Labor Day Albion - Walk The Trail
Labor Day Albion – Walk the Trail, sponsored by Albion Health Care Alliance, brought over 70 people together to walk the Albion River Trail. The walk was promoted as an easy way to start to experience the health benefits of walking along trails, because it is more fun to walk with a group, and for this hike, walkers could choose to park at the end and carpool back for a shorter walk. Hiking outdoors can lower stress, reduce risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, lower body fat, and improve bone density. And it is free.
Albion is a hub of five trails including North Country Trail, Lake-to-Lake Trail, the Belle-Isle Trail, the Calhoun County Trailway, still under construction, and the Albion River Trail. We were glad to have some members of North Country Trail come along to celebrate Albion's new status as a Trail Town. We also had a chance to learn about Labor, Education and the Old Trails at Holland Park, from local experts. See photos and videos on this link:
http://albionmich.net/labor-day-albion-walk-the-trail-albion-michigan-2019
Labor Day Albion – Walk the Trail, sponsored by Albion Health Care Alliance, brought over 70 people together to walk the Albion River Trail. The walk was promoted as an easy way to start to experience the health benefits of walking along trails, because it is more fun to walk with a group, and for this hike, walkers could choose to park at the end and carpool back for a shorter walk. Hiking outdoors can lower stress, reduce risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, lower body fat, and improve bone density. And it is free.
Albion is a hub of five trails including North Country Trail, Lake-to-Lake Trail, the Belle-Isle Trail, the Calhoun County Trailway, still under construction, and the Albion River Trail. We were glad to have some members of North Country Trail come along to celebrate Albion's new status as a Trail Town. We also had a chance to learn about Labor, Education and the Old Trails at Holland Park, from local experts. See photos and videos on this link:
http://albionmich.net/labor-day-albion-walk-the-trail-albion-michigan-2019
The photo above shows the 2018 Labor Day Albion Walk the Trail group photo. As seen from photos from 2017 and 2016, the event has been growing each year.
One of the new aspects of the 2018 event was a detour so that the walkers could view the Holland Park Transformation project including History Hill. This addition was thanks to suggestions and encouragement of Albion Recreation Department, a partner for this year's walk. See more of the Labor Day History Hill session here:
http://albionmich.net/labor-day-albion-tour-of-history-hill/
One of the new aspects of the 2018 event was a detour so that the walkers could view the Holland Park Transformation project including History Hill. This addition was thanks to suggestions and encouragement of Albion Recreation Department, a partner for this year's walk. See more of the Labor Day History Hill session here:
http://albionmich.net/labor-day-albion-tour-of-history-hill/
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Trail Town Designation
Thanks in part to the work by Albion Health Care Alliance to increase visibility of the Labor Day Albion Walk the Trail event, Albion is now a "Trail Town." This North Country Trail Association designation recognizes Albion’s advanced efforts to embrace trails and serve trail users. See more information here https://northcountrytrail.org/trail/michigan-lower/albion-trail-town/ The Albion River Trail became part of the North Country National Scenic Trail in 2012. See the map about this part of the trail on this link: http://www.northcountrytrail.org/cnd/coref_albion.html See a brochure with information about the Albion River Trail on this link: http://albionmich.net/albion-river-trail-brochure/ Motorized vehicles are not permitted. Come out and join in the fun to walk the trail. Bring an umbrella in case of rain. (Participants agree not to hold Albion Health Care Alliance or the City of Albion responsible for any injury during the event.) Below is a map of the Albion River Trail. We start in Victory Park on the lower right of this map and walk to Harris Field on the upper left (about 1.6 miles one way.) This is a great time to visit History Hill in Holland Park on the way back to Victory Park, just walk east on Cass St and it will be on the way back. Those who want a shorter walk can park in Harris Park at 9:45 a.m. or earlier and carpool back to Victory Park. Those who just want to "Walk the Bridge" can park in Rieger Park or Stoffer Plaza (the Farmer's Market area) and walk that far. You can also expand the map by clicking the button on the upper right of the map to see the legend that includes more layers that can be turned on to show Historical Markers, and Public Art nearby. Public bathrooms will be open this day at the Victory Park Bandshell, Harris Field and Holland Park. The Labor Day Albion Walk the Trail 2017 group photo is below. 
This was the 2016 walk that was more pet friendly, and the 2017 River Trail Walk photo shows more of the handicap access.
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