How to Find Us
Reading YMCA
The reading YMCA is located at:
36 ARTHUR B LORD DR
READING, MA 01867-1622
Phone: 781-944-9622

Directions:
From the SOUTH
- Take highway 128 to exit 38N
- This will put you on Route 28 North toward Reading.
- Follow Route 28 (also known as Main Street) for a few minutes
and you'll go through a commercial area. You'll soon see a Fire Station on
the right side and a cemetary on the left side.
- At your next light after the Fire Station take a left onto
Birch Meadow Drive.
- Reading high school will be on your left along with some
playing fields. Across from the playing fields is Arthur B. Lord Drive. Take
a right onto this road and the YMCA is the immediate building on the right
side.
From the NORTH
- Start out going South onto MA-128
S.
- Take the RT-129 exit, exit number 40, towards N. READING/WAKEFIELD
CTR..
- Enter next roundabout and take 1st exit onto MA-129 W.
- MA-129 W becomes MA-129/SALEM ST. 0.9 miles ( 1.4 km)
- Turn RIGHT onto MAIN ST/MA-28. 0.7 miles ( 1.2 km)
- Turn LEFT onto BIRCH MEADOW DR. 0.4 miles ( 0.6 km)
- Turn RIGHT onto ARTHUR B LORD DR. 0.1 miles ( 0.2 km)
TOTAL ESTIMATED TIME:
TOTAL DISTANCE: 29 minutes 17.3 miles ( 27.9km)
Kayak Polo at Hanscom Air Force Base
During the season (late October - April) we play polo every Sunday at Hanscom
AFB. Sessions run from 6-9pm and cost $10 per person. Also, there will be an
extra $5 charge (good for 4 sessions) for inusarance purposes. The insurance
charge is waived for ACA members (click
here for the ACA membership web page or check out our Links section
for their home page.)
Directions
- From Route 128 take the Route 2A exit toward Bedford.
- Follow Route 2A for less than 1 mile and you should see the entrance
to the Hanscom AFB on your right.
- After you turn in, follow the signs to the Military base.
- Stop at the guard house (you will need to show a drivers license to the
Guard).
- After the guardhouse, follow the road straight until it forks.
- Turn right at the fork and go down 1/4 mile.
- The pool is in the first building on the left past the football fields.
Kayak Polo at Spy Pond
- Take I-95 (Rt 128) to Route 2 eastbound
- From Rt 2 take exit #59 (Rt 60 Arlington Ctr/Belmont
Ctr)
- Turn onto Rte 60 toward Arlington Cntr.
- Follow RT 60 through 1 traffic Light, and about .25 miles
take a right turn onto Wellington Street (Boys and Girls club of Arlington
is located on this street)
- Follow Wellington Street past the Boy & grils club and Past
the Elks Club to a little park with parking. Park there and the put in is
right next to the Rock wall. You will see the goals easily from there.

Back To Home Page