How to Get to Woods
Hole
Driving Directions
From
Boston, go south on the Southeast Expressway, then West (a few miles)
on Route 128, then South on Route 24, and South on Interstate 495 following
signs to Cape Cod.
From
New York City and Providence (T.F. Greene) Airport, go North on Interstate
95, then east on Interstate 195, which joins Route 25.
From
either Boston or Providence, cross the Cape Cod Canal at the Bourne Bridge,
follow signs to Route 28, Woods Hole and Martha's Vineyard.
Maybe
this MAP
will help.
Just
before you come into Woods Hole, you will see the Sleepy Hollow and the
Nautilus Motels on your right. You will be staying in one of these motels
-- rooms will be pre-assigned. (You may wish to check in before you find
the Airplane House.)
You can see the Airplane House
from the Nautilus Motel -- the Airplane House is at the top of this picture,
at the end of the point. Most views from Nautilus rooms aren't this
good.
How to get to the Airplane House
We
encourage you to walk from your motel to the Airplane House. You can
drive, but the road is bad, there is limited parking out on the point,
parking space is a BIG local political issue, and it is a pretty walk
(except behind the Coast Guard Base). It is less than 1/2 mile.
Continue
past the Nautilus and take your first left at a green sign that says,
"Marthas Vineyard." Go one block and take a left. Go to the
bottom of the hill (one block) and take a right onto Little Harbor Road.
Follow the road, which becomes Hinckley Road and then turns to sand just
beyond the Coast Guard base. The Airplane House is at the end of the
road.
Here
is a MAP off the situation.
Here's
another MAP with the path from motel to meeting in red. (Carolee, link
BigHookMap here)
Fly-In
Advice
Providence,
Rhode Island -- Most preferred!
T.
F. Greene Airport in Providence has fewer flights than Boston, but the
airport is smaller and significantly easier to get into and out
of. All the car rental agencies are there. The drive to Woods Hole is
much faster during heavy traffic hours.
There
are BUSSES directly from T.F. Greene
Airport to Woods Hole -- the bus stop is within a couple hundred yards
of the Airplane House.
Boston
-- What the airlines giveth the traffic jam taketh away.
Boston's
Logan Airport has more flights than Providence, but you have to brave
Logan Airport, the Sumner/Callahan Tunnel, the Big Dig and the Southeast
Expressway. Warning: you'll find out why Boston traffic is legendary.
Fly to Boston only if the air travel is much cheaper or much more convenient.
Try to arrive (a) in the wee hours, or (b) between 9:00AM and 1:00PM,
else the convenience of air travel will rapidly evaporate in the Friday
afternoon traffic jam.
There
are BUSSES directly from Logan Airport
to Woods Hole -- the bus stop is within a couple hundred yards of
the Airplane House.
Hyannis
-- Not especially recommended.
Usually
flying in to Hyannis isn't worth the cost or delay entailed by the extra
connection. Plus Hyannis may *look* close to Woods Hole on the map, but
it is about an hour of stop-and-go driving to get to Woods Hole.
Martha's
Vineyard -- Most Relaxed
This
is the exotic way to arrive. Fly to the Vineyard, take a taxi to the
Woods Hole ferry which lands about 150 yards from the Airplane House.
It'll take maybe two hours to get from the Vineyard airport to Woods Hole,
but you'll arrive relaxed.
Falmouth
Airport -- Private Planes Only
There
is no scheduled service into Falmouth, but it is only eight miles from
Woods Hole. If you fly, or if you have a friend with an airplane, it's
the place to land. When you get there, call a taxi. (No, Nathan, the
runway's too short for your Gulfstream.)
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