12/28/2020
Rhode Islanders invited to #WalkOff2020 at state parks
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management announced in a press release that it is inviting residents to #WalkOff2020 and celebrate the New Year by getting outdoors with their immediate household members during the holiday weekend. Starting New Year’s Day, people are encouraged to visit any of Rhode Island's state parks with their household members – physically distanced from other groups and masked up – during regular park hours to explore and enjoy the outdoors.
First Day Hikes are part of a nationwide initiative led by America’s State Parks to encourage people to get outdoors. Last year nearly 85,000 people rang in the New Year, collectively hiking more than 176,366 miles throughout the country on the hikes.