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Edges of Somerville - counter-clockwise route  
by Ron Newman

The way points of this bicycle route:

START - Seven Hills Park

Left on Russell St

Right on Elm St

Right on White St. (Enter Cambridge about half way to Porter Square)

Cambridge

.

Left on Somerville Ave, re-entering Somerville shortly afterwards

Somerville

.

Bear right on Beacon St

Bear right on Oxford St, entering Cambridge after a few houses

Cambridge

.

Left on Forest St

Somerville

re-enter Somerville at sharp turn

Right on Beacon St

Right on Prentiss St

Left on Harris St, which runs along the city boundary

Left on Eustis St

Right on Beacon St

Right on Sacramento St; enter Cambridge after a few houses

Cambridge

.

Left on Carver St

Left on Museum St; enter Somerville after a few houses

Somerville

.

Right on Beacon St

Left on Concord Ave

Right on Leon St

Left on Dickinson St

Right on Springfield St

Left on Houghton St. Very briefly cross into Cambridge near end of Houghton St.

Left on Prospect St, re-entering Somerville

Sharp right on Webster Ave.

Left on Columbia St

Right turn to stay on Columbia St

Left into parking lot, just beyond Nissenbaum's Auto Parts

Exit parking lot, left on Windsor St

Right on South St

Right on Harding St, entering Cambridge

Cambridge

Left on Porter St

Somerville

Left on Warren St, re-entering Somerville

Left on Medford St

Right on small side road leading under McGrath Highway to Brickbottom

Left on Fitchburg St

Left on Chestnut St

Chestnut St becomes Joy St

Right on Washington St

Bear right on New Washington St

Right on Inner Belt Road; ride all the way to the end

Turn around at dead-end

Right on 3rd Ave

Left turn onto private way, just before railroad grade crossing and entrance to MBTA commuter rail maintenance facility

Right on Inner Belt Road

Right into parking lot, just beyond Somerville City Club

Charlestown

Exit parking lot to Roland St

Left on Carter St

Right on Cambridge St (Charlestown's name for our Washington St)

Left on Brighton St

Left on Perkins St; re-enter Somerville after 1.5 blocks

Somerville

.

Right on Mt. Vernon St

Cross Broadway onto Lombardi Way

Cross Mystic Ave onto Assembly Square Drive

Right on Foley St

Foley St turns sharply left before Orange Line tracks

Right under Orange Line into Draw Seven Park

Ride bike path to end -- under railroad tracks near Boston city line

Turn around at end of path

Leave bike path, reverse onto Assembly Square Drive

Right before Christmas Tree Shops

Right on Middlesex Ave

Cross Fellsway (Route 28) at signalized crosswalk

Fork left onto Shore Drive

Cross Mystic Ave into Mystic View Housing Project

Right into walkway by Mystic Activity Center

Left on Memorial Road

Right on River Road

Continue past cul-de-sac onto walkway

Left onto uphill walkway (map calls it "Mount Vernon Ave")

Right on East Albion St

Left on Ash Ave

Right on Meacham St

Left on Fremont St

Right on Main St

Medford

Bear left on Bow St, entering Medford

Left on Dexter St

Somerville

Right on Broadway, re-entering Somerville at Magoun Square

Enter Powder House rotary, first right onto Warner St

Left on Bromfield Rd

Tufts University

Left on Dearborn Road

Right on College Ave

Sharp left on Professors Row

Right on Curtis St

Left on Upland Rd

Right on Hillsdale Rd, entering Medford after a half block

Medford

.

Left on Osgood St

Somerville

Right on North St, which runs along the city line

Left on Gordon St

Right on Harold St, entering Medford after a half block

Medford

.

Left on Capen St

Enter Capen Street Park

Exit park to Stoughton St

Somerville

Left on Boston Ave, entering Somerville

After crossing Route 16, right into DCR Mystic Valley parkland

Take bike path alongside Route 16. (If group is large, take a lane of Route 16 instead)

Cross Mystic Valley Parkway at curb cut, then continue on bike path

Dilboy Field parking lot

Arlington

Right on Broadway, entering Arlington

Left into St. Paul's Cemetery

Exit cemetery to Teel St. May need to walk bikes under chain

Left on Cross St

Left on Henderson St

Somerville

Cross Route 16 at signalized crosswalk, to Woodstock St in Somerville

Left on Victoria St

Immediate rght on Hooker Ave

Through gate into Matignon High School, enter Cambridge

Cambridge

.

Exit Matignon High School, left on Churchill St

Churchill Ave turns sharply right

Left into walkway through Daniel F. Burns apartment complex

Right on Clarendon Ave

Left on Massachusetts Ave. Perhaps stay on north sidewalk to avoid crossing this busy road twice.

Left on Washburn Ave

Right into parking lot behind former Marino's restaurant

Left on Gold Star Road

Somerville

Right on Seven Pines Ave (enters Somerville after 1.5 blocks)

Straight across Cameron Ave onto Tannery Brook Row

Continue onto Howard St

Right on Thorndike St

Left on bike path

End at Seven Hills Park

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This is what the 2008 Tour de Somerville might have looked like if we had run it in the opposite direction.

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