Bus to Huntington

Huntington sits on the Ohio River in southwestern West Virginia, where West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky come together. It's a working river city of about 45,000, the seat of Cabell County and home to Marshall University — the working flagship of the Tri-State region's higher education. The city was founded in 1871 by Collis P. Huntington as the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and has built up around the central Ritter Park, the Huntington Museum of Art and the Heritage Village along the Ohio. The bus to Huntington drops you in central downtown at the Tri-State Transit Authority Transit Center on 4th Avenue, with Marshall University, Pullman Square, the Heritage Village and the Ohio riverfront reachable on foot. People come for Marshall University and Thundering Herd football (and the moving Marshall University Memorial honouring the 1970 plane crash), for the Huntington Museum of Art, for Ritter Park and the central downtown's restaurant scene, for the access to the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (about three hours east), and for an unhurried Tri-State weekend. A Huntington bus ticket lands you a few blocks from Marshall University.

Greyhound stops in Huntington

Huntington has one Greyhound stop: the Tri-State Transit Authority Transit Center at 1251 4th Avenue, in the central downtown. Buses stop at the Tri-State Authority Transit Center; follow station directions to the bus stop. As a full transit centre, the building has indoor seating, restrooms and the basic shelter you'd expect, plus connections to the Tri-State Transit Authority local bus network out of the same building.

The location puts you within walking distance of the central historic blocks — Marshall University, Pullman Square, the central restaurants and the Heritage Village along the Ohio River are all a short walk. As a working transit centre, the station has a typical pace of activity through the day. Plan to arrive in good time so you can find your platform and get checked in.

If you're being met, the surrounding streets are familiar to rideshare drivers and there's space inside the building if the weather isn't cooperating. The most useful first move after arrival is a walk to Pullman Square or to the Marshall University campus. Have your ticket ready on your phone or printed for boarding.

Getting around Huntington after your bus to Huntington arrives

Huntington's central historic downtown is more compact than the metro footprint suggests. From the Tri-State Transit Center, Marshall University, Pullman Square (the central downtown shopping and entertainment district), the central restaurants and the Heritage Village along the Ohio are within a comfortable walk.

The Tri-State Transit Authority network — known as TTA — runs the local public-transport service with city buses across the Tri-State metro from the same Transit Center where the Greyhound stop is. Useful routes connect downtown to Ritter Park, the Huntington Museum of Art, the Cabell County area and the surrounding suburbs. Service runs through the day on weekdays. Rideshare runs reliably across the city.

For the wider region — the Heritage Farm Museum and Village (about 15 minutes south), the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (about three hours east, the working National Park established in 2020 with the dramatic New River Gorge Bridge and the surrounding whitewater rafting), Ashland, Kentucky across the Ohio (about 15 minutes west), and onward to Charleston or Lexington — a rental car is the practical option. Cycling is also viable on the central downtown grid and the Paul Ambrose Trail for Health (PATH), the long shared-use path running through the city.

Top things to do in Huntington

• Marshall University campus, on the south side of central downtown, with the central walking grounds and the Marshall University Memorial honouring the 75 victims of the November 14, 1970 Southern Airways Flight 932 crash that killed nearly the entire Marshall football team and coaching staff. The Memorial Fountain is the central campus landmark.
• The Huntington Museum of Art, on the south side of the city, with strong holdings in American art (the Daywood Collection of American art including Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt and Winslow Homer), Asian art, the Huntington firearms collection and the surrounding park grounds with sculpture trails.
• Ritter Park, the central park on the south side of central downtown, with walking paths, the central rose garden, mature plantings and the park amphitheatre with summer outdoor concerts.
• Pullman Square, the central downtown shopping and entertainment district, with restaurants, shops and the downtown rhythm. The central Marquee Cinemas anchors the entertainment cluster.
• The Heritage Farm Museum and Village, about 15 minutes south of central Huntington, the open-air pioneer village with restored 19th-century buildings, working trails and a historical reconstruction of an Appalachian farming community.
• The Marshall University Memorial Fountain on campus, dedicated to the victims of the 1970 plane crash, with the central memorial fountain that's drained each year on November 14 in commemoration. The 2006 film "We Are Marshall" tells the story of the crash and the rebuilding of the football programme.
• The Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on the Marshall University campus, with the Marshall Artists Series concerts, theatre and a year-round programme.
• The Cabell-Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau, with the central downtown's visitor information.
• The Frederick Hotel building (recently restored), the historic 1906 hotel in central downtown that's been converted to mixed use.
• The Camden Park, on the west side of the city, the family amusement park with classic rides and a long-running family tradition (running since 1903).
• The Ohio Riverfront and the central Heritage Village, with walking paths, working historical reconstructions and views across to Chesapeake, Ohio.
• The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, about three hours east, the working National Park established in 2020 with the dramatic New River Gorge Bridge, whitewater rafting on the New River and the surrounding hiking and rock-climbing country.
• Beech Fork State Park, southwest of Huntington, with hiking trails, the working lake recreation and the surrounding wooded park grounds.

Best time to visit Huntington

Spring and autumn are the windows. From late March through May the dogwoods come in across Ritter Park, the rose garden begins its working season and the temperature sits in a pleasant range for walking. The early-May Hops and Blues festival is the central downtown's spring event.

October and November bring the Appalachian fall — colour through the surrounding hardwoods and the Ohio River bluffs, comfortable walking weather and the Marshall University football season at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The fall colour at New River Gorge is particularly photogenic — peak colour usually runs through mid-to-late October. The November 14 anniversary of the 1970 plane crash is observed at Marshall with the campus commemoration.

Summer is warm and humid, with afternoons regularly in the 80s and into the 90s. Ritter Park under shaded sections is comfortable in early morning, and the indoor venues — the Huntington Museum of Art, the Marshall University spaces — come into their own through the heat. Plan walking and outdoor sightseeing for early morning, lean into the indoor venues in the afternoon, and respect the late-day thunderstorms when they roll in.

Winter is real Appalachian cold. From December through February daytime temperatures sit in the 30s and 40s, with occasional cold snaps and the rare ice event. The Huntington Museum of Art, the Marshall University spaces and the long-running central downtown restaurants all stay full pace, and a quiet weekday afternoon at the Huntington Museum of Art is genuinely worth having. Ritter Park's seasonal lights run through December and January.

The Marshall University Memorial Fountain is drained each year on November 14 in commemoration of the 1970 Southern Airways Flight 932 crash that killed 75 members of the Marshall football team, coaching staff, supporters and flight crew. The drained fountain on the anniversary, with the central campus walking past it through the cold November air and the long Marshall identity that rebuilt around the crash carrying through fifty-plus years of football seasons since, is when Huntington gives you the most direct sense of why Marshall and the city are inseparable. The autumn anniversary commemoration is the central date for travellers who want to feel the rebuilt-after-tragedy thread of the institution's modern identity. Use the search bar on this page to check schedules and book bus tickets to Huntington when your dates are firm.

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