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)
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Left on Somerville Ave, re-entering Somerville shortly afterwards
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Bear right on Beacon St
Bear right on Oxford St, entering Cambridge after a few houses
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Left on Forest St
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
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Left on Carver St
Left on Museum St; enter Somerville after a few houses
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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
Left on Porter St
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
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
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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
Bear left on Bow St, entering Medford
Left on Dexter St
Right on Broadway, re-entering Somerville at Magoun Square
Enter Powder House rotary, first right onto Warner St
Left on Bromfield Rd
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
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Left on Osgood St
Right on North St, which runs along the city line
Left on Gordon St
Right on Harold St, entering Medford after a half block
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Left on Capen St
Enter Capen Street Park
Exit park to Stoughton St
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
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
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
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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
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
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.
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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