Walk in Boston # 6, Castle Island in South Boston, is a 2 miles self-guided tour that will take you about 1:30 to 4 hours to complete depending on what you chose to do. It’s an easy walk that will bring you close to the sea and can be used for jogging, but you’d better have a car to get there.

This walk is now only available on Payhip in pdf format with a clickable map and updated descriptions.

In this pdf you will also find:

• the list of Highlights.
• the Metro stops to get there and back and infos for Cars.
• tips about restrooms, places to sit and eat.
• details about a particular place you will find on your route.

You can download it (or just the map of the walk) to your phone to help you in your discoveries.

This will allow you to live a unique experience of the city far from what you might find elsewhere.

If you purchased the Boston NYC book, this download will be free for you, just send me a note for an access code for this walk if you don’t have it already.

The description below, incomplete and with cropped photos, gives you an idea of this walk before you decide to buy it.

A: Your walk starts …, and it is very simple: you are going to follow …in front of you along ..

It means Castle Island is not an island anymore! It was one in the 1630’s when the first fortress was built.

What makes the walk interesting is that it is …, and it gradually takes you off the coast.

B: The round structure called the … you’ll find after a while is a good point to sit and take pictures. It will surely be windy; you’ll see cormorants and the Boston Harbor Islands in front of you; you’ll also hear the sound of the navigation buoys’ bells. It will look like you are on the high seas, and you came for this feeling.

For the rest, the scenery and the pier will remain the same …

C: Once at the…, you’ll realize you cannot easily enter …. However, guided tours are offered between noon and 3pm on Saturday and Sunday in season; free self guided tours are available 3 months a year on Thursday evening between 7pm and dusk, weather permitted. If you are interested, you’ll find the exact schedule on the web.

You came for something else anyway: the strategic location of the place puts you in the middle of the …. This is what makes its charm; in addition to the sights of all kinds of people who walk, sunbathe, fish, or dream in front of the sea.

The waves are noisier, boats of all kinds cruise off the coast, you rub shoulders with a commercial harbor and its mountains of various containers; in the distance, planes come and go ..t. That’s all there is to see, but it’s exotic enough to be worth it.

D: If you go around … you’ll see an ice-cream and seafood platters stand at the entrance near the parking lot. Horse-riding rangers will perhaps pose for the photo; a bit further, there will be a children’s playground area, and a small beach.

You now have to decide how you want to come back to your starting point: if you like looping trails, take the sidewalk … Otherwise, retrace your steps on the jetty, and breathe the sea air and spray again (that’s what the map shows you).

E: The beach …d opens to a very quiet and protected body of water…. It makes a perfect spot to let your children go and bath without fearing a wave will grab them. On the other side of the road, next to …, a park with a big playground area could interest them too.

Otherwise, go to … It’s also a quiet beach that extend the Carson Beach described in the Walk on Boston # 7, the Dorchester Bay shores.

It has a different view to the Dorchester Bay, though, but the general comments about the sand and the water are still the same: you’re not in Florida, but if you want to spend a day at the beach when still in Boston, it’s an interesting option.

If you want to walk more, or if you walked there from the subway station, all the buildings…, on the beach side, are historical: there are two yachts clubs, and two bathhouses (not open to the public anymore, it seems).

It will give you a good idea of what the place was at one point in time. You can even see people bowling in a grassy triangle … if you eavesdrop on their conversation and brawls, it could be exactly what you needed to understand the special character of South Boston.

Convinced that this walk will be exceptional? Find it on Payhip.