Participant Information: Getting to White Stadium on Race Day

Getting to Start/Finish at White Stadium in Franklin Park

PARKING

There is no parking within Franklin Park on race day.
Parking on the street in the surrounding neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain is extremely limited. We strongly recommend race participants who are driving take the official B.A.A. shuttles from the UMass Boston satellite location.

UMass Boston Campus Parking and Shuttle Service

Parking in the North and South lots on the UMass Boston campus is free. Signage and volunteers will be on-site to assist.

UMass Boston (Student Center)
100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125 (map)
Directions to UMass Boston

The B.A.A. will provide shuttle bus service from the UMass Boston Student Center that will drop-off runners less than a quarter-mile from the Start line.
Shuttle service pre-race will run from 6:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.
Shuttles will pick-up at the UMass Student Center

Return shuttles after the race will run from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All shuttles will pick-up runners at Franklin Park near the intersection of Humboldt Avenue and Seaver Street. This is less than an quarter-mile from the Finish line.

JFK/UMass MBTA Red Line Station and B.A.A. Shuttle Service

No parking at this location.
www.mbta.com

See map above.

Shuttle service to Franklin Park from 6:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.
Pick-up and drop-off in front of the T Station on the Morrissey Boulevard side.

Return shuttle service from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All shuttles will pick-up runners at Franklin Park near the intersection of Humboldt Avenue and Seaver Street. This is less than an quarter-mile from the Finish line.

Forest Hills MBTA Orange Line Station and B.A.A. Shuttle Service

No parking at this location.
www.mbta.com

Forest Hills Map

Shuttle service to Franklin Park from 6:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.
Pick-up and drop-off in front of the Station on Hyde Park Avenue.

Return shuttle service from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All shuttles will pick-up runners at Franklin Park near the intersection of Humboldt Avenue and Seaver Street. This is less than an quarter-mile from the Finish line.

Runner Drop-off and Pick-Up at the South Entrance of the Franklin Park Zoo

You may choose to have a friend or relative drop you off before the race and pick you up after the race.
We suggest North Peabody Circle - l ocated at the South entrance to the Franklin Park Zoo at:
One Franklin Park Road in Boston.
No parking at this location.
Directions to Runner Drop-off/Pick-up 

Roads within Franklin Park will close by 7:45 a.m. and drop-off access near the start line will be blocked. If you plan to be dropped off on race morning, please plan to arrive by no later than 7:45 a.m.

B.A.A. Moment 5

1983 - Greg Meyer

in 1983 Greg Meyer won the Boston Marathon, and remains the last American to have won the men's open division. 

Photo Credit: Fay Foto