There are 9 ways to get from Nantucket to Nova Scotia by plane, ferry, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nantucket Memorial Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
best- Fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane ACK - YHZ
7h 15m$104–606Ferry, bus, train via Albany
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MAferry
- Take the bus from New Bedford to Providencebus
- Take the bus from Providence to Albanybus
- Take the bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to Montrealbus
- Take the train from Montréal to Halifaxtrain
40h 17m$456–1,120Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Nantucket to Hyannis, MAferry High-speed ferry to Hyannis
- Drive from Hyannis, MA to Halifaxcar
13h 59m$211–375Ferry to Martha'S Vineyard Airport, fly to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MAferry
- Fly from Martha'S Vineyard Airport (MVY) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane MVY - YHZ
8h 41m$140–722Ferry, bus to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Hyannis, MAferry
- Take the bus from Hyannis to Bostonbus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane BOS - YHZ
9h 3m$332–913Ferry to Barnstable Municipal Airport, fly to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Take the ferry from Nantucket to Hyannis, MAferry
- Fly from Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane HYA - YHZ
10h 35m$115–669Fly Nantucket Memorial Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport
- Fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport (YQY)plane ACK - YQY
9h 22m$571–2,828Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MAferry
- Take the bus from New Bedford to Providencebus
- Take the bus from Providence to New York Midtownbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Montrealbus
- Take the train from Montréal to Halifaxtrain
42h 20m$494–1,047Ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MAferry
- Take the bus from New Bedford to Providencebus
- Take the train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to St-Lambert Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Saint-Lambert to Halifaxtrain
44h 44m$716–2,254
Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nantucket to Nova Scotia is to ferry and drive which costs $210 - $380 and takes 13h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Nantucket to Nova Scotia is to fly which takes 7h 15m and costs $100 - $650.
The distance between Nantucket and Nova Scotia is 704 km.
The best way to get from Nantucket to Nova Scotia without a car is to ferry and bus and train via Albany which takes 40h 17m and costs $450 - $1,200.
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Nantucket to Nova Scotia, including transfers.
Nova Scotia is 1h ahead of Nantucket. It is currently 8:03 PM in Nantucket and 9:03 PM in Nova Scotia.
There are 258+ hotels available in Nova Scotia.
What companies run services between Nantucket, MA, USA and Nova Scotia, Canada?
American Airlines, Cape Air, and two other airlines fly from Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) twice daily.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Martha'S Vineyard Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Martha'S Vineyard Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Nantucket Memorial Airport, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–500
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Nantucket Memorial Airport, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via Boston Logan Airport, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via New York La Guardia, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,000
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via Reagan Washington, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,400
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Sydney/J.A. Douglas Mccurdy Airport via Martha'S Vineyard Airport, Boston Logan Airport, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Martha'S Vineyard Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–500
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nantucket Memorial Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Martha'S Vineyard Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–500
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Montréal to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Train from Montréal to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Train from Saint-Lambert to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to St-Lambert Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–450
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–950
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $60–700
- First Class
- $250–950
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from New Bedford to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Providence to Albany
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Hyannis to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from New Bedford to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from New Bedford to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Peter Pan
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Providence to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York Midtown to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- Trailways
Bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–190
- Website
- Trailways
- Schedules at
- Trailways
- Saver
- $50–180
- Flexible
- $95–190
- Phone
- +1 800-262-8743
- [email protected]
- Website
- Seastreak
Ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- Seastreak
- Schedules at
- Seastreak Routes, Schedules & Fares
- NJ/Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/ Adult
- $145–160
- Newport/Providence Adult
- $30–40
- Adult
- $80–120
Ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- Seastreak
- Schedules at
- Seastreak Routes, Schedules & Fares
- NJ/Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/ Adult
- $145–160
- Newport/Providence Adult
- $30–40
- Adult
- $80–120
Ferry from Nantucket, MA to New Bedford, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- Seastreak
- Schedules at
- Seastreak Routes, Schedules & Fares
- NJ/Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/ Adult
- $145–160
- Newport/Providence Adult
- $30–40
- Adult
- $80–120
- Phone
- +1 (508) 477-8600
- Website
- Steamship Authority
Ferry from Nantucket to Hyannis, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–65
- Schedules at
- Steamship Authority
Ferry from Nantucket to Hyannis, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–65
- Schedules at
- Steamship Authority
- Phone
- +1 800.492.8082
- Website
- hylinecruises.com
Ferry from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Schedules at
- hylinecruises.com
- Child 5-12
- $35–45
- Adult
- $55–70
Ferry from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Hyannis, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Schedules at
- Hy-Line Cruises
- Child 5-12
- $35–45
- Adult
- $60–70
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