Boston Sports Trail GPS tour

Both die-hards and bandwagon jumpers alike can get their sports fix even on off days by visiting stops along the Boston Sports Trail. Use our GPS tour to help make the most of it.

Download the GPS route to your Garmin, TomTom, or other devices by using the links below. Please keep in mind that there are some discrepancies between GPS brand units, and even some coordinates differ slightly. This tour should get you in the approximate areas of the sites.

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The Sports Museum inside TD Banknorth Garden offers an excellent introduction to Boston’s favorite pastimes. A series of Armand LaMontagne wooden sculptures depicts Boston sports greats in familiar poses.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.365801

Lon: -71.060733

Address:

100 Legends Way

A short walk from the Garden is a statue of Red Auerbach, the legendary Celtics coach, clutching his signature stogie and holding court from a bench outside Quincy Market.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.359987

Lon: -71.054163

In the Common’s northwest corner is a monument to the Oneida Football Club, considered America’s first organized football club. The team played the “Boston game,’’ a mix of soccer and rugby, on the Common between 1862 and 1865.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.356451

Lon: -71.066372

Running aficionados will enjoy the small exhibit of Boston Marathon memorabilia on display at the headquarters of the Boston Athletic Association, which includes a gilded pair of running shoes worn by two-time winner Johnny Kelley.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.348519

Lon: -71.075372

Address:

40 Trinity Place

In nearby Copley Square, a 15-foot granite medallion embedded on the Boylston Street side features geographic and topographical maps of the marathon course encircled by the names, countries, and finishing times of previous winners.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.350338

Lon: -71.076136

Kids of all ages will enjoy the racing-inspired statue of a tortoise lumbering ahead of a hare near Trinity Church.

Address:

206 Clarendon Street

The Boston Public Library is the repository of the McGreevey Collection, which includes baseball photographs from 1875 to 1916 that were originally on display inside the Third Base Saloon owned by McGreevey. The highlights are from the first modern World Series in 1903 in which Boston defeated Pittsburgh.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.349509

Lon: -71.079466

Address:

700 Boylston Street

The small courtyard behind Northeastern University’s Cabot Center looks like a typical college quad except for the bronzed figure of former Red Sox flamethrower Cy Young. Young, who used to pitch from that spot when it was the mound at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, tallied the most wins of any hurler in baseball history, with 511.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.33964

Lon: -71.090396

Address:

360 Huntington Avenue

The nearby Ruggles T station has a historical marker noting it was the site of the South End Grounds, which hosted the city’s first professional team, the Red Stockings, beginning in 1871, before becoming the home of the Braves until 1914.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.337125

Lon: -71.089523

Before leaving the Northeastern campus, swing by Matthews Arena, home of the university’s hockey and men’s basketball teams. The building, which opened in 1910, is the oldest artificial ice arena in the world. The Bruins and Celtics played their inaugural games inside the arena.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.341197

Lon: -71.084589

Address:

238 Saint Botolph Street

After the Red Sox left the Huntington Avenue Grounds, they moved across the Fens to their new home. Fenway Park tours run year-round, and the Bleacher Bar has a huge window looking directly out to Fenway’s emerald grass through the center-field wall.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.347159

Lon: -71.097902

Address:

4 Yawkey Way

A mile west of Kenmore Square is Agganis Arena, one of the newest arrivals on the Boston sports scene. The home of Boston University’s NCAA championship men’s hockey team is named after Harry Agganis, BU football and baseball great, who was also a Red Sox first baseman until his death at age 26. In front of the arena is a statue of the “Golden Greek.’’

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.351435

Lon: -71.11754

Address:

925 Commonwealth Avenue

Around the corner from Agganis Arena is Boston University’s Nickerson Field, the first home of the Patriots. The stadium is also the former site of Braves Field, home to the city’s National League franchise from 1915 to 1952. Parts of the original exterior of Braves Field still stand today.

GPS coordinates:

Lat: 42.353826

Lon: -71.120829

Address:

285 Babcock Street