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Driving Directions from Boston, Massachusetts
Take Route 3 south; follow signs for Cape Cod. Cross the Sagamore Bridge, take the first exit off Route 6, and follow signs for Falmouth and Route 28. Travel south along the Cape Cod Canal until you reach the rotary at the base of the Bourne Bridge. Three quarters of the way around the rotary, bear right and continue south on Route 28.
At the second rotary on Route 28, travel halfway around, bearing right to continue south to the town of Falmouth. Bear right at the gas station onto Woods Hole Road. Travel two and one-half (2.5) miles to WHOI’s Quissett campus (on the left), or four (4) miles to WHOI’s facilities in the village of Woods Hole. Please note that parking is extremely limited in the village, especially in summer.
Driving Directions from Providence, Rhode Island
Take Route 195 east, then Route 25 east; follow signs for Cape Cod. Cross the Bourne Bridge, travel halfway around the rotary on the Cape side of the bridge, and follow signs to Route 28, Falmouth, and Woods Hole. Continue south on Route 28, as directed below.
At the second rotary on Route 28, travel halfway around, bearing right to continue south to the town of Falmouth. Bear right at the gas station onto Woods Hole Road. Travel two and one-half (2.5) miles to WHOI’s Quissett campus (on the left), or four (4) miles to WHOI’s facilities in the village of Woods Hole. Please note that parking is extremely limited in the village, especially in summer.
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Bus
Peter Pan Line
To get to Falmouth or Woods Hole from Boston, take the Peter Pan Bus from Logan Airport and downtown Boston to the Falmouth Bus Depot. For points south to Cape Cod, take Bonanza Bus from New York, TF Green Airport (Rhode Island), downtown Providence, Fall River, or New Bedford to Hyannis or the Falmouth Bus Depot.
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Plymouth & Brockton Bus Company
Plymouth & Brockton Bus Company and the Bonanza Bus Line provide hourly, scheduled motorcoach service between Logan Airport, downtown Boston, Providence, New York, Plymouth, and throughout Cape Cod.
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Sealine - Hyannis to Woods Hole
Daily bus service, Monday through Friday, from 5:30 a.m. to 8:15 p.m, and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. leaving downtown Hyannis at the Hyannis Transportation Center travelling to the Woods Hole docks in Falmouth.
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WHOOSH Trolley - Falmouth to Woods Hole
The WHOOSH Trolley runs between Falmouth Mall and Woods Hole along Route 28 and Woods Hole Road, seven days a week in the summer.
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Dial-A-Ride Transportation (DART) Service
Convenient, low-cost public transportation from your home on Cape Cod and back. The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority provides this door-to-door, ride-by-appointment service for people of all ages for trips for any purpose, including school, work, shopping, college, doctor's appointments, visiting friends and even Boston medical trips.
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Airports
Logan International - Boston, Ma
Located in downtown Boston, Logan International is approximately one hour and thirty minutes from Woods Hole.
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T.F. Green - Providence, R.I.
Located in just outside Providence, T.F. Green airpot is approximately one hour and twenty minutes from Woods Hole.
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For connections between both Logan International and TF Green airports plase see bus connections above.
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Ferry
Steamship AuthoritySince 1818, the vessels of the Steamship Authority and its predecessors have been traveling the waters of Woods Hole and Martha's Vineyard as well as Hyannis and Nantucket.
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Island Queen
From late May to through mid-October the Island Queen sails from Falmouth Harbor to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard.
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Falmouth-Edgartown Ferry
M/V Pied Piper is a 72 foot luxury fast ferry that sails from Falmouth to Edgartown Harbor. - See more here
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