Directions to fields: Olin College, Needham 1000 Olin Way, Needham, MA
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Tufts University - Alumni Field From the North
Route 93 South to Route 16W. Follow a couple lights to Boston Avenue. Take a left onto Boston Avenue (just after the large U-Haul building, at a stop light). Follow Boston Avenue for 0.9 miles. Turn left onto College Avenue and go over the train tracks. Go down hill and turn right into first parking lot. Enter gate and Field A will be directly to your left, Field B is to your right behind the Baseball Field's right field wall and Field C is behind center field.
From Boston
Take Memorial Drive or Storrow Drive to the end. Follow the signs to Route
2/Route 16 (this equates to getting onto the Fresh Pond Parkway). Continue
on Route 2/Route 16 through the rotaries. After passing Summer Shack and the
Alewife T Station on your left, get into the right lane and onto Route
16 East. Stay on Route 16 through rotaries and lights. Take a right onto Boston Avenue (just before the large U-Haul building, at a stop light). Follow Boston Avenue for 0.9 miles. Turn left onto College Avenue and go over the train tracks. Go down hill and turn right into first parking lot. Enter gate and Field A will be directly to your left, Field B is to your right behind the Baseball Field's right field wall
From the West
Route 128 to Route 2. Follow to the Alewife T Station. Bear left onto Route
16 East. Stay on Route 16 through several rotaries and lights.
Follow a couple lights to Boston Avenue. Take a right onto Boston Avenue (just befor the large U-Haul building, at a stop light). Follow Boston Avenue for 0.9 miles. Turn left onto College Avenue and go over the train tracks. Go down hill and turn right into first parking lot. Enter gate and Field A will be directly to your left, Field B is to your right behind the Baseball Field's right field wall
Via the T
Take Red line to Davis square stop. Walk North from Davis on College Ave,
to Powderhouse Square (rotary). Cross the rotary and stay on College Ave.
Pass the football stadium on your left and continue up the hill. Go straight
across intersection at stop sign and cross bridge over train tracks.
Go down hill and turn right into first parking lot. Enter gate and Field A will be directly to your left, Field B is to your right behind the Baseball Field's right field wall
-- updated courtesy of Clay Dreslough
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Ebersol Field, Esplanade MBTA:
Green Line to Science Park station. Cross street and walk to the left along Storrow Drive with the river to your right. Fields are on right.
Red Line to MGH/Charles Street station. Cross footbridge over Storrow Drive toward river. At end of bridge, walk with river on your left. Fields are approximately 50 yards from footbridge.
Driving:
Parking is extremely limited at Teddy Ebersol's Red Sox Fields. Please use public transportation. If you must drive, your best option is to find metered park along the side streets near 1st/2nd street in Cambridge and walk across the Longfellow bridge on the right side. At the end of the bridge, exit to the right, then walk along with river on your left. Fields are approximately 50 yards from footbridge.(Direction details)
Clarke Middle School, Lexington From I-95
Take exit 30 toward Lexington. Turn right onto Waltham St. It will
be a big intersection with Mobil and Gulf stations, and a Dunkin
Donuts. Take a left at the first set of lights. The fields will be
in front of you
From rt 2
From the east (traveling on rt 2W): Take exit 54B. Turn right at the
first set of lights. The fields will be in front of you
From the west (traveling on rt 2E): There is no exit 54 in this
direction and it's easiest to take I-95 (directions above)
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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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Thorndike Field, Arlington Thorndike Field
Margaret St, Arlington MA
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From Cambridge
Follow Massachusetts Ave north across Route 16 into Arlington.
Turn left at the Capitol Theater onto Lake St.
After the first traffic light, turn left on to Margaret St.
The fields are at the end of Margaret St.
From Watertown, western suburbs
Follow Route 16 East past the entrance to Route 2.
(Plan on traffic between 5pm and 6pm!)
Turn left at the next light onto Massachusetts Ave.
Turn left at the Capitol Theater onto Lake St.
After the first traffic light, turn left on to Margaret St.
The fields are at the end of Margaret St.
From Route 2 (eastbound)
Follow Route 2 East to the end of the highway. Stay left.
Turn left onto Route 16 East.
Turn left at the next light onto Massachusetts Ave.
Turn left at the Capitol Theater onto Lake St.
After the first traffic light, turn left on to Margaret St.
The fields are at the end of Margaret St.
From I-93, points N/S
Take the Route 16 West exit and follow Route 16 West to Massachusetts
Ave.
Turn right onto Massachusetts Ave (1/2 mile after you pass Foodmaster).
Turn left at the Capitol Theater onto Lake St.
After the first traffic light, turn left on to Margaret St.
The fields are at the end of Margaret St.
From Alewife (Red Line)
Walk up the stairs after exiting the train (go up the stairs by the
head of the train).
After exiting the gates head to your right (past the Dunkin Donuts).
Head out the door and across the parking lot (up the ramp) until you
hit a street.
Head right on the street.
At the first intersection (road going of to the right only) go onto the
bike path.
Follow the bike path under the bridge.
The fields will be on your left.
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MIT Barry Field, Cambridge Barry Field at MIT is shown on this Google Maps view.
Barry Field is the darker-green turf field to the right.(Direction details)
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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