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2024 Seasonal and Year-Round Self-guided Events

 

Have you ever really wanted to go volksmarching, but couldn’t find a scheduled walk? Are there too few scheduled events to satisfy your need to get out and about? We can help. This year Walk ‘n Mass offers 18 seasonal or year-round events for your walking enjoyment. These events are map-guided along well planned routes and you can enjoy them on your schedule and at your own pace.

Our walks include two state capitals (Boston, MA and Providence, RI); two events offer an extended distance route for bicycling; and four events (Boston Freedom Trail, Boston Back Bay, Newport, and Providence) have been recognized by the AVA as among the top year-round events in the country!

Please note - the brochures for our Seasonal/Year-round events are published at the begining of the year and can't anticipate circumstances that force changes in the location, availability, or hours of the listed start points. Also, our mid-week (usually Tuesday) group walks may choose a pre-start gathering point different from the published start point, as some of those locations aren't well suited as a group meeting point. Look for notes in the listing below, or contact the event POC.


     More Information

Event

Dates

Information Contact

Boston - Freedom Trail
    6 & 11km
Jan 1 -
  Dec 31

Carol Giesecke 302-399-6334, or
Bonnie Neggers & Tom Narcavage 781-483-6115
    Register using AVA's Online Start Box.
       Check Boston National Historic Park Information for visitor center operating hours.
   
Boston - Back Bay
    5 & 10km
Jan 1 -
  Dec 31

Carol Giesecke 302-399-6334, or
Bonnie Neggers & Tom Narcavage 781-483-6115
    Register using AVA's Online Start Box.
       Check Boston National Historic Park Information for visitor center operating hours.
   

Bristol, RI
    5 & 10km

Apr 1 -
  Dec 31

Karen Plichta 508-673-2374, or
Beate Haite 508-429-3564
    Register at the start location only.
   

Cheshire, MA
(Appalachian Trail)
5, 10 & 13km
Apr 1 -
  Oct 31


Mary Frink 617-387-1577


    *** Online registration ONLY using AVA's Online Start Box. ***
   

Concord, MA
    5 & 10km

Apr 1 -
  Nov 30

Miriam Boucher 781-248-6695

    Register at the start location only.
   

Fall River, MA
    6 & 10km
Apr 1 -
  Dec 31
Ann Plichta 508-673-6553, or
Karen Plichta 508-673-2374
    Register at the start location only.
   

Hyannis, MA
    6 & 11km

Jan 1 -
  Dec 31

Pat Damiani 508-888-7366

    Register at the start location only.
   

Lowell, MA
    5 & 10km

Jan 1 -
  Dec 31

Bill Howe 978-256-7370
    Register using EITHER AVA's Online Start Box. OR at the start location.
       Check Lowell National Historic Park Information for visitor center operating hours.
   

Newport, RI
    7 & 10km

Apr 1 -
  Dec 31

Dawn Harlow 978-804-3404 or
Keith Harlow 508-353-3336 or
    Register at the start location only.
   

Newton Center, MA
    5 & 10km

Jan 1 -
  Dec 31

Marianne Marshall 781-899-5975

    Register at the start location only.
   

Oak Bluffs, MA
    5 & 10km

Apr 1 -
  Sep 30

Rick Almeida 508 -994-1626

    *** Online registration ONLY using AVA's Online Start Box. ***
   

Plymouth, MA
    5 & 10km

Apr 1 -
  Dec 31

Margo Craven 508-369-4052
    Register at the start location only.
   

Providence, RI
    5 & 11km

Jan 1 -
  Dec 31

Ann Plichta 508-673-6553
    Register using EITHER AVA's Online Start Box. OR at the start location.
       Check Roger Williams National Memorial Information for visitor center operating hours.
   

Provincetown, MA
    6 & 10km

Apr 1 -
  Dec 31

Pat Damiani 508-888-7366
    *** Online registration ONLY! use AVA's Online Start Box. ***
   

Quincy, MA
    5 & 10km

April 1 -
  Dec 31

Helen Tolbert 508-574-2807
    Register using EITHER AVA's Online Start Box. OR at the start location.
       Check Adams National Historic Park Information for visitor center operating hours.
   

Rhode Island
County Challenge

    Various

Apr 1, 2023 -
  Dec 31, 2025

Carol West

This challenge includes multiple events, co-sponsored by Walk 'n Mass and the Connecticut Valley Volksport Club
    *** Online registration ONLY using AVA's Online Start Box. ***
   

NEW!! Roslindale, MA
    5 & 10km

Apr 1, 2023 -
  Dec 15, 2024

Paul Kelly 617-416-8428

       Check the Roslindale Public Library for operating hours.
    Register using EITHER AVA's Online Start Box.
   

Sandwich, MA
    6 & 10km

Jan 1 -
  Dec 31

Pat Damiani 508-888-7366
    Register at the start location only.
   

Sandwich, MA
    7km, 15km & 25km bike

Apr 1 -
  Nov 11

Pat Damiani 508-888-7366
    Register at the start location only.
   

Wellesley, MA
    5, 10, 15,& 20km

Jan 1 -
  Dec 31

Marianne Marshall 781-899-5975
    Register at the start location only.