--- title: "Pittsburgh to Amherst – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Pittsburgh to Amherst is 299 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pittsburgh-to-amherst" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pittsburgh-to-amherst.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Pittsburgh to Amherst [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Pittsburgh&to=Amherst) [Amherst to Pittsburgh](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amherst-to-pittsburgh) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 299 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 299 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best$650 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 4h 33m$29–39 Estimated 358 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Pittsburgh&to=Amherst) - [**Taxi** 4h 33m$570–790 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Pittsburgh&to=Amherst) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Pittsburgh to Amherst? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 33m door to door. The straight-line distance is 299 km. What is the cheapest way from Pittsburgh to Amherst? Drive is the cheapest, from $29. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Amherst from Pittsburgh by road? About 358 km, roughly 4h 33m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $29–39; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Amherst City in Massachusetts, United States Amherst is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. Amherst has a council–manager form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts state law. Amherst is one of several Massachusetts municipalities that have city forms of government but retain "The Town of" in their official names. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,263, making it the most populated municipality in Hampshire County. The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, three of the Five Colleges. [The Amherst guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/amherst) [Hotels in Amherst Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pittsburgh-to-amherst, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt