Here we've assembled the generous and illuminating media coverage that the Walking City Trail has received since its launch. For special trail event listings and news, CLICK HERE.
July 24, 2023: The Boston Globe. Reporter Alysa Guffey hits Section 3 of the Walking City Trail with photographer John Tlumacki in this thoughtful story about how the trail took root as a mid-pandemic experiment and grew into a community endeavor that could one day inspire more urban trails through Boston's public green spaces and neighborhoods.
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June 22, 2023: The Boston Globe. In this alluring roundup of Globe travel writer Christopher Muther's favorite summertime activities in the City of Boston, the Walking City Trail receives a prime spotlight. And Boston, as a whole, is rightly recognized as an urabn hiking oasis, with its growing network of interconnected urban trails!
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May 15, 2023: Outside. We almost fell out of our chairs upon learning that Outside magazine chose Boston as one of two top hiking destinations in the U.S. for its ranking of adventure zones. (Alaska got the other nod!) And the Walking City Trail is cited by name as the newest example of the urban trails that Boston is known for.
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May 1, 2023: Mountain Gazette. For the 199th issue of Mountain Gazette, Miles teamed up with photographer Dan Brown to "thru-hike" all 27 miles of the WCT in just 48 hours. Their collaborative essay is featured in the large-scale magazine that only comes in print form. (It's more like a big, rustic coffee table book.)
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September 7, 2022: Chronicle. On this late summer episode of WCVB/ABC's Chronicle, Miles took Anthony Everett on a hike through Sherrin Woods Urban Wild (Section 1 of the trail) and talked about the unique benefits of urban hiking and how Boston residents and visitors can give the emerging activity a try on the WCT. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO.
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June 23, 2022: Mass Live. Back when the WCT was "only" 25 miles, reporter Will Ketcham and Miles linked up for a short hike along Section 4 of the WCT as it arrives at the core of Downtown Boston. At one point, Ketcham astutely dubbed Bunker Hill Monumnent "the Mount Katahdin of the Walking City Trail." We agree.
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June 16, 2022: WBUR & NPR. Two days before the launch of the Walking City Trail, WBUR's Cloe Axelson and Robin Lubbock joined Miles for a sneak peek at Section 3 of the trail, on Mission Hill. The resultant radio essay was later rebroadcast on NPR's Here & Now with Robin Young. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO IT.
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June 16, 2022: Streetsblog Massachusetts.
The first piece of press coverage for the WCT! It all began with this reported story by Grecia White about the origins of the trail and what it's like to hike from the shores of Jamaica Pond to forests, bogs, hidden staircases, and the core of the Longwood Medical Area along Section 3 of the trail. |
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