How to get to Woods Hole by car (driving directions), by air (some fly-in advice) or by bus from Boston, Providence and New York. Lodging Information and how to find the Sands of Time and the Nautilus. Finding the Airplane House

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airplane house is at top of picture, left of center

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How to get to Woods Hole

By car - 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.

By air -- with some experience-based 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 in 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.)

By Bus

Bus fares & schedules from Boston.

Bus fares & schedules from New York City & Providence.

Lodging information

Just before you come into Woods Hole, you will see the Sands of Time and the Nautilus Motor Inns 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.

Sands of Time Motor Inn

The Nautilus Motor Inn

Finding 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 of the situation. 

Here's another MAP with the path from motel to meeting in red.

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Date page last modified: October 16, 2001