Freedom Trail
A 4 kilometre walk through Boston, marked by a red line in the pavement, that links 16 places important in American history. It runs from Boston Common past Faneuil Hall and the Old North Church to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown.
- Where
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 42.3600, -71.0568
Get the Freedom Trail stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Freedom Trail. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Massachusetts volume with your photos and a note.
Near Freedom Trail
Faneuil Hall 0.0 km
A brick market hall and meeting house opened in 1742, where so many speeches and debates were held that it is called the Cradle of Liberty. Shops and stalls fill the ground floor, the Great Hall meeting room is upstairs, and Quincy Market lies just behind.
USS Constitution 1.4 km
A wooden three-masted frigate launched in 1797, the oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat anywhere. She won the nickname Old Ironsides when cannonballs seemed to bounce off her oak hull in 1812, and is berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Fenway Park 3.7 km
The oldest active ballpark in Major League Baseball, home of the Boston Red Sox since 1912. Its quirks include the tall left-field wall known as the Green Monster and the right-field foul pole called Pesky's Pole.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 3.8 km
One of the largest art museums in the world by gallery space, owning more than 500,000 works including over 8,000 paintings. Its collections are especially strong in Japanese art, Egyptian antiquities and French Impressionism.
The Breakers 101 km
A 70-room summer house built for Cornelius Vanderbilt II between 1893 and 1895, on the cliffs above the Atlantic in Newport. It is the grandest of the Gilded Age mansions along the town's shore, with interiors in the manner of an Italian Renaissance palazzo.
Cape Cod 112 km
A hooked peninsula reaching into the Atlantic from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, with long beaches, dunes and old maritime towns. Bartholomew Gosnold named it in 1602, which makes it one of the oldest English place names in the country.
Mount Washington 213 km
At 1,917 metres the highest peak in the Northeastern United States, and the most prominent mountain east of the Mississippi. A road and a cog railway climb to its summit, which is known for some of the harshest weather on earth.
Woodbury Common Premium Outlets 279 km
One of the largest outlet centres in the world, with about 220 stores in the Hudson Valley north of New York City. It opened in 1985 and has grown so large that its sections are colour-coded to help shoppers find their way.
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Questions
Where is Freedom Trail?
Freedom Trail is in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Faneuil Hall (0.0 km), USS Constitution (1.4 km), Fenway Park (3.7 km).
How do I get the Freedom Trail stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Freedom Trail and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Massachusetts volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Freedom Trail before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Massachusetts volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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