There are 12 ways to get from Chicago to Assateague Island by plane, bus, unknown, train, car, car ferry, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, bus, travel
best- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane MDW - BWI
- Take the bus from BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport to Ocean Pines, MDbus
- Walk from Ocean Pines, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
7h 57mTrain, bus, travel via Washington
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtraktrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Take the bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Salisbury, MDbus
- Walk from Salisbury, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
21h 51mBus, travel
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Baltimore Downtown Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Baltimore, MD - Greyhound Bus Terminal Downtown to Ocean City, MDbus
- Walk from Ocean City, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
22h 59mDrive, car ferry, travel
- Drive from Chicago to Scotland Wharfcar
- Take the car ferry from Scotland Wharf to Jamestowncarferry
- Walk from Jamestown to Assateague Islandunknown
18h 26mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane ORD - BWI
- Take the bus from BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport to Ocean Pines, MDbus
- Walk from Ocean Pines, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
8h 28mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane MDW - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Take the bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MDbus
- Walk from Ocean Pines, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
8h 47mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane MDW - ORF
- Take the bus from Norfolk to Salisbury, MDbus
- Walk from Salisbury, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
7h 45mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane ORD - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Take the bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MDbus
- Walk from Ocean Pines, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
9h 9mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane ORD - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to New Carrollton, Orange Line Center Platformsubway
- Take the bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MDbus
- Walk from Ocean Pines, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
10h 11mFly Chicago Midway International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane MDW - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Take the bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MDbus
- Walk from Ocean Pines, MD to Assateague Islandunknown
10h 21mBus, travel via Harrisburg
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Harrisburg Bus Station to Baltimore Downtown Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Baltimore, MD - Greyhound Bus Terminal Downtown to Salisbury, MDbus
- Take the bus from Calvert Street to Wor. Co. Commission on Aging Incbus 452 / ...
- Walk from Wor. Co. Commission on Aging Inc to Assateague Islandunknown
25h 13mTrain, bus, travel
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Baltimore Penn Stationtrain
- Take the bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Salisbury, MDbus
- Take the bus from Calvert Street to Wor. Co. Commission on Aging Incbus 452 / ...
- Walk from Wor. Co. Commission on Aging Inc to Assateague Islandunknown
31h 12m
Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Chicago and Assateague Island is 776 miles.
The best way to get from Chicago to Assateague Island without a car is to train and bus and travel via Washington which takes 21h 51m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Chicago to Assateague Island, including transfers.
Assateague Island is 1h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 6:59 AM in Chicago and 7:59 AM in Assateague Island.
There are 361+ hotels available in Assateague Island.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Assateague Island, MD, USA?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Assateague Island. However, you can take the subway to Midway, walk to Chicago-Midway-Airport-MDW airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), walk to BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport, take the bus to Ocean Pines, MD, then travel to Assateague Island. Alternatively, you can take a train from Chicago Union Station to Assateague Island via Rockville Amtrak, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform, Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, Washington Union Station, Bwi Airport Rail Station, BWI Amtrak Station, and Salisbury, MD in around 21h 51m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via State College
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via South Bend
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Baltimore Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to New Carrollton, Orange Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- +1 410-912-6000
- [email protected]
- Website
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Salisbury, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from Baltimore, MD - Greyhound Bus Terminal Downtown to Ocean City, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from Baltimore, MD - Greyhound Bus Terminal Downtown to Salisbury, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Salisbury, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Schedules at
- bayrunnershuttle.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Salisbury, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Ocean Pines, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from BWI Amtrak Station to Salisbury, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Baltimore Downtown Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Harrisburg Bus Station to Baltimore Downtown Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–24
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 212 625 8882
- [email protected]
- Website
- hibusny.com
Bus from Norfolk to Salisbury, MD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–33
- Schedules at
- hibusny.com
- Adult
- $30–33
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 443-260-2300
- Website
- shoretransit.org
Bus from Calvert Street to Wor. Co. Commission on Aging Inc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://shoretransit.org
Bus from Calvert Street to Wor. Co. Commission on Aging Inc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://shoretransit.org
- Phone
- +1-800-823-3779
- Website
- vdot.virginia.gov
Car ferry from Scotland Wharf to Jamestown
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/about/our-system/ferries/
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