Participant Information: Directions and Parking

Getting to Start/Finish at White Stadium in Franklin Park

PARKING

  • 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.
  • There is no parking within Franklin Park on race day.

 

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UMASS BOSTON CAMPUS PARKING & 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
  • 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.

UMass Boston Satellite Parking Map 

 

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JFK/UMASS MBTA RED LINE STATION SHUTTLE SERVICE

  • No parking at this location
  • For more information on WMATA, visit: www.mbta.com
  • See map above
  • Shuttle service will run 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.

 

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FOREST HILLS MBTA ORANGE LINE STATION SHUTTLE SERVICE

  • No parking at this location.
  • For more information on WMATA, visit: www.mbta.com
  • Shuttle service to Franklin Park from from 6:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.
  • Pick up and drop off on Hyde Park Avenue in front of T stop
  • 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 Shuttle Service 

 

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RUNNER DROP-OFF & PICK-UP AT SOUTH ENTRANCE OF FRANKLIN PARK ZOO

  • No parking at this location.
  • 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.
  • 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 1

1966 - Bobbi Gibb

In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was the first female to run the Boston Marathon.