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ALERT - On weekends use the ER entrance by the parking garage to go to the front. M-F front entrance is open.
A beautiful walk through Gaiety Hill and Bush Pasture Park Historic District with attractive houses and gardens and continuing to other similar areas. There are some hills especially on the 10K.
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Old South Salem
Year Round Walk
SN: 125409 - 2024 / Y1028
From Mon, Jan 1st, 2024 to Dec 31st, 2024
Start box available: 24/7
Physical start box and Online start box (OSB) option
Salem, Oregon
WARNING: The map pin is for reference only and may not accurately indicate the start box location or the event start.
| Special programs Great Lakes, Great Fun, Great Fitness, Great Friendships Par-For-The-Course Step to the Beat Town Halls / City Halls CC: Marion County |
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Event comments
Payment to be left in walk cabinet. The South Salem area, just south of State Capitol, was annexed by the City of Salem in 1903. WOC: Garden, Gazebo, High School, Historic Houses, Hospitals, Italian, Justice, Nature, Noodles, Overlook, Palm Trees, Parks, Pedestrian Bridges, Playground Structures, Roses, Statues, Victorian House, Tax Preparers, Xrays, Zone ESVA: Med Facilities, Strolling Along the Rivers, Cultural.
Rating: 2A, Distance: 5(1A), 10km
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Restrooms: Yes |
Pets: Yes |
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Strollers: Hard |
Wheelchairs: No |
Event information
This walk focuses on one of South Salem's loveliest residential areas: High Street & the Gaiety Hill-Bush Pasture Park Historic District with its attractive residences/gardens. 5K, rated 1A, has one hill; the 10K is a 2A with several hills. Walk on mostly paved with gravel/wood chip path in the Park. Hospital is also starting point for Capital-Waterways & for registering for the remote Minto-Brown Island Park 5K10K about 3 miles SW.
Awards: IVV CREDIT ONLY
OSB - First register for the event
The detailed location of, and driving directions to, the event starting point are included in the event directions, downloaded from the Online Start Box (OSB). To plan your travels, please use the map on this page. The POC does not provide event directions nor accept alternate payment methods.
This event also has a physical start box. These are the driving directions:
Salem Hospital, Bldg A ER) 890 Oak St SE, Salem, OR, (503)561-5200. I-5, exit 253, head to Salem City Center. Follow Mission past 12th St traffic light to next traffic light. Right on Capitol. Free parking in garage levels 1-2. Club's 2-drawer black metal cabinet is next to Volunteer sign-in station to the right of Bldg A entrance and opposite reception desk. Update: On weekends use the ER entrance by the parking garage; go right to go to front & Volunteer Station where walk cabinet is. M-F front entrance is open.
Maps phrase and directions link
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Salem Hospital, Bldg A. 90- Oak St SE, Salem, OR 97301 |
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PLEASE do not mix and match between the two registration methods. It will confuse you and the club. Choose one, OSB or PSB, to complete the event.
Willamette Wanderers (AVA-0362)
Event website: www.willwander.weebly.com
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