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197 routes · 79 ports

Ferries in the United States

Every crossing we track, by state. Pick the water you are crossing, or start from the busiest routes below.

113
New York crossings
40
Massachusetts crossings
44
Washington crossings

Everything listed for the United States is in one state and on one stretch of water. Washington State Ferries works 38 of the 41 crossings; the other three are outliers of a useful kind, a county-run five-minute hop to Guemes Island, its return, and Black Ball Ferry Line’s international sailing from Port Angeles to Victoria, which at an hour and a half is the longest crossing in the list. The rest is Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands: the sound crossings that carry the commuting traffic, Mukilteo to Clinton and Edmonds to Kingston among the busiest, and the island network out of Anacortes, where a ship takes up to seventy minutes to reach Friday Harbor and ten to step between Shaw and Orcas.

States

Start where you are

Each card leads to every crossing, port and operator in that water.

New York

37 ports

113 crossings · 13244 sailings a week

NYC Ferry works the East River between Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens and runs the long way out to Rockaway; NY Waterway crosses the Hudson to Weehawken, Hoboken and the New Jersey shore, and comes down the river from Haverstraw and Ossining.

Main hubs

New York routes and ports

Massachusetts

18 ports

40 crossings · 2224 sailings a week

MBTA boats cross Boston Harbor from Long Wharf and Rowes Wharf to Hingham, Hull, Winthrop and Charlestown; seasonal sailings reach Spectacle and Peddocks Islands, and the Cuttyhunk ferry leaves from New Bedford.

Main hubs

Massachusetts routes and ports

Washington

24 ports

44 crossings · 4519 sailings a week

Washington State Ferries crosses Puget Sound and links Anacortes with the San Juan Islands; a county ferry makes the short hop to Guemes Island, and Black Ball sails from Port Angeles to Victoria, BC.

Main hubs

Washington routes and ports

Most sailings

Busiest crossings

Ranked by how many departures the operators publish, not by an editor's guess.

All 197 routes
Brookfield Place TerminalPaulus Hook
06:0706:1006:1506:22+92 more, last 22:52
446 a week
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Midtown / W. 39th St.Port Imperial / Weehawken
00:1000:3000:5006:10+64 more, last 23:50
403 a week
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Hoboken / NJ Transit TerminalBrookfield Place Terminal
06:0006:2006:4007:00+62 more, last 21:00
340 a week
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Dumbo/Fulton FerryPier 11 / Wall St.
06:4206:5407:0707:19+56 more, last 21:14
269 a week
fromUS$4
Pier 11 / Wall St.Atlantic Ave/BBP Pier 6
06:1506:5406:5907:36+63 more, last 21:02
256 a week
fromUS$4
Clinton (Whidbey Island)Mukilteo
00:3504:4005:0505:30+35 more, last 23:30
254 a week
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Charlestown (Navy Yard)Long Wharf (LW)
06:4507:0007:1507:30+35 more, last 20:15
229 a week
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Fauntleroy (West Seattle)Vashon Island
01:0505:0505:1005:50+52 more, last 23:50
228 a week
fromUS$7.60
Gooseberry PointLummi Island
00:1000:3005:5006:10+33 more, last 23:10
215 a week
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Who sails them

Operators

The lines carrying the most of this country's timetable.

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Ferries in the United States: common questions

How many ferry routes are there in the United States?
197 crossings with a published timetable start or end in the United States, between 79 ports. Each has its own page with the full timetable and fares.
What is the busiest ferry route in the United States?
Brookfield Place Terminal to Paulus Hook, with 446 sailings a week on the current timetable, run by NY Waterway.
What is the shortest ferry crossing in the United States?
Soundview to Ferry Point Park, at about 3 minutes. The longest listed is Anacortes to Friday Harbor (San Juan Island), at about 1 hour 30 minutes.
Which ferry companies operate in the United States?
Eight lines publish sailings here. The largest by sailings a week are NYC Ferry, NY Waterway, Washington State Ferries and MBTA Ferry, followed by 4 smaller operators.
What is the cheapest ferry in the United States?
The lowest published passenger fare is US$4, on Dumbo/Fulton Ferry to Pier 11 / Wall St.. Fares are as the operators publish them; check the operator's price for your day.