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Beautiful capital city of Connecticut, with its gold-domed capital, adjacent Bushnell Park and Connecticut River.
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Capital and Connecticut River
Year Round Walk
SN: 125399 - 2024 / Y0658
From Mon, Jan 15th, 2024 to Dec 31st, 2024
Start box available: Daily, dawn to dusk
Physical start box and Online start box (OSB) option
Hartford, Connecticut
WARNING: The map pin is for reference only and may not accurately indicate the start box location or the event start.
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Event comments
Award is a 3.5" circular patch depicting the bell of the U.S.S. Hartford, made famous by Civil War Admiral David Farragut's order in Aug. 1864, "Damn the torpedoes...full speed ahead" (enabling Union victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay).
Rating: 1A, Distance: 5, 10km
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Restrooms: Yes |
Pets: Yes |
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Strollers: Medium |
Wheelchairs: Medium |
Event information
Downtown/Riverfront walk includes the Old State House (designed by Charles Bullfinch, in 1796), the gothic revival state capitol, and the Wadsworth Atheneum (one of country's oldest art museums), and two bridges over the Connecticut River. The U.S.S. Hartford bell is located on Constitution Plaza.
Awards: 'A' Award available
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:
440 Asylum St., Tel:959-888-3000 From I-84: Take Exit 48. At end of ramp westbound (I-84W) turn left and then left at first light at Spruce St. At end of ramp eastbound, go straight through light onto Spruce St. The Union Station will be on your right. Go to end of street and turn right onto Church St. (being careful to avoid bus lane on your right). Proceed 1 block to light at Union Place. Turn right. Go 2 blocks and turn left into Capital Hotel's pay parking lot. From I-91S or I-91N: Take I-84W (Waterbury), Exit 32A. Follow directions for I-84W.
Maps phrase and directions link
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Capital Hotel, 440 Asylum St., Hartford, CT |
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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.
Connecticut Valley Volkssport Club (AVA-0784)
Event website: www.avaclubs.org/cvvc/
Click inside the box to send an email to the POC.
