Directions & Parking

PARKING ON BEACON HILL

Much of the on-street parking in the Beacon Hill area is resident-only, although a very few free Visitor Parking spaces are available on a few streets on the Hill. Drivers are strongly advised to garage their cars in one of the several parking facilities located around the perimeter of the Hill. Alternatively, metered, on-street parking may be found on Charles, Beacon, Arlington, or Boylston Streets, or on Cambridge, Staniford, or New Chardon Streets near Government Center.

A few recommended parking facilities:

  • Center Plaza/One Beacon Street. The entrance is accessible only from lower Tremont Street.
  • Charles Street Parking Garage at 144 Charles Street.
  • Boston Common Garage. This 1300-space parking facility is located under Boston Common. The garage is handicap-accessible and well lit.
  • Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Garage. Located just north of the Charles Street MBTA station at 243 Charles Street.

Directions to Beacon Hill

FROM EASTBOUND MASS PIKE (I-90):
Take Exit 22 (Prudential Center/Copley Square Exit). Follow signs to Copley Square (right lane). Left on Dartmouth Street (first light). Turn right onto Boylston Street (second light). Note: Boylston splits at Arlington—Stay to the left of the center median! Turn left onto Charles Street. Stay right to enter Boston Common Parking Garage. The second light from the corner of Arlington and Charles Streets is Beacon Street. You may turn either to the right or left onto Beacon Street. Some metered parking is located on the north side of Beacon Street. However, as it is rare to find such spaces and the allotted time is no more than two hours, we recommend parking in the Boston Commons Parking Garage.

OR

Take Exit 22 (Prudential Center/Copley Square Exit). As you come off the ramp, go straight for three blocks and take a left onto Berkeley Street. Take Berkeley Street past Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Street and bear right as it merges with Storrow Drive. Once on Storrow Drive, take a right on the exit marked Government Center. At the end of the off-ramp, take a hard right onto Charles Street, passing a CVS Pharmacy on your left.


FROM I-93 NORTH OR SOUTH VIA STORROW DRIVE:
Take Exit 26 (Storrow Drive). Exit at Government Center/Kendall Square/Cambridge. Follow signs to Government Center (Cambridge Street). Stay on Cambridge Street as it turns into Tremont Street. From Tremont Street, take a right onto Park Street. Proceed up Park; at intersection with Beacon Street, turn left or right.

OR

Take Exit 26 (Storrow Drive).Continue to the end of the off-ramp and follow the signs for Storrow Drive, bearing left. Once on Storrow Drive, take your first left-hand exit toward Government Center. At the end of the off-ramp, go straight through two sets of lights and onto Charles Street, passing a CVS Pharmacy on your left.


FROM SOUTH OF BOSTON
Follow 95 North until it joins 93 North (95N will split; 95N continues on left, 93N is on the right) Stay on 93N until you enter the tunnel beneath the city of Boston and take the exit for the Storrow Drive. Follow signs for Storrow Drive, bearing right. Once on Storrow Drive, take your first left-hand exit toward Government Center. At the end of the off-ramp, go straight through two sets of lights, and onto Charles Street, passing a CVS Pharmacy on your left. You will see the Charles Street Parking Garage about 50 yards down Charles Street on the right (address is 144 Charles Street).


FROM CAMBRIDGE
Go through Kendall Square or along Memorial Drive to the Longfellow Bridge. Once across bridge turn right onto Charles Street.


PUBLIC TRANSIT BY MBTA TO BEACON HILL
By Subway. For locals and many suburban residents, the best way to get to Beacon Hill may be by subway. You may reach Beacon Hill on the Red, Orange, Green, or Blue Lines, detraining from the stations as indicated below, and then walking to the Hill:

By Bus. There are no bus stops on Beacon Hill.