Directions to Jeff & Nancy's House from Rte. 128 or From the North

These are the detailed directions. If this is too much detail, try the short directions instead.

Notes:

Please note that we have two cats. If you are allergic to cats, don't forget to bring your antihistimines.

The maps on this page were produced by MapQuest and edited with xpaint.

From Route 128/I-95:

Summary: Exit 44B (or 44) to Rte. 129 East until the 129/129A split. Then go straight until you hit water.

Estimated travel time from Rte. 128 is 10-15 minutes.

map showing path from Rte. 128 to Nahant

Details:

  1. Use your favorite maps, road signs, etc. to find your way to I-95 and/or Rte. 128. If you're travelling at or near rush hour, check the Rte. 128 and/or I-95 traffic reports.
  2. If you're coming from South, West or Northwest of Boston, get on I-95/Rte. 128 Northbound. If you're coming from Northeast of Boston (where I-95 and Rte. 128 are separate roads), get on I-95 or Rte. 128 Southbound.
  3. If you're on 128/I-95 North, get off at Exit 44B and follow signs to Route 129 East. (Do not get off at Exit 40 or Exit 44A even though these exits also go to route 129.) 129 bears right at the exit.
    If you're on 128/I-95 South, get off at Exit 44 and follow signs to Route 1 South. (Do not get off at any of the earlier Route 1 exits.) When you get onto Rte. 1, you'll get your own lane. Stay in this lane and follow it when it exits (which will be the second exit), onto Route 129 East. Watch the intersection at the end of the ramp--the first possible left bypasses the intersection and puts you back on 1 north toward route 128/I-95. You want the second possible left, through the intersection with the traffic light, onto 129 East.
  4. Very shortly, you will come to a rotary. (That's what New Englanders call traffic circles). (This is where the directions from 128/95 North and from 128/95 South merge.) Get out of the rotary onto 129 East (which is also called Lynnfield Street). Note your mileage (or zero your trip odometer) as you leave the rotary.

    Once you're out of the rotary, forget about route numbers and street names, and just go straight at every intersection until you get to the ocean (about 5 miles). (At one point, you'll go straight and 129 will turn off.) It may not be entirely clear what "straight" means, but if you follow your instincts, you will end up in the right place. Note also that the road will get narrower and narrower. Just when the road is so narrow that you think you might be in someone's driveway, the road will curve sharply to the right and end at the ocean. Here are some landmarks:

    Miles
    From
    Prev.     		Total
    Miles     		Description of Intersection or Landmark
    0.0 mi. 0.0 mi. Goodwin's Circle. Rotary where Rte. 128/I-95, Rte. 1 and Rte. 129 meet. You're now on Lynnfield St.
    2.6 mi. 2.6 mi. Wyoma Square. A fairly big intersection. The sign saying "Wyoma Square" is after you leave the square. You're now on Broadway.
    0.5 mi. 3.1 mi. 129/129A fork. There's an Exxon station in the middle of the fork. You want to go straight (which is the left fork) onto 129A. You're now on Chestnut St. (Note that 129 was relocated through Lynn a couple of years ago. 129A is still labeled as 129 on most maps.)
    0.4 mi. 3.5 mi. 129A turns off, joining 107. You continue straight on Chestnut St.
    1.0 mi. 4.5 mi. You cross a bridge over the railroad tracks. Follow Chestnut St. around to the right after the bridge. (You can't go straight here, so the closest thing to straight is to stay on Chestnut.)
    0.2 mi. 4.7 mi. You go straight across Rte. 1A at a traffic light. You're now on Atlantic St.
    0.2 mi. 4.9 mi. You come to a stop sign. After the stop sign, the road is noticeably narrower, and looks like it might be a private road or driveway. Don't worry. It isn't. You're now on Atlantic Terrace.
    0.1 mi. 5.0 mi. Atlantic Terr. curves sharply to the right and ends at a stop sign. You see the Atlantic Ocean in front of you.

  5. At the end of Atlantic Terrace, turn right (the only direction you can legally turn) onto Lynn Shore Drive.
  6. After 0.5 mile, you'll come to a rotary. Go straight (about 2/3 of the way around), getting onto the causeway (Nahant Rd.) towards Nahant. There's a white "Entering Nahant" sign on the right just before you leave the rotary.
  7. Follow the directions below labeled "End Game."

From Peabody

Summary: Washington St. out of Peabody Square. Bear left on Lynn St. (which becomes Broadway in Lynn). In Wyoma Square, bear left, staying on Broadway. Then follow the directions from 128 above, starting from Wyoma Square.

map showing path from Peabody to Nahant

Details:

  1. Take Washington St. out of Peabody Square.
  2. Bear left at the fork (toward Lynn) onto Lynn St.
  3. Lynn St. will become Broadway in Lynn.
  4. When you get to Wyoma Square (a major intersection), Broadway makes a left turn. Once you've made this left turn, you're in the middle of the directions from Rte. 128 above. Find Wyoma Square on those directions, and continue from there.

From Salem, Beverly, or Cape Ann

Summary: Rte. 1A South through Salem and Swampscott into Lynn. Left at the first traffic light in Lynn. Right at the ocean. Straight to the rotary, then End Game.

  1. Get on Rte. 1A South and follow it through Salem and Swampscott.
  2. Zero your trip odometer or note your mileage when you reach the Salem/Swampscott line, which is in Vinin Square, a half-mile long strip of shopping centers.
  3. 1.6 mile after the Salem/Swampscott line, watch for C & L Bottled Liquors on your right, in the middle of an S curve in the road. After this curve, you will go through a traffic light, and then you will see a white sign on the left side of the road that says "Entering Lynn." At the traffic light immediately after the "Entering Lynn" sign (which is 0.1 mile after the liquor store), turn left onto Eastern Ave./Rte. 129 East
  4. 129 turns off (but you don't) after one block. Stay on Eastern Ave. for a second short block, until it ends at the Ocean.
  5. When you get to the ocean, turn right onto Lynn Shore Drive.
  6. After 1.0 mile, you'll come to a rotary. Go straight (about 2/3 of the way around), getting onto the causeway (Nahant Rd.) to Nahant.
  7. Follow the directions below labeled "End Game."

End Game

Summary: End of causeway. Second left. Second house on the left.

Details:

  1. Travel the length of the causeway (about 1.4 miles). If it has recently rained heavily and it is near the time of high tide, stay in the left lane to avoid the large puddles.


    2. map of Little Nahant
  2. 0.2 mile after the causeway ends, take your second left onto Little Nahant Road. This turn is hard to see until you're right there, but there's a stone wall on your left just before the turn. If you get to a boarded up Coast Guard station on your left, you went too far.


    3. aerial photo of our house

  3. Our house is 8 Little Nahant Road. It's the second house on the left, at the first curve in the road. The house is a yellow gambrel-roofed Dutch colonial, with red trim. The house number is on the lamp post.

    The best places to park are in the driveway, in the spaces behind the garage (which are accessible from Chamberlin Circle), or on etiher side of Chamberlin Circle. If Chamberlin Circle is parked up, ask us for other options. (Sometimes some of our neighbors let us use parts of their driveways.)

Here is a picture of the house, as you approach it on Little Nahant Road:

picture of house

Telephone

Our telephone number is (781) 592-5802.

jcb's homepage / send email

Last modified: Sun Apr 17 09:25:05 2005 by jcb@mit.edu