The way points of this bicycle route:
START - Seven Hills Park
Exit park to Meacham Road
Right on Locke St, just beyond Cambridge line
Right on Shea Road
Turns and becomes Kingston Street at Somerville line
Left on Thorndike St
Left on Linear Park path
Cambridge line marked by line of bricks on path
Right on Cameron Ave
Left on Seven Pines Ave, just beyond Somerville line
Re-enter Cambridge in mid-block
Left on Gold Star Road (caution - against one-way traffic)
Right on Gold Star Place, into parking lot behind former Marino's restaurant
Left on Washburn Ave
Right on Massachusetts Ave
Right on Clarendon Ave
Left into walkway through Daniel F. Burns apartment complex
Right on Churchill Ave
Straight into Matignon High School campus
Up ramp to Hooker Ave
Left on Hooker Ave
Left on Victoria St
Immediate right on Woodstock St
Cross Route 16 and Alewife Brook, onto Henderson St in Arlington
Right onto Cross Street (unpaved)
Right on Teel St
Walk bike under chain into St. Paul's Cemetery
Exit cemetery to Broadway, turn right
After re-crossing Alewife Brook, turn left onto sidepath (on park side of Route 16)
Cross Mystic Valley Parkway at curb-cuts
Continue along Route 16 sidepath
STOP at Route 16 and Boston Avenue, at Mystic River Reservation
Right onto Boston Avenue, cross Route 16
Right on Stoughton St, just beyond Medford line
At end of Stoughton St, continue through gate into Capen Street Park (Medford)
Exit park to Capen St, turn left
Right on Harold St
Left on Hamilton St
Right on North Street, which is the Somerville/Medford line here
Left on Osgood St
Right on Hillsdale Rd
Left on Upland Road
Right on Winthrop St (Medford) which becomes Curtis St (Somerville)
Left on Professors Row
Right on College Ave
Immediate left on Dearborn Rd
Right on Pearson Rd
Left on Broadway
Through Ball Square
Sharp Left (at Magoun Square) onto Medford St., entering Medford
Right on Hale Ave
Right on Bow St
Bow Street bends left after crossing Dexter St
Right on Main St
Immediate Left on Fremont St
Right on Meacham St
Left on Moreland St
Right on East Albion St
Left onto poorly-paved downhill pedestrian path
Right through gate into Mystic Housing Project
Follow walkway to cul-de-sac
Continue on River Road
Left on Memorial Road
Right onto walkway by Mystic Activity Center
Left to exit Mystic Housing Project
Cross Mystic Ave and go under I-93 onto Shore Drive
STOP at Blessing of the Bay Boathouse - refreshments and rest rooms
Continue on Shore Drive
Cross Fellsway (Route 28) at signalized crosswalk
Left onto Fellsway sidewalk, continue past next intersection
Across grass onto Mystic River path
Right on path
Pass Winter Hill Yacht Club
Under Orange Line and railroad tracks
Past Amelia Earhart Dam -- look across river at unreachable Everett
Under Newburyport/Rockport railroad tracks, around loop at end of path (near Charlestown line), turn back
After re-crossing under Orange Line, immediate left onto Foley St (alongside boat storage yard)
Foley St turns sharply right (and becomes poorly paved)
Left on Assembly Square Drive
Cross Mystic Ave onto Lombardi Way, under I-93
Left on Broadway
Immediate right on Mt. Pleasant St
Left on Perkins St, entering Charlestown (Boston)
Right on Parker St
Cross Cambridge St onto Stark St
Right on Roland St
Into parking lot at end of Roland St
Left on Inner Belt Road
Left into private road
Under Lowell Line railroad tracks
Right on Third Avenue (but look left at MBTA Boston Engine Terminal)
Left on Inner Belt Road
Turn around at end of Inner Belt Road
Left on New Washington Street
Left on Washington St
Left under McGrath Highway onto Medford St
Cross Somerville Avenue
Right on South St
Left on Bedford St
Right on Porter St
Right on Harding St
Left on South St
Left on Windsor St
Right into parking lot
Exit parking lot, right on Columbia St
Columbia Street turns left
Right on Webster Ave
Left on Concord Ave
Left on Springfield St
Right on Dickinson St
Left on Beacon St (Somerville) / Hampshire St (Cambridge)
Sharp right on Cambridge St, at Inman Square
Right on Line Street
Left on Washington St (Somerville) / Kirkland St (Cambridge)
Right on Holden St
Right on Scott St
Left on Beacon St
Left on Museum St (enter Cambridge after a few houses)
Right on Carver St
Right on Sacramento St
Left on Beacon St
Left on Forest St
Forest St enters Cambridge at sharp bend
Right on Oxford St
Left on Beacon St
Left on Somerville Ave
Right on White St
Left on Elm St
Right on Cutter Ave
Left on Dresden Circle
Continue on walkway at end of Dresden Circle
END: Kenney Park
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
The Somerville Bicycle Committee led this tour of the boundaries of Somerville on October 18, 2008.
Tagged with: Recreational, Intermediate, Rough, Urban
