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A volkswalk is an organized, non-competitive walking event designed for people of all
ages to promote physical fitness and wholesome recreation of singles, couples and
families. Typically, an event is 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and the route is carefully
selected for its safety and appeal to most people. A Year-Round Event (unlike other
volkssport events which have established start/finish times and usually are conducted on
weekends) may be walked any day of the year.
Here are the Year Round Events
sponsored by the Houston Happy Hikers. See ya on the trail!.
- We are proud to present six Year Round Events (YRE's) for
your walking pleasure.
- Three of them start at the
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites - Med Center, 6800 Main Street, Houston, Texas,
on the northeast corner of Holcombe and Main, in the Houston Medical Center area.
Ask for the "volksmarch" or "walk" box at the
Check-In Desk.
Use
MapQuest to find the Start.
- Our 4th YRE starts at the Visitors'
Center/Museum in the base of the monument at the San Jacinto
Battleground State Historic Site. Enter the monument on the West side
and find the AVA Walk Box in the kiosk located to the left of the entrance.
Use
MapQuest to find the Start.
- The 5th YRE,
new for 2006, is in Huntsville. Visit Sam Houston State University and
Sam Houston Monument and Museum.
Use
MapQuest to find the Start.
- The 6th YRE, new for 2007, is in College
Station, home of Texas A&M University and the George H.W. Bush Presidential
Library and Museum.
Use MapQuest to find the Start.
- The 7th YRE is in Galveston. Walk The
Strand and past historic buildings.
- Each walk can be done for two event credits -- one credit before July1,
one credit
after June 30. Each walk can be done as many times as you like for kilometer
credit but $3.00 must be paid each time the course is walked for distance credit
except that a trail may be walked twice on the same day for one fee.
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Looking at the start point of the San Jacinto
Battleground event (at the bottom of the monument) from the main battery
of the Battleship TEXAS.
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| Medical Center (10K) Photos |
One of the largest medical complexes in the world, walk by the different
hospital complexes. |
| Rice University, Museum District (11K) Photos |
Walk along tree-lined streets around and through Rice University.
Take time to tour one of the many museums you will pass. Enjoy the many large homes
along the route. |
| Hermann Park (10K) Photos |
Walk along the golf course, past the Butterfly dome, the Houston Zoo (take
a ride on the miniature train), and past the statue of Sam Houston. |
| San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Site, LaPorte
(10K) Photos |
Walk the grounds of the battlefield where Texas won its
independence from Mexico on April 12, 1836. Also, visit the
Battleship USS Texas, the last
of the battleships, patterned after HMS Dreadnought, that participated in
World War (WW) I and II. |
| Huntsville (10K)
Photos |
Home of Sam Houston State
University and Sam Houston |
| College Station (10K)
Photos |
Home of the George H.W. Bush
Library and Museum and Texas A&M University. |
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This page was last updated on 12/23/09. |
