ROUTES

• MAP of Charles River bridge distances and Fresh Pond Reservoir
• MAP of Boston Marathon course and elevation changes
• Boston-area hiking (and running!) guide


• #86 bus terminus to base of Heartbreak Hill, near BC - 1.0 mile 1-way
• Harvard-Somerville City Hall & High School - 1.5 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Danehy Park Outdoor Track (near the Quad) - 1.6 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Fresh Pond Reservoir "Race" Start/Finish Line - 1.75 miles 1-way
• Harvard-MIT Outdoor Track (on #1 & Harvard M2 bus routes) - 1.8 miles 1-way
• Harvard-New Balance Outlet Store (Brighton) - 2.1 miles 1-way (take #86 bus back to Harvard Square)
• Harvard-Tufts Outdoor Track - 2.4 miles 1-way (near Davis Sq. Red Line stop)
• Harvard-Cousens Gymnasium (Tufts) - 2.7 miles 1-way (near Davis Sq. Red Line stop)
• Harvard-Boston Marathon Finish Line - 2.8 miles 1-way
• Harvard-BAA Half-Marathon Start/Finish Line - 3.0 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Hilton's Tent City - 3.1 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Boston Marathon Finish Line-Hynes Convention Center - 3.2 miles 1-way
• Parents Weekend Run - 3.7 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Fells entrance #1 - 4.3 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Boston WTC - 4.5 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Fells entrance #2 - 4.5 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Fells entrance #3 - 4.6 miles 1-way
• Harvard-ICA museum (free on Thursday nites!) - 4.6 miles 1-way
  [ICA website]
• Harvard-Heartbreak Hill (turn around at Irving St.) - 5.1 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Fresh Pond Reservoir (fastest route) - 5.4 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Corey's Hill (HUGE hill in Brookline) - 5.7 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Franklin Park Cross Country site - 5.8 miles 1-way
• Harvard-L Street Bath House on South Boston waterfront - 5.8 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Fresh Pond Reservoir (scenic route, via river/Brattle/Mt. Auburn) - 6.0 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Franklin Park (via the long/scenic route) - 7.3 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Belmont dirt path-River loop - 8.1 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-"7 Hills of Somerville" loop - 8.9 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Charlestown-Union Square loop - 9.2 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Freedom Trail loop - 11.8 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Orange Line Corridor loop (Arboretum, Jamaica Pond, etc.) - 12.5 miles roundtrip
• Woodland T-Marathon Finish-Harvard - 12.5 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Mystic Lakes loop - 13.4 miles roundtrip
• Wellesley-Woodland-Marathon Finish Line - 14 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Watertown-Heartbreak Hill-Corey's Hill - 14 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Brookline reservoirs-Summit Ave.-Marathon Finish Line loop - 14.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Castle Island loop - 14.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-National Heritage Museum (in Lexington, free!) - 14.7 miles roundtrip
  [National Heritage Museum website]
• Harvard-Watertown-Marathon/Newton Hills loop - 15.8 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-UMass Boston-Castle Island-Charlestown Bridge loop - 18.3 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-UMass Boston-Castle Island loop - 18.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Orange Line Corridor-Corey's Hill-Heartbreak Hill (outbound)-Watertown Square-Mt. Auburn Street-Harvard loop - 20 miles roundtrip

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