Grand Rapids Running Tours

Grand Rapids Running Tours Caroline can also customize tours to accommodate any athletic ability, entertainment and cultural interest. For more detailed information visit the website.

Grand Rapids Running Tours offers 75+ thematically organized guided group or individual running or walking tours oriented around specific Grand Rapids landmarks and points of interest. Step-on bus tours as well as "virtual" tours (presentations) are available. NOTE - we meet in the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel for all events, unless otherwise specified.

Heritage Hill Victorian Traditions Walk. 50 holiday revelers strong! Such a beautiful night for a stroll - the calm be...
12/10/2024

Heritage Hill Victorian Traditions Walk. 50 holiday revelers strong! Such a beautiful night for a stroll - the calm before the "snow"storm.

Heritage Hill Association

Announcing the 2025 Chilly Challenge!For the SEVENTH year in a row, Downtown Grand Rapids Inc and Grand Rapids Running T...
12/03/2024

Announcing the 2025 Chilly Challenge!

For the SEVENTH year in a row, Downtown Grand Rapids Inc and Grand Rapids Running Tours bring you the annual FREE Chilly Challenge - a series of walking tours through downtown Grand Rapids, for which participants are rewarded a $25 gift card for perfect attendance. For seven Thursdays in a row, meeting at the same time - noon - and place - the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel - your guide, Caroline Cook, will lead you on a unique one hour walk.

For those in the group who have been in attendance on most or many of the previous walks, they know that Caroline always says at the conclusion of each walk…”And there is so much more to show you, but we’re out of time!” So, this year, the theme is to bring the walkers “the rest of the story”!

January 9 Lapping the Landmarks…Part Two
We’ll cruise by Campau Square, named after the founding father of Grand Rapids, on our way to explore some of the city’s “first and finest”, all neatly contained in a downtown loop. Simply, fascinating! You are sure to exclaim, “I never knew that!”

January 16 Art For All …Part Two
See why Grand Rapids is hailed as one of America’s most creative cities! We’ll move through the city center in hunt of significant public artwork. Oh, so many treasures! You’ll find the activity artistically stimulating.

January 23 World of Winter
Grand Rapidians believe that winter is a season to be LOVED, celebrated and enjoyed outside, so DowntownGrandRapidsInc organizes World of Winter…the largest winter festival in the United States. We’ll pass by the many intriguing art installations.

January 30 Grand Rapids Most Haunted - Part Two
Do you believe in ghosts, ghouls, poltergeists, apparitions, phantoms, spooks, psychic phenomena or things that go “bump” in the night? This tour takes you by iconic downtown locations that are purportedly haunted.

February 6 Miles and Miles of Murals…Part Two
Swirling all about us in Grand Rapids, vibrant artwork appears outside on sides of buildings, underneath highway overpasses, on retaining walls, street surfaces and utility boxes. Viewing these murals is both a study in local history and sheer expressions of creativity.

February 13 Park to Park to Park…Part One
As we walk between the multitude of parks within our city, you’ll hear the where-why-when narrative of these oases in the city. You’ll then appreciate the early heroes of our park efforts and the re-commitment of today’s park leaders.

February 20 Park to Park to Park…Part Two
As we walk between the multitude of parks within our city, you’ll hear the where-why-when narrative of these oases in the city. You’ll then appreciate the early heroes of our park efforts and the re-commitment of today’s park leaders.

We walk in all weather! Come for all seven walks to receive your $25 gift card or drop in for any walk. No registration necessary.

Lapping the Landmarks on a gusty windy day in beautiful downtown Grand Rapids. My guests were from the Treemont Condo A...
11/11/2024

Lapping the Landmarks on a gusty windy day in beautiful downtown Grand Rapids. My guests were from the Treemont Condo Association.

The final haunted walk of the season with the Heritage Hill Association...and the ghost of widow Keeler made an appearan...
10/31/2024

The final haunted walk of the season with the Heritage Hill Association...and the ghost of widow Keeler made an appearance in the window of her beloved house...

