Directions to fields: Newton Highlands Playground, Newton, MA The Newton Highlands Playground fields are show on this Google map view.
From Route 95
Whether coming from the North or South take exit 19A merging onto Highland Ave toward Newton Highlands. Go straight through the set of lights by the Tedeschi onto Dedham Street. Take your next left, the fields will be on your right. Park anywhere you find a space.
From Boston
Take Route 9 West. Turn right on Aberdeen Street. Then take your first left onto Centre Street. Continue onto Winchester Street (you'll pass under Route 9). At the second set of lights take a left onto Dedham Street. Take your next left, the fields will be on your right. Park anywhere you find a space.
Via the T
Take the Green Line (D Line outbound to Riverside) to the Newton Highlands Station. Walk out to Walnut Street, heading toward the Corner Cafe. Turn right onto Centre Street. Centre Street will become Winchester Street. Cross the street if possible because the fields are on the left hand side. Pass under Route 9. You can enter the fields through an opening at the corner of the unnamed street after Route 9. Then just walk across the soceer field and baseball field. It's about a five minute walk from the station.
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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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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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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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Fernald School, Waltham 200 Trapelo Rd, Waltham.
From the west & Rte 128:
Take Route 128 to the Trapelo Road exit (exit 28). Head east towards
Belmont. Follow for around 3 miles or so. The school will be on your
right.
(For the adventurous folks, who want to avoid some of the traffic
light delays on Trapelo Rd, take Route 128 to the Route 2 east exit
(exit 29A). Take the second exit on route 2 (exit 55, Pleasant St).
At the end of the ramp, take a right. The road ends in a T in about a
quarter mile. Make a right and a quick left on to Waltham St.
(You'll be on a really narrow road and it will change names to Woburn
St in Waltham.) This road dumps you out on Trapelo Rd. Make a left
and the fields will be about a mile down the road on your right.
From Boston:
Go West to the end of Memorial Drive or Storrow Drive. Stay to the
right, away from signs for Route 2, instead opting for Mt. Auburn
Street. You'll pass a cemetery on your left; get into the right lane,
preparing to take a right after the Star Market (which is about 1/2
mile away). You are now on Belmont Street. Follow for several miles
into Belmont, going through 4 lights (counting flashing lights as well
as "normal" ones). Just after the 4th light, bear right at the fork
(Brigham's will now be on your left). Proceed straight; you'll pass a
Starbucks on your left. Go straight for several more miles past
another Star Market. Go straight through the next two lights and up a
hill. The Fernald school will be on your left.
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