Does anybody know

[Texasgal]

How far it is from Philadelphia to Boston? I am visiting family and friends next month and was considering driving from Philly to Boston.

[GOPisEvil]

1. About 300 miles.

[cyberpj]

2. maybe 5 hours or so, mainly I95

[Liberal Veteran]

3. About 260 miles...

There about.

[Texasgal]

4. Is it mainly highway driving?

Or is it scenic?

Basically will this Texan get lost? :P

[GOPisEvil]

7. Right up I-95.

But, I would expect tons of traffic as you go through Metro New York.

Why drive? Take the train.

[Texasgal]

8. TRAIN?

There's a TRAIN? Wow!

Need more info!

[GOPisEvil]

11. Take the Acela express.

http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage

[Texasgal]

13. Wow!

Cool, thanks for the link. I think I'll do that! Thank you soooooo much!

[GOPisEvil]

15. It's not cheap...but think of the fun of train travel.

The Acela is the "high speed" train.

You could also fly. Regional airlines have cheap flights. AirTran has round trips for about $100.

[Texasgal]

17. Train Travel is fun!

I guess I never even thought of that. High speed eh? COOL!

[GOPisEvil]

18. Not exactly like European or Japanese high speed,

but faster than normal Amtrak.

[NoPasaran]

16. GOPisEvil is right

Take the train. Highway driving in the Northeast is miserable for us Texans. Imagine Houston being two hundred miles across and you'll get the picture.

[Texasgal]

19. EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!!!

OKay... the train it is! I am bookmarking this thread. I cannot imagine dealing with that type of traffic! Plus, I'm a Texan... they may run me over if I am not careful! :P

[CO Liberal]

10. Use MapQuest

www.mapquest.com

Enter the starting and ending addresses, and it provides turn-by-turn directions.

[Texasgal]

14. Thank you CO

I tried mapquest earlier and I guess I didn't have the address's correct. I was trying to figure out about how long it would take. I've got these awesome DU'er's answering my questions though!

Thanks again!

[CO Liberal]

20. The MapQuest Time Estimates Are Very Conservative

We're planning a trip to Texas in a few weeks. MapQuest said that out 730-mile trip would take over 14 hours - that worked out to an average speed of 47 MPH, and I'm sure that YOU know that Texans drive much faster than that...

:-)

[DeepGreen]

5. I use Rand McNally for driving directions

It shows about 310 but this is only putting in Philadelphia to
Boston with no street address.
Give it a shot...
http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/directions/dirGetDirectionsInput.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0874518086.1104719516@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceadddhijjhgecefecggfdffhdgjf.0&cmty=0

[Texasgal]

9. Thank you!!!

I am going to see my Grandmother who lives in Marblehead, she can meet me in Boston however.

Thanks for the info!

[DeepGreen]

12. You be Welcome !

:)

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. 5 hours 10 minutes 309.23 miles

mapquest