Indy Park-to-Park Walk

The Park-to-Park Walk is designed to bring people together, encourage exploration, and show how connected Indy truly is. Get ready to discover Indy like you've never discovered it before!

Event Overview

The Park-to-Park walk, inspired by the Manhattan end to end walk (aka Broad City Challenge), is designed to demonstrate how walkable Indy is. This 12-mile, point-to-point urban walk is a collaborative community event hosted by We Walk Indy and Third Space Indy.

Starting at Marott Park in Broad Ripple and ending at Garfield Park on the city’s south side, the group will move through the heart of Indy via three major active-transportation corridors: the Monon Trail, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, and Pleasant Run Trail.

Along the way, the group will make curated stops to highlight local community spaces that contribute to the vibrancy of each corridor. The group will stop at the halfway point for lunch. Participants are welcome to complete the full route or join us for portions of the route at various stops along the way.

The experience concludes with a group return trip on IndyGo’s Red Line, reinforcing the importance of multimodal transportation and demonstrating how walking and transit work together to make the city more accessible.

*NOTE: In the instance of inclement weather, the rain date is Sunday, April 26

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WHAT TO EXPECT:

• We'll be walking as a group at an average pace of 3 miles per hour
• You can join us for a portion of the route or the full route
• Follow our progress on this real-time google map [link to be updated on event day].
• Joining us along the way? Expect to see us at the stops by the times listed below.
• Pacers bikeshare bikes are located along our route which might be helpful to use if you get tired, need a break or want to zoom ahead to the next stop.

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WHAT TO BRING:

Bring comfortable socks & shoes, a water bottle to be refilled at various stops, snacks, and a portable battery charger.

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ROUTE STOPS (subject to slight modifications)

1) 8:30-9:00AM: Start at Marott Park in Broad Ripple (on the Monon, just north of the Indy Art Center)

45 minute walk

2) 9:45-10:15AM: MononWorks/Ripple Boulder - TBC (52nd & Monon)

1 hr 15 min walk

3) 11:30AM-11:45PM: Frederick Douglass Family Center (25th & Monon)

45 min walk

4) 12:30- 1:15PM: Lunch at The Garage / Bottleworks District

5) 1:15-1:30PM: Quick stop at Tomorrow Bookstore

30 min walk

6) 2:00PM: Monument Circle photo opp

45 min walk

7) 2:45-3:00PM: Fountain Square/Upland - TBC

45 min walk

8) 3:45PM: End at Garfield Park

9) 3:45-4:45PM: Return to Broad Ripple by way of the IndyGo Bus Red Line

15 min walk

10) 5:00PM: Return to Marott Park in Broad Ripple

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Indianapolis Art Center, 820 East 67th Street, Indianapolis, United States

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