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Central Rock Gym - Cambridge
4.8 ★★★★★ 288 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Indoor climbing destination also offering yoga & fitness classes.
Plan your visit
- Gear rental nearly every climbing gym rents shoes (~$5–8 typical) and chalk; harness rental is often bundled with a ropes pass
- Waiver always required at climbing gyms — sign it online before you go to skip the front-desk line
- First timer? bouldering needs zero experience — rent shoes and walk in; staff will point you at the easiest problems
- Auto-belays mentioned here — clip in and climb ropes solo, no partner needed
- Yoga & fitness mentioned alongside the climbing — ask about the class schedule and what a pass includes
- Ages 0–18 — the gym's own stated range
- Memberships available — worth asking about if you'd climb more than a few times a month
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (617) 714-5254
- Website centralrockgym.com
Hours
| Monday | 7 AM–10:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 7 AM–10:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 7 AM–10:30 PM |
| Thursday | 7 AM–10:30 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–10:30 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–6 PM |
What's inside
“This location is quite close to Alewife station and boasts a large selection of bouldering walls and a comprehensive training area featuring two moon boards and a kilter board.”
“Lots of parking, spacious bouldering area with great setting, solid weight room, and the staff are friendly and helpful.”
“This location is quite close to Alewife station and boasts a large selection of bouldering walls and a comprehensive training area featuring two moon boards and a kilter board.”
What climbers say again and again
“Consistent setting, clean, friendly staff and the equipment is modern and functional.”
“Lots of parking, spacious bouldering area with great setting, solid weight room, and the staff are friendly and helpful.”
“The setting is uniformly excellent and the staff excludes at setting boulders that are both fun and challenging.”
“Lots of parking, spacious bouldering area with great setting, solid weight room, and the staff are friendly and helpful.”
“Updating review - not only are the facilities at this gym top class, but the management and staff are receptive to, and take action on community feedback.”
From the reviews
I love CRG Cambridge with all my heart, and the staff are truly the greatest humans alive. It’s a thriving and wonderful community. HOWEVER, the gym is a little too bright. It would be great if one of the three light strips could be turned off to reduce the fluorescence experience and electricity use.
Great climbing gym located in Fresh Pond Mall! This location is quite close to Alewife station and boasts a large selection of bouldering walls and a comprehensive training area featuring two moon boards and a kilter board.
Awesome gym! It doesn’t have the charming grunge aesthetic of the old location I loved, but I’ll get over it eventually. Lots of parking, spacious bouldering area with great setting, solid weight room, and the staff are friendly and helpful.
Easily the best CRG if your primary form of climbing is bouldering. They have literally everything you would want - 3 training boards, TONS of problems, weight area, campus board, hangboards, and more
Birthday parties at Central Rock Gym - Cambridge
Central Rock Gym - Cambridge hosts birthday parties — confirmed on their own site. Climbing parties come with staff who handle the harnesses and belaying, so parents can mostly watch. One thing that's different here: every guest needs a signed waiver — send the gym's waiver link to the other parents when you send invites, or check-in day gets slow. Packages, party rooms, and pricing change often, so check the current options and book ahead — weekend slots go fast at popular gyms.
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