Directions to Boston College 

Boston College Main Campus
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Boston College is located in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton, Massachusetts. The campus is approximately six miles west of downtown Boston.

The Icebreaker and Technical Sessions will be held in the Heights, Boston, and Newton Rooms, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
The Heights, Boston, and Newton Rooms are located on the second floor of Corcoran Commons on Boston College's Lower Campus.

Click here to view the Boston College campus in Google Maps.

Click here for a site map of the Boston College Campus.

Click here for directions and parking garage locations.

Parking at Boston College during the ES-SSA meeting:

Sunday parking on the Boston College campus is free.
Monday and Tuesday visitor parking is available in the garages third floor and above.

The Pay Station Locations are as follows:

Beacon Street garage - second floor next to the exit
Commonwealth Avenue - first and fifth floor elevator lobbies.

Payment may be made with cash, Visa, MasterCard or American Express.

Public transportation to and from the Boston College campus

To Boston College from the Holiday Inn:

Board the Green Line C- Outbound at St. Paul St. across the street from the hotel. 

Depart the Trolley at Cleveland Circle (It is the end of the line for the Green Line C).

Once at Cleveland Circle, cross Beacon St in the direction you exit the trolley (you will depart on the right side facing the front of the trolley)

Once you have crossed Beacon St., turn left and walk towards Chestnut Hill Ave.

Turn right onto Chestnut Hill Ave.

Walk up Chestnut Hill Ave. In 300m (just past Roggies Restaurant) you will see a bus stop in front of a Bank of America.

The BC Shuttle stops here (Stop #8 on the BC Shuttle schedule)

Board the BC Shuttle (It will say BC Shuttle on the front and sides. There is no cost to ride)

Click here for the Boston College Shuttle Bus schedule and stops.

Click here to view a complete Massachusetts Subway map.

Click here to view a map of the walking directions detailed above from Cleveland Circle to BC Shuttle Stop #8.


To Boston College from downtown Boston

Board the Green Line D- Outbound

Depart the Trolley at Reservoir Station.

The BC Shuttle stops here (Stop #7 on the BC Shuttle schedule) 

Visiting Weston Observatory

Weston Observatory
Boston College
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
381 Concord Road
Weston, MA 02493-1340

tel 617-552-8300
fax 617-552-8388

The Observatory is open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

Click here for directions to Weston Observatory.