DIRECTIONS
In keeping with the event goals and because parking is very limited, we strongly encourage the use of car- alternative transportation to the Dorchester Beach Festival. Please use the MBTA Red Line Savin Hill stop or consider walking or cycling to the beach. Our partners at DotBike will develop bike maps and marked routes; the T is a short 5 minute walk. Click here for overview map.
DCR Rangers will secure the entrance to the Malibu Beach Morrissey Boulevard parking lot. No general parking will be allowed in this lot. Only vehicles with handicapped credentials and event support vehicles displaying event placards will gain access to this lot. Limited parallel parking will be available in the right southbound lane of Morrissey Boulevard. Please pull close to the curb, but not on the sidewalk and take care not to block any driveways. All passengers should exit from passenger side and use caution when parking and exiting vehicle.
- By MBTA Subway: From the Savin Hill T Station on the Ashmont Branch of the Red line, the beach is a 5-minute walk. Exit the station through the main doors at the north end of the platform onto Savin Hill Ave. Turn right and *proceed over Rt. 93 bridge; take second right onto Playstead Road. You’re at the beach! The Dorchester Beach Festival is down the beach toward the left.
- By Foot:
- From Dorchester Avenue: Take Savin Hill Ave. East next to Rite Aid Drug. Follow above directions*
- From HarborPoint: Take the Harborwalk to Malibu Beach
- By Bicycle: Join DotBike for a kickoff ride to the beach festival! FREE valet bike parking courtesy of DotBike and MassBike.
- Group will leave at 10:30 am from the Southern end of the Neponset River Greenway Trail just over the Milton line at the intersection of Central Avenue and Eliot Street for a 4.5 mile ride.
- Catch the group at 10:45 am at the Southern end (Hallet Street entrance) of Pope John Paul II park for a 3 mile ride. Park your car here & ride up to Malibu Beach with DotBike!
- If you can't make the Main Ride there will be a DotBike escort leaving Pope John Paul II Park every hour on the half hour from 11:30 to 2:30 to escort riders to the festival.
- Escorts back to the park will also be available. Visit the DotBike table at the Dorchester Beach Festival for the return schedule.
If you are coming from elsewhere and would like to ride then check out our recommended ride routes.
- By Car: (if you must):
- From the North: Take William T. Morrissey Boulevard southbound. After UMass lights look for parallel parking on right lane of Morrissey. Use caution when parking and exiting vehicle.
- From the West: Take Columbia Road to Morrissey Boulevard southbound, follow the above directions from the North. Use caution when parking and exiting vehicle.
- From the South: Take Morrissey Boulevard North, stay in left lane through UMass lights and use median U-turn just after light. Follow above directions from the North. Use caution when parking and exiting vehicle.
