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Magazine Beach, Cambridge
Magazine Beach Fields
720 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Global Positioning System Co-ordinates:
Lat 42.356230, Long -71.113701 (negative number)
FROM THE EAST (Boston)
Take the Mass Pike, Rte 90 West to Exit 18 "Cambridge/Allston."
Follow "After the Tolls" directions below.
FROM THE WEST (Weston)
Take the Mass Pike Rte I-90 East to Exit 18 "Cambridge/Allston"
(note, the exit is on your left). Follow "After the Tolls" directions below.
FROM THE NORTH (Woburn)
Take Rte 128 / I-95 South to the Mass Pike Rte I-90 East.
Take Exit 18 "Cambridge/Allston" (note, the exit is on your left).
Follow "After the Tolls" directions below.
FROM THE SOUTH (Dedham)
Take Rte 128 / Rte 95 North to the Mass Pike Rte 90 East.
Take Exit 18 "Cambridge/Allston" (note, the exit is on your left).
Follow "After the Tolls" directions below.
AFTER THE TOLLS
After the Mass Pike Exit 18 tolls, stay to the right and follow signs toward Cambridge.
Go straight through two sets of lights next to the tall hotel building.
Go straight, over the Charles River and take a right onto Memorial Drive.
There will be a parking lot before the field on the right, and another after the field also on the right.
VIA PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Take Green Line to Armory Station, along Commonwealth Ave (near Boston University),
walk back to the BU Bridge. Cross over to Cambridge. Field is onleft.
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via Public Transportation - MBTA ("The T")
Subway: By train, take the Red Line to the Kendall/MIT Station or to the
Central Square Station, both of which are a short walk from the campus. The
walk from Central Square takes about 10 minutes and takes you right down
Massachusetts Avenue. The Kendall/MIT Station is on the edge of the east end
of campus, the Athletic fields are located on the West end of campus on Vassar
St.
Bus: The #1 or Dudley bus stops at MIT on Massachusetts Avenue and provides
transportation to Central Square and Harvard Square. The MIT stop is at a
large crosswalk with a stop light. One one side of the street are steps
leading up to large Ionic columns and the Small Dome of MIT, on the other side
of the street is the Stratton Student Center and Kresge Oval (an open,
grass-covered area). Walk past the Student Center and you will hit the
athletic fields on Vassar St.
From the North (I-95 or I-93)
If you are heading south on I-93, follow I-93 into Boston then follow the I-93
instructions below. If you are heading south on I-95, take the I-93 South exit
then follow the instructions from I-93. Alternatively, take the I-90 East exit
from I-95 then follow the instructions from I-90.
From the South (I-95 or I-93)
If you are heading north on I-93, follow I-93 (the Southeast Expressway) into
Boston then follow the I-93 instructions below. If you are heading north on
I-95, take the I-93 North exit then follow the instructions from I-93.
Alternatively, take the I-90 East exit from I-95 then follow the instructions
from I-90.
From the West (I-90) (Mass Turnpike)
Follow I-90 east to the Cambridge/Brighton exit (exit 18). Following the signs
to Cambridge, cross the River Street Bridge, and continue straight about 1
mile to Central Square. Turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue and follow
Massachusetts Avenue for about a half mile. Take a right onto Vassar St. If
you cross the river again, you have gone too far. The fields will be on your
on Vassar St.
From Route I-93
From I-93, take exit 26, and follow the signs to Back Bay along Storrow Drive
West, approximately 1.5 miles, to the exit for Route 2A. The exit will be on
the left, just before the Harvard Bridge (more appropriately called the
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge). The Charles River will be on your right. As you
cross the bridge, you will be looking at MIT - the Great Dome and academic
facilities are on the right, the dormitories and athletic facilities are on
the left. Take a left onto Vassar St and the fields will be on your left.
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Franklin Park, Jamaica Plain By car from the North or West:
Take Route 1 to the intersection of
Route 203 at the Arborway Rotary. Take a right off the rotary onto
Route 203, past the Arnold Arboretum on the right, following the signs
to Dorchester. After the Forest Hills overpass, you will enter a
rotary exit at 9:00 into Frankin Park (look for the big sign!). Follow
Jewish War Veterans Drive to the left and up the hill (dogleg left;
the golf course will be on your right). At the top of the hill take a
left onto Pierpont Rd. You will quickly emerge to plentiful parking, a
large playing field on your left and the Franklin Park Zoo on your
right. We play at the far side of the field to the left near the
football stadium.
By car from the South or East:
Take Route 203
(Gallivan Blvd.) west toward Jamaica Plain. Gallivan Blvd. becomes
Morton Street. At the Franklin Park Rotary, exit at 3:00 into Franklin
Park (look for the big sign!). Follow Jewish War Veterans Drive to the
left and up the hill (dogleg left; the golf course will be on your
right). At the top of the hill take a left onto Pierpont Rd. You will
quickly emerge to plentiful parking, a large playing field on your
left and the Franklin Park Zoo on your right. We play at the far side
of the field to the left near the football stadium.
From the T: Take
the Orange Line to Green Street. Walk up the steps/escalator and out
the door on your right. Continue East across the Amtrack tracks
towards Washington St. Continue straight across Washington St. and up
the hill (Green St. becomes Glen Rd.). Glen Rd. will dead end at an
unmarked entrance into Franklin Park continue straight along the
footpath at the crest of the hill you will emerge onto a huge field
with softball diamonds to the right and a football stadium to the
left. We play at the southwest corner of the football stadium.
Link to a map of Franklin Park:
Google Map
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South Elementary, Andover Coming from Rte 128
Take I-93 North to exit 41 (Rte 125)
Take a right off exit onto Rte 125 North/East.
Make sure to stay in right lane until you are thru the first traffic light.
At the second traffic light take a left onto Andover St.
You'll go passed some commercial buildings and pass residential houses.
Just keep going on Andover St.
It's a winding road and it will turn into Woburn Street without you
even knowing it.
It's approximately 2.5 miles from the intersection of Rte 125
if you're clocking it.
You'll eventually see South Elementary School on your left.
Park on the left or front of the school and walk around back to the field.
Coming from I-495
Take I-93 South to exit 42 (Dascomb Rd).
Take a left off exit, then another left onto Dascomb Rd towards Andover.
Travel for a little less than one mile and take a right onto Clark Rd
(It's something like the 4th street on your right coming from the highway)
Clark then merges right onto Andover Street.
You go over train tracks and the road bends to the left.
Andover Street ends and South Elementary is on your right.
Park on the left or front of the school and walk around back to the field.
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Danehy Fields, Cambridge From Boston:
Take Storrow Drive West, bear right onto Rt 2/16 turnoff.
Follow out to Fresh Pond Shopping Center on right.
See "From Shopping Center" below.
From North or West:
Take Rt 2 East go past Alewife T stop and over bridge to Fresh Pond
Shopping Center on Left.
See "From Shopping Center" below.
By T:
Red Line to Alewife stop. Walk across Rt 2 (looking both ways first :)
walk east on Rt 2 to Fresh Pond Shopping Center.
See "From Shopping Center" below.
From Shopping Center:
Go to the left of the Shopping Center buildings and to the right of the
Fresh Pond Cinema (behind stores) and out the gate. The parking lot is
on the left. Fields 1 and 2 are in lower area next to the parking lot. Field 1 is the smaller field further away from the lot. Field 2A is the half of the larger field next to the bleechers and field 2B is the other half.
We recommend parking in the Cinema Lot instead of the
Danehy lot since they lock the gate at 8pm sharp and your car will get
stuck in there all night.
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