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May 2019
Parks Fitness Challenge
Sign up for the Parks Fitness Challenge! The challenge runs May 1-May 30. Visit parks, complete challenges, and earn prizes!
Find out more »Global 6k for Water in Hagerstown
This 6 kilometer walk is a unique distance because it represents the average distance that someone has to walk in Africa to fetch water daily. The water they fetch in jerrycans is often contaminated and makes them sick. Your registration fee provides clean water for a child in Africa or India. This family friendly event is fun for all (push a stroller or a wheelchair or walk your dog). Once you register your T-shirt and bib will arrive in the…
Find out more »Promise Walk/Run of Hagerstown
May 11th 9am-11am at Fairgrounds Park Enjoy a nice stroll or run at your pace. This is not a timed run just something fun to do while promoting and helping to raise awareness and funds for Preeclampsia. The funds raised will provide Patient education and support, Raise public awareness, improve research and improve healthcare practices. Preeclampsia is a life threatening disease that strikes women when they are pregnant and their unborn babies. If misdiagnosed the chances of loosing mom and…
Find out more »Maryland Appalachian Trail
We will meet at the rt.40 AT Trail head and leave half the cars there, driving north to our starting point at Pen-mar park. After taking in the view at Pen-mar, we will journey south 10 miles before stopping at a popular AT campsite and shelter where we can enjoy fire into the evening. Day 2 we will continue another 8 miles, stopping to take in the black rock and Annapolis rock overlooks. If interest is shown, we will stop…
Find out more »Benny’s PubCycle
Tribute to National Bike to Work Day! Cyclists will rally outside Benny's Pub shortly before 6pm to ride the Hub City Bike Loop (10 mile), meeting back at Benny's for craft beers and award winning burgers! The ride starts at 6:00 pm and will take 45 min to 1 hour for most riders.
Find out more »Kids in Parks Track Trail Hike at C&O Canal
The Kids in Parks program’s TRACK Trails connects kids and families to public lands through activity-packed, self-guided hiking brochures. Each TRACK Trail has four different brochure topics to choose from, allowing each member of the family to explore the natural or cultural resource that appeals to them. Kids that hike TRACK Trails can register their adventures through the program’s website (kidsinparks.com) and earn a series of prizes designed to make their next outdoor adventure more fun. With more than 175…
Find out more »Kids in Parks Track Trail Hike at Antietam National Battlefield
The Kids in Parks program’s TRACK Trails connects kids and families to public lands through activity-packed, self-guided hiking brochures. Each TRACK Trail has four different brochure topics to choose from, allowing each member of the family to explore the natural or cultural resource that appeals to them. Kids that hike TRACK Trails can register their adventures through the program’s website (kidsinparks.com) and earn a series of prizes designed to make their next outdoor adventure more fun. With more than 175…
Find out more »Kids in Parks Track Trail Hike at C&O Canal – Hancock
The Kids in Parks program’s TRACK Trails connects kids and families to public lands through activity-packed, self-guided hiking brochures. Each TRACK Trail has four different brochure topics to choose from, allowing each member of the family to explore the natural or cultural resource that appeals to them. Kids that hike TRACK Trails can register their adventures through the program’s website (kidsinparks.com) and earn a series of prizes designed to make their next outdoor adventure more fun. With more than 175…
Find out more »Mason-Dixon Line Hike
Join us for an 8 mile hike starting along the C&O Canal and traversing through back roads along the countryside from Maryland and crossing into Pennsylvania. This is an easy to moderate level hike from the Maryland and Pennsylvania Line in Hancock, MD. This is part of a series of hikes along the Mason-Dixon line in Maryland and Pennsylvania. We will hike end to end and position cars to transport everyone to the proper location. WHAT TO WEAR: * Comfortable,…
Find out more »Girls on the Run Spring 5k Celebration
Anyone who has been to a Girls on the Run 5K knows that it is unlike any other running event. Open to all, it is a celebration of and for the girls who are completing a ten week season of Girls on the Run programming. By the day of the 5K, their enthusiasm is so unbridled that they are running around before the race! Positive energy abounds as the girls dance to warm-up music, get their hair “happied” and "tattoos"…
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