Walk the Bridge at Lake Front Park

Grosse Pointe Woods is one of several Michigan communities holding virtual Mackinac Bridge Walks on Labor Day. Grosse Pointe Woods residents and their guests are invited to participate.

The annual community walk is sponsored by the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports and Michigan Fitness Foundation to encourage residents to take steps toward healthier, more physically active lives. It coincides with the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk, which began on Labor Day in 1958 and draws approximately 50,000 Michigan residents each year. By encouraging communities to host their own “virtual bridge walk,” the Foundation hopes to increase the number of people being physically active this Labor Day weekend.

The walk begins at the Lake Front Park Activities Building at 9:30 a.m. and consists of two loops around the park’s paved walking path. The event includes a walk across the park’s pedestrian bridge in salute to the “Big Mac” walk. and concludes with light snacks at the tent across from the bathhouse. Each participant also receives a commemorative Bridge Walk T-shirt.

To register for Labor Day Bridge Walk, call the Lake Front Park office, (313) 343-2470, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday by Sept. 4.