Events

The Illinois Trekkers invite you to join them on a 5k group walk.          Registration 5:45 PM and start walking at 6:00 PM. Please bring a flashlight.
5K walk normally takes about 1 hour.

In accordance to AVA guidelines you must wear a mask when registering & please maintain social distancing when walking.

Please come to Springfield, Illinois to meet up with Walking Adventures International Tours to walk the Springfield Capital Walk. Walking Adventures International Tours have laid out their own trail which is a bit different from the Illinois Trekkers walk.

The Illinois Trekkers invite you to “Come Walk With Us” along Lebanon’s Belleville, St. Louis, Madison, Main and Center Streets to see a variety of architectural styles from Greek Revival, Gothic, Italianate, English Country, Queen Anne, Georgian and Southern Colonial. You will enjoy walking through the McKendree University campus. McKendree was founded in 1828 and is the oldest college or university in Illinois. Be on the look-out for the Secret Garden and the Mermaid House Inn. After walking be sure to enjoy the Annual Fall Festival and all the wonderful eating establishments in Lebanon, Illinois. Lebanon Walk Brochure 2021

Traditional Guided Walk sponsored by International Wanderers. Walk features a series of beautiful building murals highlighting the history of Route 66 and the town of Cuba, Missouri that were commissioned starting in 2001 as part of Cuba’s 150th anniversary celebration in 2007. Today, 14 murals are maintained throughout the town, and Cuba is known as “Route 66 Mural City”. Walk is on primarily paved surfaces with minimal incline/decline. Please note this walk may be completed as a one way 6km, with either a short Uber/Lyft back to your car or an additional 1.1 km walk to your car for 7 km total, or as an out and back for 12 km total. Please contact POC, [email protected], if interested in joining this walk, to coordinate logistics with walk guides.