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Starts: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:00 PM Registration: Pre-registration is optional, but requested (so we know how many maps to print) by Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:00 PM Start Type: Interval (runners start at 1 minute intervals) Map: Franklin Park Organizer: Pia K Webb
Start/Finish will be at the Resting Grounds picnic area in Franklin Park next to Shattuck Hospital. Address for Mapquest search (sorry I couldn’t figure out how to make a link): 75 Circuit Dr, Dorchester, MA 02121 From Roslindale & Hyde Park: Drive up Hyde Park Avenue towards downtown. Just past Forest Hills T stop, turn right onto the Arborway service road underneath the overpass. Go past the courthouse, an old stone church, and brick apartment buildings to the rotary. Follow the signs for Franklin Park. Turn right at the first intersection (immediately after the hospital) and you will see the picnic area to your left. Park along the road. From Fenway & Jamaica Plain: Take the Riverway, Jamaicaway (past the Jamaica Pond boathouse), and stay straight as you go around two traffic circles. Pass the Arnold Arboretum on your right. Just past the Arboretum take left hand lane to be on the overpass. Stay straight and go into the rotary as you come down from the overpass. Go about 2/3 around the circle to the entrance of the park. Follow the signs for Franklin Park. Turn right at the first intersection (immediately after the hospital) and you will see the picnic area to your left. Park along the road. From the south: Take 203 and when it turns into Morton Street, you'll come to a rotary; turn right at the Rotary. Follow the signs for Franklin Park. Turn right at the first intersection (immediately after the hospital) and you will see the picnic area to your left. Park along the road. From the Forest Hills T station on the orange line: Approximately 1 km walk. Follow the Arborway service road underneath the Arborway overpass. Go past the courthouse, an old stone church, and brick apartment buildings to the rotary. Follow the signs for Franklin Park. Turn right at the first intersection (immediately after the hospital) and you will see the picnic area to your left.
This event is part of the Park Orienteering Series 2006
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Scale: 1:7500 Contours: 3m
Mixed open, forested, and thick areas, with lots of trails and rock features. Franklin Park's cross-country course was host to the 1992 World X-C champs.
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