Pool Directions and Accommodations


Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA), Buzzards Bay, MA
From the South c Take I-95 North to Providence, RI.  Take I-195 East to Rte. 25 East.  Take Exit 2 off Route 25.  Directions continue below.

From the West c Take I-84 to I-90 East (Mass. Pike).  Take I-495 South to Rte. 25 East.  Take Exit 2 off Rte. 25.  Directions continue below.

From the North c Take I-93 South to Rte. 3 South to Rte. 6 & 28 West to Buzzards Bay or take Rte. 24 South  to 495 South to Rte. 25 East.  Take Exit 2 off Rte. 25.  Directions continue below.

 Follow MMA signs on rotary.  Once on Main Street in Buzzards Bay take a left at the only set of lights onto Academy Drive.  Proceed º mile to MMA campus.  Turn right into parking lot just before gate.  Pool entrance is far left door in first building.

Accommodations:
Best Western (508)759-0800.  6 minutes to pool.
Bay Motor Inn (508)759-3989. 3 minutes to pool.
Buttermilk Bay Inn (508)743-0800.  Seasonal.  5 minutes to pool.
Cape Cod Canal Region Bed & Breakfast Association (508)759-1458.
Sandwich Motor Lodge (800)282-5353 or (508)888-2285.  15 minutes to pool.

Raynham Athletic Club

From Bourne Bridge: Take Rt 25 to Rt 495 toward Midleboro/Bridgewater. Take exit 6 (Rt 44 West, Taunton). Follow Rt 44 toward Taunton for 3 miles and you'll see RAC on your right. The Raynham Athletic Club is on Rt 44 about 1/2 mile East of its intersection with Rt 24. It's 1250 New State Highway/Rt 44. If you get to Rt 24, you have gone a little too far.


Blodgett Pool at Harvard University

From the South
Take I-95 north to I-93 north. Follow I-93 until Exit 20 (Massachusetts Turnpike). Take Mass. Pike west to Exit 20 (Allston/Cambridge). After paying toll, bear left at fork towards Allston. Turn right at second set of lights onto North Harvard Street. Proceed approximately one mile. The following facilities will be on your left: Harvard Stadium, Bright Hockey Center, Blodgett Pool, Palmer Dixon Tennis Courts, Beren Tennis Center, Gordon Track, Cumnock Field (field hockey), baseball field, and softball field. Ohiri Field, for soccer and lacrosse, will be on your right. Parking is available along the baseball fence behind the Stadium, near the closed end. Due to construction, space is limited. You are encouraged to use public transportation

HOTELS:
Doubletree Guest Suites
617-783-0090
Rooms are reserved under New England Swimming for $109 per night until June 25, 2002.

Sheraton Hotel, Newton
320 Washington St., Newton, MA 02158
617-969-3010

Bridgewater State  College

495 to rte 24 N to exit 15(first exit).  Take 104 E to stop sign (approx. 3 miles). Turn  left.  Take the first right off of the rotary (Rt. 18/28 South).  Take the first left onto Grove St.  Visitors Parking is on the right.
Brown University: Smith Swim Center

Take 95 North to Rhode Island. Once in Providence, take Branch Avenue (Exit 24). Turn right onto Branch Avenue to traffic light. Cross intersection and go up Cypress Street hill to Hope Street (stop sign). Turn right on Hope Street, bear to the left at the fork and cross over Lloyd Avenue. Entrance to Athletic Complex is next driveway on left.

Area Hotels:

Radisson (less than one mile) 401-272-5577
Comfort Inn (Pawtucket) 401-723-6700
Westin Hotel 401-598-8000
Radisson Inn (Warwick) 401-739-3000
Holiday Inn (downtown) 401-831-3900
Sheraton Tara (airport) 401-738-8206
Marriott (downtown) 401-272-2400
Biltmore (downtown) 401-421-0700
Courtyard (downtown) 401-272-1191
Jenny Thompson Competition Pool at Guppey Park, Dover, New Hampshire

DIRECTIONS:  Take exit 8E off Spaulding Turnpike in Dover.  Follow signs for Route 4 East through downtown Dover.  Jenny Thompson Competition Pool at Guppey Park is approximately two miles on Route 4 (also known as Portland Ave.), on the left at the top of the hill.  Pool phone:  743-6085

