CO-SPONSORS AND EVENT NUMBER:American Red Cross: Event number 2004/Y1483 10 km walk.
START POINT:American Red Cross, Bldg. 601 room 120, Lee Blvd., Ft Eustis, VA
ALTERNATE START POINT:U.S. Army Transportation Museum, Washington Blvd., Ft. Eustis, VA
DISTANCE:There is a 5-kilometer & a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) trail.
START AND FINISH TIMES:American Red Cross: 8 am to 4 PM, Monday through Friday. Closed weekends and Federal holidays. U.S. Army Transportation Museum: 9 am to 4:30 PM, Tuesday through Sunday. Closed Mondays and Federal holidays.
WALK FEES:Registration is $4.00 for the B award and IVV credit. The credit only fee is $3.00. There is no fee just to walk the trail, but you must carry a start card. There is no pre-registration. Since the start location cannot collect fees for us, a stamped, self-addressed envelope is provided for you to mail the white copy of the start card and your fee to the Peninsula Pathfinders of Virginia. PLEASE PAY BY CHECK.
AWARD:There are a limited number of B awards available from 1998 and 1999.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES:Mon - Fri: Go to the Red Cross Office and ask for the start box. Saturday & Sunday: Go to the Museum Gift Shop and ask for the start box. Complete the paperwork for the event by following the instructions in the box. Remember that the start point is a business. Please be patient while they wait on their customers.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:Walk trail rating 1. The walk trail is along roads on the grounds of Ft. Eustis.
DIRECTIONS:See detailed directions and maps below.
FORT EUSTIS-NEWPORT NEWS:Take I-64 to Newport News. Exit I-64 at Exit 250A, Ft. Eustis Blvd., VA Rt. 105 West. Enter the post and continue to the first circle. Go three-quarters of the way around the circle and take the second Lee Blvd. exit to your right. Building 922 is on the left, past the tennis courts. An American Red Cross sign is in front of the building. If you are starting at the Alternate start point, follow the directions to the post, then follow the signs to the Transportation Museum.