The clubs of the American Volkssport Association host over 1000 self-guided trails in the USA.  The walks go through a wide variety of areas, from National Parks to countryside to quaint towns to neighborhoods and cities.  Each year the walkers vote for the Top Ten Walks, without being allowed to vote for any in their own state.  For 1999 the results celebrate several walks in the Midwest due to the AVA Biennial Convention in June, 1999 having brought many walkers to that area.

1997

1. San Antonio, Texas Riverwalk YR055 Texas Wanderers
Walk Review

2. West Point, New York YR037, Volkssport Club of West Point

3. Devils Tower, Wyoming YR497 (inactive 1998, renewed 1999 as YR501) Northern Hills Walking Club
Walk Review

4. New York Central Park, NY YR1330, Seneca Valley Sugarloafers
Walk Review

5. Washington DC, YR 231, Kevin Shaw's report with photos. Washington DC Area Club's description and directions.
Walk Review

6. Hot Springs, Arkansas, YR979, Arkansas Oktoberfest Volksmarsch
Walk Listing

7. Savannah, Georgia YR1366 Happy Wanderers
Walk Listing

8. Princeton, New Jersey YR736, Delaware Valley Volkssporters
Walk Listing

9. New York Midtown, YR1331, Seneca Valley Sugarloafers
Walk Review

10. Colorado Springs, Colorado YR464, Falcon Wanderer's
Walk Listing

Photo Gallery

The Washington Monument is just one of the sights on the Washington DC Monuments Walk.  Also featured are the Lincoln Memorial, Capitol, White House and Vietnam Memorial.  The walk is flat and paved.  Start is at the Columbia Plaza Pharmacy, 516 - 23rd St., NW.  Photo by Kevin Shaw.

The Garden of the Gods walk near Colorado Springs, Colorado takes you into a stunning natural area of fantasy rock formations.  The start is at the Garden of the Gods Trading Post, 324 Beckers Lane.  It is rated moderate on trails and roads and is at an altitude of 6412 ft.  Photo by Wendy Bumgardner.

Devil's Tower is a dramatic column of basalt, the throat of an ancient volcano.   The walk circles the base of the rock.  Along the way you see prairie dogs, rock climbers, and Indian religious bundles.