Hotel List for the NH Seacoast Area:
Anchorage Inn 417 Woodbury Ave. Portsmouth, NH 603-431-8111
 Courtyard by Marriott 1000 Market St. Portsmouth, NH 603-436-2121
 Day's Inn 481 Central Ave. Dover, NH 603-742-0400
 Best Western Hearthside  Portsmouth Ave.  Exeter, NH  603-772-3794
 Hampton Inn 99 Durgin Lane Portsmouth, NH 800-426-7866
 Holiday Inn 300 Woodbury Ave. Portsmouth, NH 603-431-8000
 Howard Johnson Interstate Traffic Circle Portsmouth, NH 603-436-7600
 Meadowbrook Inn  Interstate Traffic Circle Portsmouth, NH 603-436-2700
 Portsmouth Inn 383 Woodbury Ave Portsmouth, NH 603-431-4400
 Sheraton Portsmouth Hotel 250 Market St. Portsmouth, NH  603-431-2300
 Susse Chalet  Borthwick Ave. Ext.  Portsmouth, NH 603-436-6363
 Yoken's Rest./Comfort Inn  Route 1  Portsmouth, NH  603-433-3338
 New England Center 15 Strafford Ave. Durham, NH 800-590-4344
  Greenwood Memorial Pool, 69 Park St., Gardner, MA  01440

Follow Route 128 or 495 to route 2 West.  Take the first Gardner exit (#23).  At the end of the ramp, which feeds into a rotary, take the first right underneath a railroad bridge, following the sign to 140.  At the first traffic light, turn right onto Elm St.  Follow until you come to another rotary.  Enter the rotary and exit it at 9 o!clock.  This is Central Street, which you will follow until it forks left.  You bear to the right at the fork, which is Park Street.  The pool is on the right.

Accommodations:
Wachusett Village Inn and Conference Center
9 village Inn Rd
Westminster, MA  01473
(978) 874-2000
Halifax, DalHousie University

Directions to Scotia Prince
Rte. 95 North  into  Maine, take exit 6A
Go through toll, road turns into I-295
I-295  to Exit 4
Cross bridge, keep right and go onto 1A.
1A turns into Commercial St.
Scotia Prince Terminal is approx. 1 mile on Right

Bring Birth Certificates or Drivers License to go through Customs

From Yarmouth , Nova Scotia to DalHousie University,Halifax
take highway 103.  Take exit 5 at Tantalion .  keep left onto 213 East (Hammonds Plains Road)  Follow this road to the end and take a right onto Bedford Highway.  Follow Bedford Hwy approx. 5 miles, turn Right onto Joseph Howe Drive.  Follow to rotary, take third right out of rotary up Quinpool Rd.  Turn Right on Oxford.  Take third Left on South St.  Pool is on the right.

Hotels: State you are with Swim Nova Scotia
Holiday Inn Select 1980 Robie St. Halifax N.S. Reservations: 1-888-810-7288  
Four Points Sheraton 1496 Hollis St. Halifax N.S.  1-866-444-9494
Econo Lodge 560 Bedford Hwy Halifax, N.S. B3M 2L8 902-442-0303
DalHousie University Residences-Sheriff Hall & Howe Hall Halifax N.S.  Reservations (902) 494-8840

Mashpee Super Swim

John's Pond is located in the northwest section of Mashpee, behind the Barnstable County Fairgrounds.
FROM BOURNE BRIDGE: Take Rte 28 towards Falmouth. Stay on 28 through the Otis Rotary. Exit onto Rte. 151 towards Mashpee/New Seabury. Follow to Currier Rd (just before Fairgrounds). Take left onto Currier Road, and turn right at first Stop Sign onto Hooppole Road and follow to the next Stop Sign. Take right onto Back Rd. and follow through Trailer Park to the Town Beach.
FROM SAGAMORE BRIDGE: Take Route 6 to Exit #2. Follow Route #130 South into Mashpee. At the intersection of Great Neck Road, turn RIGHT and follow to Mashpee Rotary. Take the first RIGHT around Rotary (Rte #151). Follow to just past Barnstable County Fairgrounds. Take RIGHT onto Currier Rd., then RIGHT at Stop Sign onto Hooppole Road. Follow to the next Stop Sign and take RIGHT onto Back Road and follow through Trailer Park to Town Beach.

Salem State College O'Keefe Center

From 128N take Exit 25A toward Salem (114E) Follow 114E through downtown Salem onto Route 1A (Canal Street). Stay on Canal Street 1 1/2 miles, Salem State  O!Keefe Center will be on your left. Plenty of parking. Walk up ramp to complex  entrance. 

