Beacon Hill to the North End, Boston: free self-guided walking tour
Quick answer. A free self-guided walking tour from Beacon Hill along the Freedom Trail to the North End in Boston: 3 stops, about 1.7 km, about 25 minutes of walking plus about 20 minutes of listening. Start on Beacon Hill, among Federal-style row houses, gas lamps and the cobblestones of Acorn Street, whose north slope was the centre of Boston’s free Black community. Walk down to Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of Liberty built in 1742, on the red line of the Freedom Trail, and finish in the North End, the city’s oldest residential neighbourhood, at Paul Revere’s house of about 1680.
- Stops:
- 3
- Distance:
- about 1.7 km
- Walking:
- about 25 min
- Listening:
- about 20 min
Beacon Hill to the North End, Boston: how long does the walk take?
About 45 minutes in all: about 25 minutes on foot over about 1.7 km, plus about 20 minutes of audio at the 3 stops. Time inside the sites is extra.
Beacon Hill to the North End, Boston: in what order should you visit the stops?
Follow the stops in this order: Beacon Hill, Freedom Trail, and North End. The longest stretch between two stops is about 1.3 km, about 17 min on foot.
Route and map
Navigate with Google Maps, listen with Mappu: the stories keep playing while you follow the route.
Opens Google Maps with walking directions through every stop.
Stop 1
Its gas street lamps are authentic, and Acorn Street keeps cobblestones taken from hills levelled as the city grew.
about 6 min of audio
Next stop: Freedom Trail · about 1.3 km, about 17 min on foot
Stop 2
Narrated at Faneuil Hall, built in 1742 by the merchant Peter Faneuil as both a marketplace and a meeting hall.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: North End · about 0.4 km, about 6 min on foot
Stop 3
Boston’s oldest residential neighbourhood, almost 99 per cent Italian by 1930, with the narrowest house in the city at 44 Hull Street.
about 7 min of audio
How does this self-guided walking tour work?
The audio guides on this page stay free: open any stop to listen in your browser.
Walk Mode uses your location to narrate places as you walk. It opens in the Mappu app at the first stop, Beacon Hill. Your first walk is free for three stops with a free Mappu account.
Walk Mode: 2 hours for 50 credits (€4.99 Starter pack)
Before you go
- Check opening hours, tickets and access on each site’s official page before you go.
- Distances and times are estimates: the walking route between stops, from OpenStreetMap, at 4.5 km/h. Your route on the street may differ.
Route checked by Mappu on October 20, 2026. Stop descriptions come from each place’s published Mappu audio guide. Mappu is a Fenutech product.