Grand Rapids' Most Haunted walking tour with participants from East Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, Rockfo...
10/29/2024

Grand Rapids' Most Haunted walking tour with participants from East Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, Rockford Community Services, Wyoming Senior Center, and Caledonia Resource Center.

Next up? Heritage Hill Victorian Christmas Walk on 12/18/24 at 6:00 p.m. Go to the above websites to register/tickets.

Thrills and chills in the annual Fulton Street Graveyard Walking Tour with the Midtown Neighborhood Association.
10/28/2024

Thrills and chills in the annual Fulton Street Graveyard Walking Tour with the Midtown Neighborhood Association.

Playing with the leaves on a Heritage Hill Association "Haunted" walking tour on a crisp fall evening.
10/24/2024

Playing with the leaves on a Heritage Hill Association "Haunted" walking tour on a crisp fall evening.

Lapping the Landmarks for a fun and interesting "employee outing".
10/24/2024

Lapping the Landmarks for a fun and interesting "employee outing".

Heritage Hill Hauntings walking tour with the Heritage Hill Association. We are at Foster Park, learning about the lege...
10/22/2024

Heritage Hill Hauntings walking tour with the Heritage Hill Association. We are at Foster Park, learning about the legend of poor Digby Baker...

Skeletons and Spooks in Heritage Hill with Micki and friends...
10/18/2024

Skeletons and Spooks in Heritage Hill with Micki and friends...

Such a glorious fall day for a stroll through Heritage Hill Association with walkers from Rockford Community Services. ...
10/17/2024

Such a glorious fall day for a stroll through Heritage Hill Association with walkers from Rockford Community Services. That house in the background? It was built by an architect, George Waddell, in 1889. It is the oldest standing log structure in the city.

Grand Rapids' Most Haunted walking tour with friends of 616 REALTY. We were all really "in the spirit" of things...
10/17/2024

Grand Rapids' Most Haunted walking tour with friends of 616 REALTY. We were all really "in the spirit" of things...

LOVE these inquisitive 3rd grade students from Rockford Christian. They enjoyed walking and talking about Grand Rapids ...
10/15/2024

LOVE these inquisitive 3rd grade students from Rockford Christian. They enjoyed walking and talking about Grand Rapids history.

...and here's the Oak Hill Cemetery South walking tour...we're paying our respects to David Kendall. Yes, of Kendall Co...
10/11/2024

...and here's the Oak Hill Cemetery South walking tour...we're paying our respects to David Kendall. Yes, of Kendall College of Art & Design. Pretty snazzy memorial monument he designed before he passed away.

Strolling through the north side of the incredibly beautiful Oakhill Cemetery, listening to the stories about its earlie...
10/08/2024

Strolling through the north side of the incredibly beautiful Oakhill Cemetery, listening to the stories about its earliest Grand Rapids residents...Welsh, Houseman, May, Padnos, Powers, Withey, Waters, Watson, Lowe and others.

Lapping the Landmarks walking tour with employees of Meijer on their "fun day" outing.
10/03/2024

Lapping the Landmarks walking tour with employees of Meijer on their "fun day" outing.

On the eve of October...a Heritage Hill Hauntings walking tour with the Heritage Hill Association.
10/01/2024

On the eve of October...a Heritage Hill Hauntings walking tour with the Heritage Hill Association.

The last of the Artprize 2024 walking tours with two couples from out-of-town. It is always sad to reach the end of the...
09/29/2024

The last of the Artprize 2024 walking tours with two couples from out-of-town. It is always sad to reach the end of the art competition each year...but happy that there is an "ArtPrize Afterglow" with some of the artwork remaining with us permanently. Shown here is an example in the DeVos Place Convention Center...

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Grand Rapids, MI
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Grand Rapids Running Tours offers 40+ thematically organized guided group or individual running or walking tours oriented around specific Grand Rapids landmarks and points of interest. We also customize tours to accommodate any athletic ability, entertainment and cultural interest. Step-on bus tours as well as "virtual" tours (presentations) are available. NOTE - we meet in the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel for all events, unless otherwise specified. For more detailed information visit our website.