Hotel Accommodations  Econo Lodge, Danvers (20 minutes)  978-777-1700
Kings Grant Inn, Danvers (20 minutes)  978-774-6800
Marriott Courtyard  (15 minutes)  978-777-8630
Hawthorne Hotel  (3 minutes)  978-744-4080



Springfield College - Art Linkletter Natatorium

TAKE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE TO EXIT 6
TURN LEFT TO ROUTE 291 WEST
PROCEED ONE MILE TO EXIT 5 (EAST SPRINGFIELD- INDIAN ORCHARD
AFTER YOU TURN RIGHT AT END OF EXIT RAMP ONTO ROUTE 20A, YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GET INTO THE LEFT LANE ON ROUTE 20A
TAKE IMMEDIATE LEFT AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL ONTO ROOSEVELT AVENUE
PROCEED THREE MILES TO ALDEN STREET
TURN RIGHT ONTO ALDEN STREET AND PROCEED ONE-HALF MILE TO CAMPUS

LODGING

MARRIOTT 1500 Main St., Spfld.  413-781-7111
SHERATON  1 Monarch Pl., Spfld.  413-781-1010
HOLIDAY INN  711 Dwight St., Spfld.  413-781-0900
SUPER 8  1500 Riverdale St. W.Spf.  413-736-8080
COMFORT INN  450 Memorial Dr., Chic. 413-739-7311
COMFORT INN & Suites  106 Capital Dr. W. Spf.  413-736-5000
DAYS INN  437 Riverdale Rd. W. Spf. 413-785-5365
ECON LODGE  1533 Elm St., W. Spf.  413-734-8278
HAMPTON INN  1011 Riverdale, W. Spf. 413-732-1300
FOUR POINTS SHERATON
(formerly Harley Hotel) 1 Bright Meadow Rd. Enf. (in Conn.) 413-737-3206
HOLIDAY INN  245 Whiting Farms Rd.,
Holyoke (off 91, near Ma.
Pike - exit 4  413-534-3311
BEST WESTERN  1080 Riverdale St., W. Spf.  413-781-8750
RAMADA INN 356 Burnett Rd., Chic.  413-592-9101
RAMADA INN 21 Baldwin W. Spfld.  413-781-2300
RED CARPET INN  560 Riverdale Rd. W. Spf. 413-733-6678
RED ROOF INN  1254 Riverdale St., W. Spf. 413-731-1010
HOWARD JOHNSONS    413-783-2111


McDermott Pool, Sandy Lane, Warwick, Rhode Island


From the North: Take 95 South into Rhode Island and get off at Exit 12A (Main Street) Route 113 East. Follow Route 113 East until the end (Route 117). Take a left at that light and bear to the left. Take a left at the next light onto Sandy Lane. The pool will be on the left approximately 300 feet after the light. (Mickey Stevens Comple
Ft Lauderdale: The Hall of Fame Aquatic Complex
Directions to Pool From Airport - Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Directions to Pool From Airport - Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The Hall of Fame Aquatic Complex is located on Fort Lauderdale Beach, two blocks South of Las Olas Boulevard between
IntraCoastal Waterway and A1A.
From West Palm Beach Airport: Take I95 south to Sunrise Boulevard. Then go east to A1A/Beach. Turn right on S.E. 5th Street/Hall
of Fame Drive.
From Miami Airport: Take I95 North to 595-East and follow to US1 North. Follow to S.E. 17th Street, turn right and proceed over
bridge to beach/A1A. Follow to S.E. 5th Street/Hall of Fame Drive and turn left.
From Fort Lauderdale Airport: Take US1 North to S.E. 17th Street and turn right. Proceed over bridge to beach/A1A. Take this to
S.E. 5th Street/Hall of Fame Drive and turn left.

    
Ocean Beach, New London CT
Outdoor 50 Meter Pool inside Ocean Beach Park.  Waterslides, Arcade, Boardwalk, Theatre, Large Beach, Playground
DIRECTIONS: Route 95 South to EXIT 82A*, Frontage Rd. Follow signs to Coleman Street. Left onto Coleman Street. At the end of Coleman St., turn left onto Bank. First Right onto Ocean Ave to end. Right at blinking light onto Neptune, follow into Park.

*note exit 82A only exists northbound

Hotels:  Book early as this is a vacation area.
Holiday Inn 860-442-0631 (exit 82A)
Radison Hotel 860-443-7000 (exit 84)
Red Roof Inn 860-444-0001 (exit 82A)
Spring Hill  860-439-0151
Light  House Inn 860-443-8411
Long Island.  Eisenhower Park Good Will Games Pool
50 Meter Indoor Facility
Directions: I-95 South towards Bronx, NY to Throgs Neck Expwy continue South on Clearview Expressway.  Go east on LI expressway (I-495), exit 39  South, turn right on Glen Cove Rd.  Glen Cove Rd becomes Clinton St.  

Medford High School
Bowdoin
Northeastern University
93 N to exit 16 (Andrews Square exit)  go left at lights and cross over 93, follow to Melnea Cass, go  Left on to Melnea Cass, follow Melnea Cass to end  then go L onto Tremont  then take first right onto Ruggles then  Right onto Huntington Ave.  Pool is on the right.