Spring Challenge Directions


        

For the best route from your specific starting location, we suggest using mapquest (or your favorite mapping software).

Merrimack College - Volpe Center
315 Turnpike St., North Andover, MA

Directions via Merrimack College Web Site
Merrimack College Campus Map

Volpe Parking - Lot 4 on Map. Be sure to park in marked spaces. The school has a strict ticket and tow policy.


Rockingham Athletic Club
175 Plaistow Rd., Plaistow, NH

Take Route 495 North to Exit 51B/Route 125 North (Plaistow Rd). Continue to follow Route 125 North past a Home Depot/Wal-Mart on the left and over a bridge. Continue on Route 125 North for approximately 1.5 miles. The Rockingham Athletic Center is on the right.  


READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
62 Oakland Rd., Reading, MA.

From Route 128 (95) North or South: take Exit 38B North and proceed on Rte 28 North through the center of Reading for 2.2 miles. Take left at light onto Birch Meadow Drive (Sign for YMCA and Reading Memorial High School on corner). Take a left onto Oakland Rd at the AAU ßSign and then first right at the AAU à Sign and follow the road bearing to the right. Pass the football field on the right and park in the lot on the left. The gymnasium entrance is all the way down on the left and around the corner (marked with signs).

When exiting, follow signs to right out of parking lot and follow to end of road. Take left onto Oakland Road. At end of Oakland Road, take right onto Birch Meadow Drive and then right back on to Rte 28 (South)


From Route 93 take Exit 38. At the end of exit ramp head toward Reading Square on Route 129 East. At the Old South Methodist Church, keep left in front of the church (continuation of 129) and at the traffic lights (at end of church block) turn left onto Rte. 28 North. Follow directions above to Field House.

 


MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL
360 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA.
 

From Route 128 (I95) North:
Merge onto US-1 South/Newburyport Turnpike via Exit 46 towards Boston. After approx. 5 miles, turn slight right onto Lynn Fells Parkway. Turn Right onto Melrose St.

Pass the 1st driveway (sign: Central Admission Office); take the next left into the for parking lot for the Gymnasium. Enter at the double doors with the "Melrose Gymnasiums" sign above. A sign will be posted for correct entrance. (For overflow parking, take the driveway at the Central Admission Office and walk to the rear of the building).

From Route 128 (I95) South:
Merge onto I-93 North via Exit 12 toward Boston for 25 mi. Merge onto Main St/MA-28 via Exit 34 toward Stoneham/Melrose for .4 mi. Turn Right onto New South St. South St. becomes Pond St. After approx. 1 mile, turn Left onto Lynn Fells Parkway. Pass the front of Melrose High School on the left, then take a Left at the light onto Melrose St. Follow directions above.