Vineyard Express Ferry
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www.mvexpressferry.com
Offers year round daily passenger-only express ferry service from historic New Bedford to Martha’s Vineyard. One hour trip to Oak Bluffs in summer / Vineyard Haven in winter. Reservations recommended. - Rhode Island - Vineyard Fast Ferry
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www.vineyardfastferry.com
Seasonal fast ferry service from Quonset Point, RI to Oak Bluffs aboard a 400 passenger high-speed catamaran. Ferry is 15 min. away from the Providence (PVD) Airport or 20 min. from Amtrak (KIN). Offers first-class amenities, advance reservations & dockside parking. May-Oct. with 2 to 3 round-trips daily.
