Route · US

Boston to Washington

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 18.

Getting from Boston to Washington

Somewhere to stay in Washington partner Left luggage in Washington Everywhere from Boston Everywhere from Washington

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

American Airlines, JetBlue Airways BOS → DCA 641 km non-stop 319 320 E90 in the air 2 h 48 est. rate not held 492 km/h average

Other ways to reach Washington

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Washington without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Philadelphia – Washington 44 min American Airlines

Norfolk – Washington 47 min American Airlines

Newark – Washington 54 min United Airlines

Pittsburgh – Washington 55 min American Airlines

New York – Washington 56 min American Airlines

Raleigh/Durham – Washington 57 min American Airlines

White Plains – Washington 58 min American Airlines

Charleston – Washington 1 h 00 American Airlines

Greensboro – Washington 1 h 00 American Airlines

Akron – Washington 1 h 03 American Airlines

And other ways to reach Boston

Route 128 Amtrak Station – Boston 8 min Amtrak

Woburn Amtrak Station – Boston 18 min Amtrak

Framingham Amtrak – Boston 24 min Amtrak

Cathleen Stone Island (CSI) – Boston 30 min National Park Service

Provincetown – Boston 35 min Boston Harbor City Cruises, Boston Harbor Cruises

Hyannis – Boston 37 min Cape Air

Martha's Vineyard – Boston 38 min Cape Air

Nantucket – Boston 41 min Cape Air

Lebanon – Boston 43 min Cape Air

Rutland – Boston 45 min Cape Air

Where else these quays go

Also from Boston

Amsterdam · Atlanta · Augusta · Austin · Baffin Island · Baltimore · Bar Harbor · Buffalo · Cancún · Cathleen Stone Island (CSI) · Charleston · Charlotte · Charlotte Amalie · Chicago

Also from Washington

Akron · Albany · Atlanta · Augusta · Austin · Bangor · Birmingham · Buffalo · Burlington · Charleston · Charlotte · Chattanooga · Chicago · Cincinnati / Covington

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Boston–Washington crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.