Emerald Necklace Tour

Cycling Route

Details

17.42 mi

466 ft

This tour visits the Emerald Necklace, a series of parks designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted that snake through different neighborhoods of Boston. Some of the highlights of this tour include:

•The Boston Common and Public Garden
•The famous Charles River Esplanade
•The Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
•The Rose Kennedy Greenway – Boston’s newest public park
•The Arnold Arboretum
•Jamaica Pond and Jamaica Plain
•The Southwest Corridor Park

Created By

Jeff Hamel

November 7, 2016·Public

Route and Elevation

Segments

Name	Distance	Elev. Diff.	Avg. Grade
Staniford climb past the old asylum	0.18 mi	23 ft	2.3%
Climb to the Commons	0.31 mi	59 ft	3.7%
The easy way up	0.09 mi	20 ft	3.8%
Beacon Hill Bomb - Vernon St	0.14 mi	-56 ft	-7.3%
Commonwealth Cranking	0.47 mi	3 ft	0.2%
Park Northbound	0.42 mi	3 ft	0.1%
Park Drive Climb 2.0	0.35 mi	10 ft	0.6%
Riverway Path - Park Drive to Longwood Station	0.32 mi	-0 ft	-0.0%
Riverway Path - Park Drive to Parkway	0.67 mi	-0 ft	-0.0%
Bussey Hill Wimp-Out	0.33 mi	66 ft	3.7%
Arboretum half hill	0.35 mi	66 ft	3.5%
South West Corridor (Forest Hills to Ruggles)	2.67 mi	-33 ft	-0.2%
New SWC Forest Hills to RCC	2.29 mi	-36 ft	-0.2%
Carolina to Ruggles	2.22 mi	-36 ft	-0.3%
SWCP Williams to Gordon	0.19 mi	-13 ft	-1.0%
Carolina Ave to Jackson Sq	1.19 mi	-10 ft	-0.1%
SWCP Green to New Minton	0.30 mi	-10 ft	-0.2%
SWCP New Minton to Stony Brook MBTA	0.15 mi	-10 ft	-0.9%
SWCP Stony Brook MBTA to Atherton	0.16 mi	-0 ft	0.0%
Jackson Sq to Ruggles	1.06 mi	-23 ft	-0.3%
SWCP Heath to Ceder	0.22 mi	-0 ft	-0.1%
Barmoni	0.24 mi	-16 ft	-1.4%
SW Corridor Tremont-Ruggles	0.33 mi	0 ft	0.0%