There are 7 ways to get from State College to Nova Scotia by plane, 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 from Penn State University Park Airport
best- Fly from Penn State University Park Airport (SCE) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane SCE - YHZ
8h 4m$106–508Bus, train via Quebec
- Take the bus from State College to New Yorkbus
- Take the bus from New York to Longueuilbus
- Take the bus from Metro Longueuil - 900 Rue de Serigny to Université Laval - 1070 Avenue des Sciences-de-la-Viebus
- Take the train from Sainte-Foy to Monctontrain
- Take the bus from Moncton to Halifaxbus
37h 49mBus, train
- Take the bus from State College, Pa to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Montrealbus
- Take the train from Montréal to Halifaxtrain
38h 50m$459–988Drive 1,746.7 km
- Drive from State College to Halifaxcar 1,746.7 km
19h 1m$345–498Bus to Harrisburg International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from State College Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane MDT - YHZ
10h 13m$223–1,043Bus to Laguardia Airport, fly
- Take the bus from State College to New Yorkbus
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane LGA - YHZ
10h 34mBus, train #2
- Take the bus from State College Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Harrisburg 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
42h 48m$584–1,267
Penn State University Park Airport (SCE) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from State College to Nova Scotia is to fly which costs $100 - $550 and takes 8h 4m.
The fastest way to get from State College to Nova Scotia is to fly which takes 8h 4m and costs $100 - $550.
The distance between State College and Nova Scotia is 1292 km. The road distance is 1746.7 km.
The best way to get from State College to Nova Scotia without a car is to bus and train via Quebec which takes 37h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from State College to Nova Scotia, including transfers.
Nova Scotia is 1h ahead of State College. It is currently 8:17 AM in State College and 9:17 AM in Nova Scotia.
Yes, the driving distance between State College to Nova Scotia is 1747 km. It takes approximately 19h 1m to drive from State College to Nova Scotia.
There are 270+ hotels available in Nova Scotia.
What companies run services between State College, PA, USA and Nova Scotia, Canada?
United Airlines and American Airlines fly from Penn State University Park Airport (SCE) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) once daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Penn State University Park Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Penn State University Park Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Penn State University Park Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,900
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,900
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Sainte-Foy to Moncton
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–430
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $180–400
- Business
- $240–410
- Business Plus
- $250–430
- Economy
- $200–410
- Economy Plus
- $230–420
Train from Montréal to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- 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
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $310–650
- Business
- $380–600
- Business Plus
- $390–600
- Economy
- $350–700
- Economy Plus
- $390–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Harrisburg to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to St-Lambert Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Website
- example.com
Bus from State College to New York
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- example.com
Bus from State College Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- example.com
Bus from State College to New York
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- example.com
Bus from State College Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- example.com
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- trailways.com
Bus from New York to Longueuil
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–330
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Saver
- $75–310
- Flexible
- $130–330
- Phone
- 514-228-2303
- [email protected]
- Website
- tourexpress.ca
Bus from Metro Longueuil - 900 Rue de Serigny to Université Laval - 1070 Avenue des Sciences-de-la-Vie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://tourexpress.ca/
- Adult
- $27–40
- Phone
- +1 800 575 1807
- [email protected]
- Website
- maritimebus.com
Bus from Moncton to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://maritimebus.com/
- Phone
- +1-877-462-6342
- [email protected]
- Website
- us.megabus.com
Bus from State College, Pa to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://us.megabus.com
- Adult One-way
- $50–90
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from State College, Pa to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from State College Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from State College Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from State College, Pa to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from State College Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from State College Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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