Two If By Sea Ride to Deer Island
10:00 am, Saturday, July 26, 2008

Bike 30 miles from Charlestown, starting on the East Coast Greenway route north to Malden, then east through Malden, Everett, and Revere to Revere Beach and along the shore of Boston Harbor to the tip of Deer Island. We'll ride back through East Boston, stopping at Constitution Beach for lunch, then down the East Boston Greenway to the Mystic River and back to Charlestown through Chelsea and Everett.

Details

Cyclists on Deer Island
Cyclists on Deer Island, July 22, 2007

Map and Cue Sheet

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Getting There

Bicycle
From Boston's North End, the Boston Harborwalk passes under the Charlestown bridge to the south end of the dam or you can enter off Causeway St. east of North Station. You can also follow one leg of our route from Sullivan Square in Charlestown if you are coming from north of the Charles River.

MBTA
You can take your bike on T rapid transit lines and some bus lines for no extra charge. Details are on the MBTA website.

From North Station, turn (right from Orange Line, left from Commuter Rail) on Causeway St., then take the first left after North Station to the dam and cross it.

Car
Parking in Charlestown is very challenging. Please consider biking or taking the T to the ride. You can pay to park at the Sullivan Square MBTA lot a mile from the start or a commercial garage close to the start on Constitution Road.

Bailout points

You can turn around in Winthrop before we head south to Deer Island or leave the group on the way back in East Boston or Chelsea, if you are headed north, or Sullivan Square, if you are headed west.

We'll go by several Blue Line stations in Revere and East Boston and will pass the Sullivan Square Orange Line station twice.