Join us for this free, family-friendly event is for people walking, bicycling, skateboarding, scootering, rollerblading - whatever human-powered travel mode you can imagine - to experience the beautiful Tacoma waterfront for five miles unencumbered by cars.
This year's event will be held Saturday, September 7, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The official park stops, where you can enjoy arts and crafts, games and sporting events, education demonstrations, and more, include:
-Dune Peninsula: Join in the Community Celebration event and experience this brand new 11-acre park.
-Cummings Park: Metro Arts, field dart golf, field games, bubble soccer, pickleball, and adaptive cycles
-Dickman Mill Park: Fort Nisqually re-enactors, kayak tours, children's obstacle course, live music, and a pop-up skate park
-Jack Hyde Park: Stand up paddleboarding
-Schuster Parkway: Recharge by taking an art break mid-way down Schuster Parkway
-Fireman's Park: This park is the southern turn-around, but you don't need to breeze right through. Check out the newly constructed park and learn about the cool activities happening in Downtown Tacoma.
You can join the course at any point along the route between Fireman's Park and Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park. Streets close northbound to cars and open to people at 9 a.m. Car traffic will resume on Ruston Way promptly at 2 p.m. and on Schuster Parkway promptly at 4 p.m.
For more information on Downtown to Defiance, visit cityoftacoma.org/downtowntodefiance.
