The way points of this bicycle route:
START - Seven Hills Park
Exit park to Meacham Road
Left on Orchard St
Left on Russell St
Right on Summer St
Left on Lowell St
Into Bailey Park
STOP - Bailey Park (Spring Hill)
Exit park, cross Belmont St into parking lot behind St. Catherine's
Continue behind and around St. Catherine's, returning to Summer Street
Left on Summer Street
Left on Benton Road
Right on Westwood Road
Left on Central Street
Right on Highland Ave.
Peak of Central Hill is behind Masonic hall, 125 Highland Ave.
Pass Somerville City Hall and High School on Central Hill
Right on Vinal Ave
Left on Summit Ave
Cross Walnut St onto Boston St
Right on Bigelow St
Left on Munroe St
STOP - Prospect Hill Park and Tower
Right on Boston St
Left on Washington St
Right on New Washington St
Right on Inner Belt Road
STOP at dead-end of Inner Belt Road - former location of Cobble Hill. Turn around
Left on Washington St
Right on Myrtle St
Right on Perkins St
Left on Mt. Vernon St.
Left on Broadway
Right on Austin St
STOP - top of remaining Mt. Benedict. (Maybe turn right on Benedict Street before stopping, to get out of traffic and see better view)
Left on Maine Ave
Right on Pennsylvania Ave
Left on Illinois Ave.
Right on Broadway
Into Foss Park
Exit park to Jaques St
Right on Grant St
Left on Sydney St
Right on Temple St
Cross Mystic Ave onto Temple Road
Summit of Winthrop Hill (Ten Hills)
Left on Shore Drive
STOP - Blessing of the Bay boathouse - Redbones refreshments
Cross Mystic Ave into Mystic Housing Project
Left on Memorial Road
Right on Temple St
Right on Jaques St
Left on Bond St
Right on Broadway
Stay right, climb onto parallel one-way side road
Summit of Winter Hill
Left (at Liberty Ave) into Nathan Tufts Park
STOP - Old Powder House - Top of Quarry Hill
Exit park to Powder House Circle
Onto College Ave towards Tufts University
Left on Professors Row
Right on Packard Ave
Left into Rez Quad - top of Walnut (College) Hill
STOP - Rez Quad, site of former reservoir, top of Walnut Hill. (This is a couple blocks into Medford.)
Exit Rez Quad into parking lot
Left on Curtis St
Right on Powder House Blvd
Left on Hardan Road
Right on Ware St - approximate top of Clarendon Hill
Left on Russell Road
Left on Broadway
Right on Holland St
Right on Buena Vista Road
Left into Seven Hills Park
END
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.
Tour de Somerville, to be held October 17, 2009. Theme is "City of Seven (Or More) Hills" Sponsored by the Somerville Bicycle Committee.
Tagged with: Recreational, Intermediate, Urban
