Walk 'N Mass: Walk for Fun, Fitness, Friendship in MA & RI

Meet at Cordage Park at 9:15 to walk at 9:30 to see the Thanksgiving Parade along the route

This is a special walk to complement the Plymouth thanksgiving parade.

Historic sites abound on this walk! The Forefathers’ Monument, Burial Hill, Jenney Grist Mill, and Brewster Gardens are visited enroute to Plymouth Harbor where Plymouth Rock and Mayflower II, a reproduction of the ship that crossed the Atlantic with the Pilgrims aboard, are located. Additional attractions include the Plymouth Bay Winery and multiple museums featuring the Pilgrims’ life, as well as expansive vistas of Plymouth Harbor. The 5km walk route starts in downtown Plymouth, and encompasses the historic sites and Plymouth Harbor.

Meet at 9:30, depart by 10.

The walk route commences at Battleship Cove, home to the world's largest collection of World War II naval ships, including the Battleship USS Massachusetts, affectionately known as "Big Mamie" (fee to tour museum). The route then proceeds to the Columbia Street Cultural District, an ethnic Portuguese neighborhood with cobbled streets and sidewalks, filled with enticing smells from the numerous bakeries & restaurants. Next, the walk route visits Kennedy Park, the first of two Frederick Law Olmsted designed parks on the route. Enjoy spectacular water views before continuing to the downtown area passing Saint Anne's Church, a large Gothic building constructed by Canadian immigrants, and Lizzie Borden's house. The infamous Borden ax murders that took place in 1892 remain one of America's great unsolved crimes. The route also explores the second Olmsted designed park, North Park; enters several historic neighborhoods; visits Veterans Memorial Bicentennial Park with impressive tributes including an Iwo Jima sculpture & 80% replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall; and returns via a boardwalk which hugs the Taunton River to Heritage State Park. Note: 6km route returns to the finish after visiting the downtown area

Meet at 9:30, depart by 10.

The 10km route is comprised of two 5km loops. An optional 1.5km loop through Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and an optional 1.7km walk to Authors’ Houses can extend the North Bridge loop making 10, 11, or 12km and 5, 6, or 7km distances possible. The North Bridge 5km initially crosses the Concord River on the way to Minute Man National Historical Park, passing the Minute Man statue and over the Old North Bridge where the “shot heard round the world” was fired by Colonial farmers on April 19, 1775. The route continues past the Old Manse (once home to Emerson and Hawthorne) before visiting the Colonial Inn, Monument Square, and the historic First Parish Church and on to the Concord Museum and Emerson House. The Natural Trail 5km goes along the Reformatory Branch Trail (originally a railroad right of way), through conservation land, and into Sleepy Hollow Cemetery to Authors’ Ridge. It continues alongside Sleepy Hollow Cemetery to return to the finish.