Cue Sheet for "Enlarging Boston's Emerald Necklace" Ride, March 26, 2006 Miles Action 0.0 Start a back entrance to Franklin Park Zoo 0.3 Left on Circuit Drive 0.6 Cross Blue Ave on Glenway 0.6 Immediate left on Old Rd. 0.8 Right on Columbia Rd. 2.5 Bear left on Boston St. at Edward Everett Square 3.2 Straight on Dorchester St. at Andrew Square 4.2 Right on 1st St. 5.2 Left on Day Blvd. 5.7 Castle Island Start at snack stand Turn around and head back down Day Blvd. 6.5 Right on beach-side sidewalk along Day Blvd. 7.1 Pass L Stree Bathhouse 8.0 Bear Left on sidewalk along Carson Beach 8.3 Mother's Rest, a stone gazebo from Olmsted's time Start of Columbia Point bikepaths 8.8 Gazebo past Harbor Point Apartments 8.9 Left on gravel path through Boston Water and Sewer property 9.1 Dirt path for 100 feet 9.2 Pass Kennedy Library 10.0 Pass UMass Boston 10.3 Left on sidewalk on Harbor side of Morrissey Blvd. 10.6 Cross at light to Malibu Beach 10.8 Get back on Morrissey Blvd to cross drawbridge 11.2 Left on Freeport St. 11.5 Left on Victory Rd. to check out future bikepath connections Turn around 11.6 Left on Freeport St. 12.0 Left on Conley St. 12.1 Left on Neponset Trail at Tenean Beach 12.3 Left on Tenean St. 12.4 Bear left on Water St. 12.5 Right on Taylor St. 12.7 Enter Neponset Trail past gate at kiosk 12.8 Stop on monument to native fish 12.9 Pope John Paul II Park 13.1 Pass bicycle mural at I-93 underpass 13.3 Pass bird mural on Hallet St. under I-93 to left 13.7 Future traffic light at Granite Ave. crossing just past Neponset II Park 13.8 Stabilized stone dust path 14.1 Go under Ashmont-Mattapan trolley, "High Speed Line" 14.4 Pass insect mural on path retaining wall 14.5 Cross Neponset River to Milton 14.8 Pass plant mural on trolley retaining wall 14.9 End of Neponset Trail at Central Ave. Right on Central Ave. across Neponset River to Boston Beginning of 2006 Masterplan area 15.0 Left on River St. at light 16.1 Left on Blue Hill Ave. at Mattapan Square Cross Neponset River to Milton (Right on Blue Hill Ave. returns to Franklin Park) 16.2 Bear right on Brush Hill Rd. 16.9 Bear right on Truman Parkway 17.9 Cross Fairmount Ave. at light 18.7 Pass Martini Shell with wildlife mural 19.3 Left on Neponset Valley Parkway 19.4 Stop at Paul's bridge over the Neponset River Turn around 19.6 Straight across the end of the Truman Parkway 20.0 Stop at Wolcott Square for snacks General Store and Dunkin Donuts Right on Hyde Park Ave. under railroad tracks 20.1 Left on Milton St. 20.2 Right on Neponset Valley Parkway Oncoming traffic does not stop 20.4 Left on Neponset Valley Parkway 20.5 Right on Readville St. 20.7 Cross Mother Brook on footbridge 20.8 Right on River St. (Stony Brook Reservation is across the street) 21.1 Right on Business St. 21.1 Right on Reservation Rd. (Left also takes you to Stony Brook Reservation) 21.2 Cross Mother Brook 21.3 Pass football field and skateboard park 21.4 Go over Amtrak Main Line to New York 21.4 Left on Winter St. 21.5 Right on Glenwood Ave. 21.5 Left on Hyde Park Ave. 21.9 Right on Dana Ave. 22.2 Stop on bridge View confluence of Mother Brook and Neponset River Turn around 22.2 Right on Walnut St. 22.4 Pass under Fairmount Ave. Immediate left on Nott St. 22.5 Right on Fairmount Ave. Immediate Right on Pierce St. at light 23.0 Right on River St. 23.3 Left on Wood Ave. 24.2 Straight across Cummins Highway onto Harvard St. 25.0 Left on Walk Hill St. 25.3 Right into old Boston State Hospital property 25.9 Left on Morton St. at light (there is a wide paved shoulder) 26.5 Right into Franklin Park at Scarborough Pond (jump curb) 26.6 Right on car-free portion of Circuit Drive 27.3 Pass golf course clubhouse 27.4 Left on Circuit Drive (now with cars) or Right to cross Blue Hill Ave. and return to Castle Island 27.7 Right at Zoo Entrance 27.9 End of Ride