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 2026

Shasta County’s annual community walking challenge is back and sign ups are now open! All who live or work in Shasta County are invited to participate in this free challenge that runs October 1-31. The goals are simple: Enjoy the outdoors, connect with others in our community, and get your body moving!

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

It is free to participate 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.

Scroll down for community walking events that can help you get more steps this October!

How to Join:

1. Click this link or download the Wellbeing+ app and enter org code: walktober26
2. Confirm the organization is Healthy Shasta
3. Fill out the registration questions (you are only contacted by phone if you are a prize winner and we have a difficult time reaching you by email.)
4. Choose a nickname
5. Click the “Join challenge” button on the dashboard to join the challenge

After you join Walktober 2026, you can set your profile image, sync your step tracking device, make your personal step goal, and make or join a team.

If you have any questions about the Wellbeing+ platform or how to set up your account, please visit the Wellbeing+ Help Center.

The Wellbeing+ app looks like this in the app store:

*Even if you participated last year, you’ll need to sign up again and create a profile for 2026.

Build (or Join) a Team:

Once you have joined the Challenge, find your dream team of four or more that are willing to step up for fun, fitness, prizes, and a good cause! Teams work best if they consist of 4-15 members, but there is no cap on how many walking enthusiasts can be on a team. Just remember, you can be part of only one team and to be eligible for the final prize drawings, you all have to walk an average of 6,000 steps daily. If you are the one who creates the team on the platform, share that name with your soon-to-be teammates so they join the correct team upon sign-up.

Give It a Good Name.
What’s in a name? Everything!  Start off on a good foot by selecting a name that people in your company, school or neighborhood will recognize. “XYZ Business HR Department” or “Saratoga Neighborhood Strollers” are great examples.

Are you a free agent who doesn’t have a worksite or community team to join? Never fear, you can still join the challenge by participating in the Free Agent Team. Free Agent Team members are eligible for individual prizes. Sorry, Free Agents, your team is not eligible for the final prize drawings.

Sync Your Favorite Step Tracker:

When you join the Wellbeing + platform, you will be prompted to sync your step tracking app or device. You can also access your device under Your Activity on your Dashboard. Help your Wellbeing+ profile stay up to date by regularly updating your step tracker and then syncing to your Wellbeing+ account.

Help connecting a fitness Tracking Device

If your step tracker is not on the list or you are kicking it old school with a pedometer, you can choose manual entry. Remember to enter your steps at least once every five days to have them included.

Wellbeing+ provides the following user guides to help with manual entry:

Manual Activity Entry

How to Win Prizes:

Competing in the Walktober Challenge means there are plenty of opportunities to win prizes! Only challenge participants who work or live in Shasta County are eligible to receive prizes and must show participation to win. Prizes are “as is” and while supplies last. Healthy Shasta staff and steering committee members may not win individual prizes.

Weekly prizes:

2 people will be randomly drawn each Wednesday (October 7, 14, 21, and 28) for weekly prizes from the following criteria:

1. Actively participating by logging your steps in the challenges earns you entry into the weekly random prize drawing for $50 to a local sporting goods store.
2. Individuals who average at least 6,000 steps daily are entered into the weekly drawing for $50 to Fleet Feet Redding.

Team Prizes:

Teams with active participation, i.e. teams with a cumulative daily average of 6,000 steps or more, will be entered for a chance to be selected in the random drawing to give a $500 cash prize to a local nonprofit. This is a great occasion to encourage your workplace or community to join a team and rally for an organization they love.  There will be two drawings for two separate $500 nonprofit donation prizes – one for workplace teams and one for community-based teams.  This donation must be given to an organization that your team does not work for – it is a charitable gift, after all!

Cash prizes shall only be donated to nonprofit organizations that are located in Shasta County with tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Funds may not be designated for political or sectarian religious purposes.  Faith-based organizations designated by the IRS as tax-exempt 501(c)(3) that do not discriminate and serve the entire community without regard to belief may receive funds for nonsectarian activities. One organization per prize.

Keep in the Know:

• Make sure you are signed up with an active email address that you check regularly because this is our main form of communication to prize winners.
• Follow @healthyshasta on Facebook or Instagram for announcements and fun events.
• Healthy Shasta may also use your email to communicate with you about challenge information or future Healthy Shasta activities. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Additional Fine Print:

• Individuals who have not synced their device by October 9^th will be removed from the challenge to make room for others who would like to actively participate.
• Registration is open until October 9, 2026. Make sure your team members have joined and are part of your team before October 9^th.
• Individuals who are not part of a team by October 9^th will be assigned to a Free Agent Team. Free Agent teams are not eligible for the team prize, but individuals on free agent teams are eligible for individual prizes.
• Prize winners must pick up their prize and sign as receipt at Public Health, 2650 Breslauer Way. Prize winners under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian.

FREE & Low-Cost Community Events during Walktober:

• Thursday, October 1- Saturday, October 3, 6:30-8pm- Beneath an Autumn Moon Cemetery Tours at Shasta State Historic Park
• Saturday, October 3, 8am-noon- Community Creek Cleanup w/ Beautify Shasta
• Saturday, October 3, 7:30am-noon- Bird Walk at Anderson River Park with Shasta Birding Society
• Wednesday, October 7- Walk to School Day
• Wednesday, October 7, 6pm- Community Walk/Run at Fleet Feet Redding
• Saturday, October 10, 9-10am- Second Saturday Bird Walk with Shasta Birding Society
• Saturday, October 17, 10am-2pm- Wildlife Tracking at Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve
• Saturday, October 24, 10am-noon- Families in the Forest with Shasta Environmental Alliance
• Saturday, October 24, 10am-noon- Search for the Spawning Salmon with Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve
• Saturday, October 31, 10-11am- Guided Garden Walk at Turtle Bay Botanical Gardens

Community Walk/Runs during Walktober:

• Saturday, October 3, 9:30am- 7^th Annual Pink 5K Walk/Run
• Saturday, October 4- Redding Breakfast Lions Cub Turtle Bay Run
• Saturday, October 17- Simpson University Red Hawk 5K
• Saturday, October 17- The Jackalope Lope with Redding Trail Alliance

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

Walk with a Doc with Mercy Foundation North and Dignity Health – Monthly walks with various health topics led by medical professionals. Request schedule of walks.

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!

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