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UMass Boston: A Campus Tour

From a reclaimed harbor dump to a working waterfront campus

Self-guided walking tour in Boston · 2.5 mi · walking · ~1h 29m · 5 stops

UMass Boston: A Campus Tour — From a reclaimed harbor dump to a working waterfront campus · MassRoam self-guided tour
▶ Narrated — included with MassRoam+
About this walk

A university built on a reclaimed harbor landfill, where students study with the Boston skyline and the open Atlantic in view.

Every campus tells one story to visitors and another to itself. This walk covers both. Five stops over 2.5 miles, about an hour of walking. Every stop narrates itself when you get there, at whatever pace you feel like walking.

It is one of 50 tours in Boston, each taking a different line through the city. Nothing is booked and nothing expires, so you can start it on a whim and finish it whenever you like.

The UMass Boston campus on Columbia Point, seen from the west across Dorchester.
The UMass Boston campus on Columbia Point, seen from the west across Dorchester. — 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0

What you get

Stops
5
each narrated, GPS-triggered along the route
Distance
2.5 mi
walking
Time
1h 29m
at your own pace
Access
MassRoam+
subscription, in the app

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