There are 7 ways to get from San Jose to Nantucket by train, plane, bus, ferry, 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.
Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Nantucket Memorial Airport
best- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK)plane SFO - ACK
10h 13m$217–822Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Barnstable Municipal Airport, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA)plane SFO - HYA
- Take the ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucketferry
13h 27m$215–821Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from San Jose to Emeryvillebus
- Take the train from Emeryville to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Bostontrain
- Take the train from South Station to New Bedfordtrain
- Take the ferry from New Bedford, MA to Nantucket, MAferry
3d 11hDrive, ferry
- Drive from San Jose to Hyannis, MAcar
- Take the ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucketferry
2d 4h$549–832Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Martha'S Vineyard Airport, ferry
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Martha'S Vineyard Airport (MVY)plane SFO - MVY
- Take the ferry from Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA to Nantucket, Massachusettsferry
12h 40m$253–923Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Boston Logan Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane SFO - BOS
- Take the bus from Logan International Airport to Hyannis Transportation Centerbus
- Take the ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucket, Massachusettsferry
13h 17m$330–810Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK)plane SJC - ACK
9h 49m$244–1,004
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from San Jose to Nantucket is to Caltrain and fly and bus and ferry which costs $330 - $850 and takes 13h 17m.
The fastest way to get from San Jose to Nantucket is to fly which takes 9h 49m and costs $240 - $1,000.
The distance between San Jose and Nantucket is 2815 miles.
The best way to get from San Jose to Nantucket without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 3 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 13m to get from San Jose to Nantucket, including transfers.
Nantucket is 3h ahead of San Jose. It is currently 4:02 AM in San Jose and 7:02 AM in Nantucket.
There are 47+ hotels available in Nantucket.
What companies run services between San Jose, CA, USA and Nantucket, MA, USA?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- capeair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Denver, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Salt Lake City, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Chicago Midway, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Martha'S Vineyard Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- flytradewind.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Nantucket Memorial Airport via Minneapolis, White Plains
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Emeryville to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from South Station to New Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $11–17
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from San Jose to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (508) 746-0378
- [email protected]
- Website
- Plymouth & Brockton
Bus from Logan International Airport to Hyannis Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- Plymouth & Brockton
- One Way - Adult
- $28–40
- Phone
- +1 800-262-8743
- [email protected]
- Website
- Seastreak
Ferry from New Bedford, MA to Nantucket, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–90
- Website
- Seastreak
- Schedules at
- Seastreak Routes, Schedules & Fares
- NJ/Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/ Adult
- $105–115
- Newport/Providence Adult
- $23–28
- Adult
- $55–90
- Phone
- +1 (508) 477-8600
- Website
- Steamship Authority
Ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–50
- Schedules at
- Steamship Authority
Ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–50
- Schedules at
- Steamship Authority
- Phone
- +1 800.492.8082
- Website
- hylinecruises.com
Ferry from Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA to Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–47
- Schedules at
- hylinecruises.com
- Child 5-12
- $26–31
- Adult
- $42–47
Ferry from Hyannis, MA to Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Schedules at
- Hy-Line Cruises
- Child 5-12
- $26–31
- Adult
- $40–50
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