5 Places to Snap a Selfie at Fenway Park

If you attend a baseball game and don’t take a selfie, were you even there?

There’s no question that a selfie can be a fun souvenir of your visit, as well as something you can share on social media during the game. To take a good selfie, you want a decent light source, the right pose and the perfect backdrop. At any ballpark you visit, it’s important to spend some time assessing your backdrop options so that you choose the right one.

Here are five perfect places to snap a selfie at Fenway Park in Boston.

1. The Green Monster

There’s no better backdrop for a Fenway Park selfie than the Green Monster — and you might even argue that this is one of the best selfie backdrops in all of baseball. If you’re lucky enough to get a ticket on the Monster, there are numerous selfie angles that you can explore. For most fans, the closest you’ll get is the field level seats in the left field corner. The 37-foot Green Monster looms overhead and can give you a selfie backdrop that is easily recognizable. If desired, you can position yourself so that the manual scoreboard is visible in your shot, effectively giving your selfie a date stamp.

2. Pesky’s Pole

Signing your name on Pesky’s Pole in the right field corner is a must when you visit Fenway Park. After all, it’s not every day that you can scrawl something in Sharpie at a ballpark and not find yourself in a heap of trouble. The Red Sox encourage fans to sign Pesky’s Pole, and repaint it every off-season so that it has a fresh look on Opening Day. Once you add your name, snap a selfie that depicts you pointing to your signature.

3. The Lone Red Seat

The Green Monster and Pesky’s Pole are obvious Fenway selfie backdrop choices, but there are other options if you’re looking for something a little less conventional. One idea is the Lone Red Seat, which you’ll find in Row 37 of Section 42, in right field. This seat marks the spot of the longest home run hit at Fenway — a 1946 blast by Ted Williams that flew 502 feet and hit a fan in the hat. The best way to get access to this seat is to race to it after the gates open. You might have to contort yourself a little to get the seat in your shot, but you’ll be proud of this unique shot.

4. The Citgo Sign

Although it’s not technically in Fenway Park, Boston’s iconic Citgo Sign is a big part of the ballpark’s landscape. It’s been a fixture in the city since 1940, and is easy to see from inside Fenway. The Citgo sign is situated a couple of blocks beyond left field, so you can position yourself with the sign behind you from various spots around the infield and third base side. If you happen to find yourself on the Green Monster (whether it’s during the game, for batting practice or even on a Fenway Park tour) you’ll have a good opportunity to snap a selfie with this iconic sign as a backdrop. Although selfies tend to look best during the day, the neon lights of the Citgo sign are especially striking at night.

5. Jersey Street

Known as Yawkey Way until 2018, this busy road outside of Fenway Park is now called Jersey Street — and gives you a good selfie backdrop before you even walk through the park’s gates. Jersey Street is packed on game days, with fans and vendors filling the road as the smells of nearby concession stands waft through the air. There are lots of good selfie spots along Jersey Street. You can position yourself with the iconic Fenway bricks behind you, stand so that the Fenway Park banner that spans the street is visible overhead or explore any number of other angles.