Fenway/Kenmore
Fenway–Kenmore is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Fenway–Kenmore is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is considered one neighborhood for administrative purposes, but it is composed of numerous distinct sections that are almost always referred to as "Fenway", "the Fenway", "Kenmore Square", or "Kenmore".
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Worth seeing in and around Fenway/Kenmore
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636, and named Harvard College in 1639 in honor of its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.
3.9 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 02Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1861 to advance "useful knowledge", the university has played a significant role in the development of many areas of technology and science.
2.1 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1861 · Wikipedia - 03Boston University
Boston University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont.
800 m · private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 04Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area.
600 m · art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 05Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.
1.2 km · independent college of contemporary music in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 06Northeastern University
Northeastern University is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922.
1 km · private university in Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Wikipedia - 07Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts.
400 m · art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 08Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also Massachusetts' Library for the Commonwealth, meaning all adult residents of the state are entitled to borrowing and research privileges, and the library receives state funding.
3.9 km · library system in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 09John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly called the Harvard Kennedy School, is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The Harvard Kennedy School offers master's degrees in public policy, public administration, and international development, four doctoral degrees, and various executive education programs.
3.7 km · school of public administration of Harvard University · Wikipedia - 10Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University. It is administered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
3.8 km · undergraduate college of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fenway/Kenmore
- Airports
- Boston Logan (BOS), 8 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 74 km · Bradley (BDL), 138 km
- Stations
- South Station, 3.9 km
- Providence/Warwick → Fenway/Kenmore77 km · quickest by road, 2h · $7–10
- Portland → Fenway/Kenmore4074 km · quickest by air, 8h 54m · $440–680
- Hartford → Fenway/Kenmore146 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · $13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Fenway/Kenmore
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fenway/Kenmore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inLong Wharf is the most popular; offering MBTA connections to the Charlestown Navy Yard, Logan Airport, Hingham and Hull, as well as a seasonal ferry to Salem.
- Get inBoston Harbor Cruises offers other seasonal ferries, decamping to the Boston Harbor Islands, or heading out to Provincetown.
- Get inThere is another ferry from here to Hingham, and a seasonal one to Winthrop.
- Get inWater taxis are plentiful all along the waterfront, servicing 28 different points between downtown, South Boston, East Boston, and Charlestown.
- Go nextHead down to the wharf and take a ferry out to the Boston Harbor Islands.
From Wikivoyage: Boston/Downtown, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Fenway/Kenmore is 4 km from Boston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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