Healthy Shasta Walks

Healthy Shasta aims to encourage people to walk and bike more for both transportation and recreation while working behind the scenes to support the creation of environments that make bicycling and walking easier, safer and more convenient for transportation and recreation.

Walktober 2025

Healthy Shasta’s Walktober 2025 Challenge is Coming Soon!

Are your feet ichin’ for a challenge?  Scratch that itch with some healthy “competish”! Step into the Walktober Challenge and enjoy the fall weather while getting active, winning prizes, supporting a local charity, and exploring the beauty of our surrounding area!

Find a team of coworkers, friends, family, school clubs, neighborhood groups, or any collection of people. Walktober is a great opportunity to build camaraderie and – if you’re walking or competing with coworkers – encourage workplace wellness.

It is free to play and use the platform, thanks to a donation from Dignity Health! Active participants are eligible for prize drawings of local gift cards and Whiskeytown/Lassen National Park passes. Winning teams receive cash donations for charity (can’t donate to your own workplace.) Must live or work in Shasta County to win.

Follow Healthy Shasta on social media for updates and check back here for more information on how to start or join a walking group with coworkers, friends, or family. Sign-ups will be open starting September 15, 2025

Let the fun begin on October 1^st.  Healthy Shasta | Facebook

Community Walking Resources

Check out this new series of Downtown Redding Walking Maps. The four different maps provide themed points of interest to explore in Downtown. This project was in collaboration with Healthy Shasta, Viva Downtown Redding, the City of Redding, and Visit Redding and was funded by the Upstate California Creative Corps in 2023-2024. Tyler Brown Cifu Shuster created the maps. Walks will continue Thursdays from May 30 through June 27, 2024 at 6:30 pm from Downtown Redding. Follow us for details @HealthyShasta or Healthy Shasta.

Downtown Historical Map

Mural Map

Calaboose Creek Map

Downtown to Trails Map

Learn more about Redding Downtown Murals  – a work in progress!

Healthy Shasta Walks Passport – Walking Inspiration for Anytime

Do you have a goal to be more active in 2025?

The Walks Passport is a way to make something we do everyday fun and provides an opportunity to explore more of our community. Although the Walks Passport program has been discontinued, you can still access the Passport from 2024 and use it as a fun family or solo activity at anytime.

Click here to download and print a copy: Healthy Shasta 2024 Walks Passport

Find Places to Walk and People to Walk With

Photo Credit Cameron Lievense, Redding, CA Your Year Your Life Photo by Emerson Ward on Unsplash Your Steps

• Local Trail Maps
• Local Recreation Groups
• Ranger Programs – Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
• Ranger-led Programs – Lassen Volcanic National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
• Redding Ramblers Hiking Group (Redding, CA) | Meetup
• Safe Routes to School – healthyshasta.org
• Shasta Dogs | Redding CA | Facebook

Local Walking Guides

Walking in nature also provides a way to reduce and manage the stress of daily life.

Share Your Story: Shape Our Streets.

We want your feedback on where to improve bikeways, sidewalks, and crossings. Help us make roadways safer for all users in Shasta County. Share your experiences about transportation crashes, near-misses, general hazards, and safe locations you travel. Simply go to Street Story, which is an easy to use online tool to share your story on an interactive map. Your comments will be used by local  agencies to help plan, develop, and improve local transportation projects for safer access for walking, biking, and transit. Thank you for contributing!

Add Your Story Here