20TH ANNUAL GREAT LOS ANGELES WALK 2025 - WILSHIRE BLVD.

The Great Los Angeles Walk Turns 20 -- And Returns to Where It All Began, Wilshire Blvd., On Nov. 22, 2025!

Date: Saturday Nov. 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM TO WHENEVER THE HECK YOU FINISH!

Join us for the 20th edition of the GLAW, and the 5th one with Humanist Hikers! It's a different route every year.

Starting Location: TBD

End Point: Also TBD

Expect details to trickle in starting in late October. They will be posted here. Presumably the route will be Wilshire Blvd. from Figueroa in downtown to the palisades in Santa Monica.

Event web page:
https://greatlawalk.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-great-los-angeles-walk-turns-20-and.html

ROUTE DESCRIPTION:
Here's where it all began, on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in 2006. That's when I decided to walk the length of Wilshire Boulevard to celebrate my 10th year living in Los Angeles. Inspired by the book "Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles" (by Kevin Roderick and J. Eric Lynxwiler), I asked the readers of my blog Franklin Avenue to come join me for a day-long stroll across the city.

A few dozen showed up, and we had a thrilling day exploring Los Angeles on foot (and even sneaking into a few buildings!) For that first year, I called it "The Great Wilshire Walk." But it soon became apparent that this wouldn't be a one-year deal, as attendees quickly asked me where we'd be walking the following year.
And so The Great Los Angeles Walk was born.

MAP: A route description and map is usually available sometime in late October

Sign up for their newsletter detailing the walk:
To join in, just EMAIL US at [greatlawalk@mail.com](mailto:greatlawalk@mail.com)

The Great Los Angeles Walk takes place every year the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
- Walk across the city of Los Angeles. See the city from a new perspective.
- Meet fellow walkers along the way.
- This is NOT a race or competition.
- This is NOT a guided tour (but there is a map).
- Walk at your own pace and stop when and where you like.
The journey itself is its own point.

L.A. journalist and blogger Michael Schneider launched the Great Los Angeles Walk in 2006 as a way to celebrate his tenth year in Los Angeles. Inspired by the book “Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles,” by Kevin Roderick, he decided to walk the street’s entire length.

The Great Los Angeles Walk grew from dozens of participants to hundreds, and continues to expand each year – always the Saturday before Thanksgiving -- as more Angelenos join in to explore their city on foot.

This year, we're going back to where it all started: Wilshire Boulevard. As always, the Walk will take place the Saturday before Thanksgiving, which this year is Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Details to come on where we will gather, our food options during the day and more.
If you're not familiar with the Walk, please go read this wonderful feature in the Los Angeles Times, which perfectly encapsulated what we're all about:
L.A. isn’t a walking city? The man behind Great Los Angeles Walk would like a word

As always, the Walk is completely free. It is up to the participants to decide how much or how little of the walk they want to do. More recently, the Walk was included in the book "The Best Things to Do In Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas" by Joy Yoo

Social media users can follow along all day on the walk's official Twitter feed, https://x.com/greatlawalk , as we continually post our location.

All the details are here: http://greatlawalk.blogspot.com/
Video: Why we walk https://youtu.be/m5DASOc424w
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