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| 105.1 | Pointer to a good map | JACOB::GREENWOOD | Tim Greenwood | Wed Jul 23 1986 16:32 | 17 |
| I cannot help you directly, but only last night decided to find
a safe route from south Chelmsford to the Mill I can recommend
consulting the US Geological survey 1:25000 maps of the areas. A
look at these quickly showed me a set of small back roads that will
allow me to entirely miss route 27.
The maps are available from the US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
(forget the zip), or from the map store in Harvard Square (downstairs,
in, I think, "The Garage").
My maps do not extend to your house, but I will look tonight from
the closest point. (If you can get to the rotary where 2A and 2
join, I know a nice route from there.)
Tim
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| 105.2 | Maps | OBLIO::WADE | | Wed Jul 23 1986 21:11 | 2 |
| the outdoor store in maynard used to have topo maps
paul
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| 105.3 | | APOLLO::DEHAHN | | Thu Jul 24 1986 11:21 | 7 |
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EMS in Boston has one of the better selections. I also have an old
catalog for the USCGS maps if you need it.
CdH
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| 105.4 | Try Hammets in Shopper's World for maps, or EMS.\ | NUWAVE::HATCHER | | Thu Jul 24 1986 21:19 | 21 |
| Those maps are referred to as "ten minute maps" because they are
ten minutes of longitude. EMS is a good place to get them as is
Hammets (?) at Shoppers World in Framingham. I think that's the
name, it's the school supply next to Papa Gino's.
I used to work in Lexington and Concord, Route 2A is the most direct
route, but probably heavily travelled. I depends on how much traffic
bothers you.
I'm a little gun shy of traffic. In 1981 I was living in Houston
and commuted the 6 miles to work on my bike. I got hit by a car
and got thrown from the bike, it took 17 stitches to close the cut
in my leg. The cut was deep enough that my knee cap was sticking
out, a nice clean cut. I was back running one week later. Didn't
bike that route again.
Good luck, wear a helmet and be careful.
Bob Hatcher
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| 105.5 | 15 min, 7.5 min, yes, 10 min no. | SHIVER::JPETERS | John Peters, DTN 266-4391 | Fri Jul 25 1986 12:54 | 11 |
| re .4, sorry, they're 7.5 minute maps, I believe, also available
mail order from the gummint, who take a LONG time, months,
to process orders.
Major libraries that are official gummint repositories have the full
set, which is useful for trip planning and speculation. If you
want to get really fancy, and see the route in advance, scenic vistas
and all, you can get digitized data bases on mag tape from the gummint,
costs about $200 for the info from a 7.5 minute quad. If you're
a software hack, you ought to be able to make the route unfold on
your VTxyz.
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| 105.6 | My Route to Maynard | JETSAM::HANAUER | Mike Hanauer, 223-5991, PKO1/F3 | Wed Aug 06 1986 15:51 | 18 |
| I too live in Lexington and go to Maynard each day. Based on my
experience, suggest Mass Ave (nice and wide), left onto Pleasant St
(by wilson farms), right at the fork to end and right onto Concord
Ave. At end of Concord Av, left onto Spring, then right onto Trapelo
and across 128 (sorry about the hills).
Take Trapelo into Lincoln and turn left onto Lincoln St (at library),
and follow to 117 where you turn right and follow to Maynard. 117 is
a bit narrow, but I don't know of a real alternative without
significant extra miles.
If you live near Mass Ave at the ArLex line, it's probably about 16
miles each way.
For an area map, suggest the Explorer map. It's available at Lincoln
Guide Service which is on the above route.
Mike
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| 105.7 | Worth the wait, though | VIKING::BROWN | | Mon Aug 18 1986 19:32 | 5 |
| The previous note was not kidding: I ordered 11 1:25,000 topo maps
of the area (Shirley, Hudson, Natick, Clinton, Framingham, Marlboro,
Shrewsbury, Concord, Ayer, Westford, Maynard) on June 6th, 1986
and they arrived August 18th, 1986. They are $2.50 each from the
USGS (total $27.50; no shipping) and were sent UPS with no damage.
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