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Tour de Somerville 2008  
by Ron Newman

The way points of this bicycle route:

Somerville

START - Seven Hills Park

Exit park to Meacham Road

Cambridge

Right on Locke St, just beyond Cambridge line

Right on Shea Road

Somerville

Turns and becomes Kingston Street at Somerville line

Left on Thorndike St

Left on Linear Park path

Cambridge

Cambridge line marked by line of bricks on path

Right on Cameron Ave

Somerville

Left on Seven Pines Ave, just beyond Somerville line

Cambridge

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

Somerville

Up ramp to Hooker Ave

Left on Hooker Ave

Left on Victoria St

Immediate right on Woodstock St

Arlington

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

Somerville

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

Medford

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

Som-Medford Line

Right on North Street, which is the Somerville/Medford line here

Medford

Left on Osgood St

Som-Medford Line

Right on Hillsdale Rd

Somerville

Left on Upland Road

Som-Medford Line

Right on Winthrop St (Medford) which becomes Curtis St (Somerville)

Tufts University (Somerville)

Left on Professors Row

Right on College Ave

Immediate left on Dearborn Rd

Right on Pearson Rd

Left on Broadway

Through Ball Square

Medford

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

Somerville

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

Charlestown

Left on Perkins St, entering Charlestown (Boston)

Right on Parker St

Cross Cambridge St onto Stark St

Right on Roland St

Somerville

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

Cambridge

Left on Bedford St

Right on Porter St

Somerville

Right on Harding St

Left on South St

Left on Windsor St

Cambridge

Right into parking lot

Somerville

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

Cambridge

Left on Beacon St (Somerville) / Hampshire St (Cambridge)

Sharp right on Cambridge St, at Inman Square

Camb-Som Line

Right on Line Street

Cambridge

Left on Washington St (Somerville) / Kirkland St (Cambridge)

Right on Holden St

Right on Scott St

Camb-Som Line

Left on Beacon St

Cambridge

Left on Museum St (enter Cambridge after a few houses)

Right on Carver St

Somerville

Right on Sacramento St

Left on Beacon St

Left on Forest St

Cambridge

Forest St enters Cambridge at sharp bend

Right on Oxford St

Somerville

Left on Beacon St

Left on Somerville Ave

Camb-Som Line

Right on White St

Camb-Som Line

Left on Elm St

Somerville

Right on Cutter Ave

Left on Dresden Circle

Continue on walkway at end of Dresden Circle

END: Kenney Park

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The Somerville Bicycle Committee led this tour of the boundaries of Somerville on October 18, 2008.

Tagged with: Recreational, Intermediate, Rough, Urban

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