How to get from Vancouver to Nanaimo by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Vancouver and Nanaimo is 404 kilometers (250 miles).
Driving distance from Vancouver to Nanaimo is 575 kilometers (357 miles)

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Routes from vancouver-washington to nanaimo-british-columbia

4 Ways from Vancouver (United States/Washington) to Nanaimo (Canada/British Columbia)

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Route instructions

1. Continue 41 m
2. Turn right onto West 13th Street 477 m
3. Turn left onto D Street 84 m
4. Turn right onto East Mill Plain Boulevard, WA 501 381 m
5. Turn left 213.05 km
6. Keep right 10.04 km
7. Continue onto I 5 22.92 km
8. Keep left onto I 5 18.04 km
9. Keep right onto I 5 179.01 km
10. Keep left onto I 5 239 m
11. Continue onto Vancouver – Blaine Highway, 99 210 m
12. Turn left 15 m
13. Turn right 99 m
14. Turn left 5 m
15. Turn right 14.85 km
16. Keep right 11.15 km
17. Keep right onto Queensborough Connector, 91A 1.61 km
18. Keep right 1.91 km
19. Keep right 397 m
20. Turn left onto Twentieth Street 2.82 km
21. Turn left onto Imperial Street 273 m
22. Turn right onto Sperling Avenue 853 m
23. Turn right onto Burris Street 1.01 km
24. Turn left onto Canada Way 1.23 km
25. Keep right 351 m
26. Keep right 30.87 km
27. Keep right onto Trans-Canada Highway, 1 1.25 km
28. Keep right 188 m
29. Turn left 22 m
30. Turn right onto Horseshoe Bay Terminal, 1 185 m
31. Keep left onto 1, 1 778 m
32. Keep left 39 m
33. Continue onto Trans-Canada Highway, 1 85 m
34. Keep right onto Trans-Canada Highway 129 m
35. Continue onto Berth 3 approach 448 m
36. Keep left onto Departure Bay ↔ Horseshoe Bay, 2 56.18 km
37. Keep left onto Berth 3 approach 242 m
38. Keep left onto Berth 3, 1 2.91 km
39. Keep right 58 m
40. Turn slight right onto Comox Road 54 m
41. Turn left onto Wallace Street 711 m
42. Turn right onto Franklyn Street 68 m
43. Turn left onto Dunsmuir Street 78 m
44. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

All station in Vancouver (United States/Washington)
Vancouver Vancouver StationExpo Center Vancouver StationDelta Park/Vanport Vancouver Station
All station in Nanaimo (Canada/British Columbia)
Nanaimo Airport Nanaimo Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport