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H: Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Directions

Directions for the following New England locations:

Waltham Field Station
Elm Bank
Tower Hill
Plane View Nursery
Cedar Hill Girl Scouts


UMASS Waltham Field Station

From Route 128/I-95, take Exit 27, Totten Pond Road east towards Waltham center. Follow Totten Pnd Road for 1.2 miles to end at traffic light. Turn right onto Lexington Road, get in left lane and turn left at the traffic light onto Beaver Road and travel 0.2 miles to rotary. Go 3/4 way around rotary continuing on Beaver Street up hill past Bentley College on both sides. 1.2 miles from rotary, UMASS Waltham Field Station is a buick building on right in open fields, Look for brick greenhouse chimney. Parking beside and behind building.

240 Beaver Street
Waltham, MA
Driving Directions

Elm Bank

From North, South, and East or using Route 128: Take Route 16 West through town of Wellesley, then past Wellesley College on the right until you see a sign for Hunnewell Farm on the right and a large red barn. Immediately turn left at the sign for Elm Bank Reservation and cross the bridge to one-way loop road. Follow signs to MHS.

From West or using Route 495: Take Route 9 East to Route 27 in Natick; go South 27 for 4 miles to Sherborn; go left on Route 16 past Pleasant Street for 2 miles until you see a sign for Hunnewell Farm on the left and a large red barn. Immediately turn right at the sign for Elm Bank Reservation and cross the bridge to one-way loop road. Follow signs to MHS.

900 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02482
Driving Directions

Tower Hill

From Boston:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit 11A for Route 495. Take Route 495 north to Exit 25B for Route 290 west. Follow toward Worcester. Take Exit 24, Church Street, Northborough/Boylston. Follow to Boylston 3 miles. Entrance to Tower Hill on right; dark red sign designates entrance

From Providence, Rhode Island:
From Route 95 north, take Route 146 north exit. Follow for approximately 35 miles to Worcester.
In Worcester, take the exit for Route 290 east. Follow through the city to Exit 24, Church Street, Northborough/Boylston. Follow to Boylston 3 miles. Entrance to Tower Hill on right; dark red sign designates entrance

From Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike East toward Boston. Follow for approximately 40 miles to Exit 10, Route 290 Worcester. Take Route 290 east. Follow through the city to Exit 24, Church Street, Northborough/Boylston. Follow to Boylston 3 miles. Entrance to Tower Hill on right; dark red sign designates entrance

From the North or Northwest:
Take Route 2 toward Leominster. Take Route 190 South to Route 140 -- Exit 5. Turn left on Route 140 South.Continue on Route 140 through West Boylston to traffic light at intersection of Route 140 and Route 70. Turn left onto Route 70. Travel 1 mile through center of Boylston continue on Route 70 another 1/2 mile until you come to a blinking yellow light at French Drive (blue highway sign will tell you to turn right for Tower Hill Botanic Garden). Turn right and proceed a short distance to the entrance to Tower Hill Botanic Garden on left; dark red sign designates entrance

OR

Take Route 2 to Exit 35 -- Route 70 Lancaster Lunenburg. Follow Route 70 through Lancaster and Clinton until you pass Tahanto Regional High School on your right. Approx. 1-1/4 miles further along Route 70, make a left at the blinking yellow light at French Drive (blue highway sign will indicate a left turn for Tower Hill). Tower Hill Botanic Garden is on left; dark red sign designates entrance

11 French Drive
Boylston, Massachusetts 01505
Driving Directions

Plane View Nursery

From Boston and points north take Route 24 south through Fall River; continue on Route 24 into Rhode Island towards Newport. Cross Sakonnet River, stay on 24 until it ends (Exit 1) and becomes Route 138 East towards Newport. Take left at the lights on Union Street. Follow union to the end and turn right. At the next set of lights tale a left on Sandy Point Road. Take next right on Wapping Road, go approximately 2 miles to sign for Planview Nursery on left. Proceed down driveway, take first left and you are there.

From the Cape take I95 to Fall River to Route 24 signs. Go south on Route 24 towrds Newport following the same directions as above.

770 Wapping Road
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Driving Directions

Cedar Hill Girl Scouts: Great Hall

From Route 128/I-95, take Exit 27, Totten Pond Road east towards Waltham center. Follow Totten Pnd Road for 1.2 miles to end at traffic light. Turn right onto Lexington Road, get in left lane and turn left at the traffic light onto Beaver Road and travel 0.2 miles to rotary. Go 3/4 way around rotary continuing on Beaver Street up hill past Bentley College on both sides. 1.2 miles from rotary, Great Hall is a building on the left at the end of a long driveway.

265 Beaver Street,
Waltham MA
Driving Directions
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