Directions to fields: team negotiated
Fessenden School, Newton, MA See Google Maps:
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Danehy Fields, Cambridge From Boston:
Take Storrow Drive West, bear right onto Rt 2/16 turnoff.
Follow out to Fresh Pond Shopping Center on right.
See "From Shopping Center" below.
From North or West:
Take Rt 2 East go past Alewife T stop and over bridge to Fresh Pond
Shopping Center on Left.
See "From Shopping Center" below.
By T:
Red Line to Alewife stop. Walk across Rt 2 (looking both ways first :)
walk east on Rt 2 to Fresh Pond Shopping Center.
See "From Shopping Center" below.
From Shopping Center:
Go to the left of the Shopping Center buildings and to the right of the
Fresh Pond Cinema (behind stores) and out the gate. The parking lot is
on the left. Fields 1 and 2 are in lower area next to the parking lot. Field 1 is the smaller field further away from the lot. Field 2A is the half of the larger field next to the bleechers and field 2B is the other half.
We recommend parking in the Cinema Lot instead of the
Danehy lot since they lock the gate at 8pm sharp and your car will get
stuck in there all night.
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Peach Street Fields, Braintree Peach Street field - WHUF's "home"
field
South Middle School, 232 Peach Street, Braintree,
MA 02184
FROM CAPE COD
(about 1:15 from Woods
Hole)
OPTION #1: Take route 3 north to
Weymouth. Get off at exit 16. Take
route 18 south a short distance (1/2 mile). Turn right onto West Street (on left it's Middle Street) and follow into
Braintree. West Street meets Columbian,
stay right. It becomes Grove Street. Turn left at lights onto Liberty Street (there's a gas station with
bathrooms on the left, a convenience store on the right, and a supermarket
diagonally across the intersection). Take
about the 4th right off Liberty (you'll see the school before the turn) onto
Peach Street. The South Middle School is immediately on the right. Park in
the lot just before the building.
OPTION #2: Take route 3 north to Braintree. Get off at exit
17/Union Street (it's the exit for the Braintree T station). Go around the
rotary (under the highway) and take the next exit, towards the T station.
Take a left at the lights - the T station will be on your right. Follow that
road a mile or two (through a few sets of lights) until it ends and comes to a
'T' at a set of lights. Turn right at the lights onto Plain Street. After
a short distance (maybe 1/4 mile), you will come to another set of lights at an
intersection. Turn left at the lights onto route 37. After about 3/4
mile, there will be a blinking yellow light - take that left onto Peach
Street. The South Middle School is about 1/4 mile up on the left.
Park in the lot just past the building.
FROM PROVIDENCE
(about 1:00 from Providence) These directions
avoid route 128 (important at rush hour).
Route 95 north to route 495 south (exit 6 off 95?)
to 24 north (exit 7A off 495)
Take route 139 east off 24 (exit 20) and continue
for 3.7 miles.
Left onto route 37 north for 2.4 miles. Right
off 37 onto Peach Street.
The South Middle School is about 1/2 mile up Peach
Street on the left.
Field is behind the school. Park in the lot just
past the building.
FROM THE EAST (Boston)
(Alternate routes via surface roads that
avoid routes 93 and 128 recommended)
Take route I-93 south (the expressway).
At route 3/93 split, bear right onto 93 south
(a.k.a. route 128 south).
Take route 37 exit (toward Braintree).
FOLLOW
"DIRECTIONS FROM ROUTE 37" BELOW.
DIRECTIONS
FROM ROUTE 37
Follow route 37 past
the South Shore Plaza (there will be several sets of lights).
Continue on
to "Braintree Five Corners."
There will be a Dunkin Donuts on your right,
and a Bertucci's basically right in front of you.
Stay on route 37, which
is sort of a "straight-left" - keep Bertucci's on your immediate
right.
Follow route 37 for about 1 mile (through a few more sets of lights)
until you get to another set of lights (a pretty major intersection): there
will be another Dunkin Donuts on your left, and a Chinese restaurant on the
right.
Take a right, which is still route 37.
About 3/4 mile up the road
is a flashing yellow light; take that left onto Peach Street.
The South
Middle School is about 1/2 mile up on the left.
Field is behind the
school. Park in the lot just past the building.
FROM THE SOUTH
(Dedham)
Take route
128 north to route 37 exit (toward Braintree).
FOLLOW "DIRECTIONS FROM ROUTE
37" ABOVE.
FROM THE WEST
(Worcester)
Take Mass Pike (route
I-90) east to route 128 south.
Follow route 128 through Dedham, Canton, and
Randolph to Braintree
DO NOT TAKE ROUTE I-95 SOUTH TOWARDS
PROVIDENCE!
Take the route 37 exit toward Braintree.
FOLLOW "DIRECTIONS
FROM ROUTE 37" ABOVE.
VIA PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
Take the T to the Braintree station (1 Ivory
Street). The fields are 2 1/2 miles from the T.
These are directions from exit 17 to the fields
(they go right past the T station):
Get off at exit 17/Union Street (it's the exit for
the Braintree T station). Go around the rotary (under the highway) and
take the next exit, towards the T station. Take a left at the lights - the
T station will be on your right. Follow that road a mile or two (through a
few sets of lights) until it ends and comes to a 'T' at a set of lights.
Turn right at the lights onto Plain Street. After a short distance (maybe
1/4 mile), you will come to another set of lights at an intersection. Turn
left at the lights onto route 37. After about 3/4 mile, there will be a
blinking yellow light - take that left onto Peach Street. The South Middle
School is about 1/4 mile up on the left. Park in the lot just past the
building.
FACILITIES
Use bathrooms in the school if it's open. If
it's closed... there are plenty of bushes.
Bathrooms and stores are a couple miles from the
fields. There are many between the highway and the field. See
directions for some specifics. (Direction details)
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