Healthy Maine Walks Registry

Indoor Walking Route Guidelines:

Healthy Maine Walks provides information about walking routes in the State where the opportunity exists for Mainers to take part in physical exercise and the enjoyment of a healthy, active lifestyle. The Healthy Maine Walks Web site will give walkers knowledge of the routes available in their communities and elsewhere.

While Maine offers many opportunities year-round for fun and healthy outdoor activity, there are times when people would prefer to walk indoors in a setting that offers lighting, climate control, and firm footing. This section focuses on indoor walking routes.

If you are a route planner, manager, or avid walker on Maine routes and you would like to register a walk with Healthy Maine Walks, please follow the guidelines below.

Please check the Healthy Maine Walks Registry (www.healthymainewalks.org) to ensure the route is not already listed.
Information provided through Internet submissions will be reviewed and may then be entered in an active database.
Only "public" routes (which are defined as those that are on federal, state, county, city, nonprofit entity property, and for which permission has been given for their use by the general public) should be submitted to Healthy Maine Walks.
Routes may include designated portions of malls, schools, and municipal buildings.
If possible, distance of indoor walking route should be posted if space is available.
Routes should have no known hazards.
Parking, ideally for both cars and bicycles, should be provided within a convenient distance from the route's endpoint(s).
Please complete the questionnaire in its entirety — if you do not know all of the information about the route, fill out as much as you can.

Healthy Maine Walks Registration Form:

Please complete ALL of the questions to the best of your ability. If a question is not applicable, please type "Not Applicable" or "N/A". Do not leave required fields blank. Please use proper punctuation and grammar, including CAPITAL letters and full sentences where needed.

* Required Fields
I have notified the proper person (i.e. land owner, municipal person, building manager, or state park ranger, ect.) and have permission to register this route on the Healthy Maine Walks web site.
Name of person giving permission to register route: *
Telephone number of person giving permission to register route: *
Name of person registering route: *
Telephone number: *
I have permission to register this route.* The person registering this route will recieve confirmation of this registration along with trail markers requested in the mail.
1. Contact and Organizational Information:
Name of Route: *
Name of Managing Group: *
Contact Person First Name: *
Contact Person Last Name: *
Title: *
Address Line 1: *
Address Line 2:
Town/City: *
Zip/Postal Code: *
Phone (for public information): *	( ) -
E-mail Address: *

2. To find more information about the route:
Phone number for public information:	( ) -
Web Site:	ie: http://www.healthymainewalks.com/registerroute.asp
Are maps of the route available? If so, where? If not applicable, please type "N/A". *
Upload your map here:	( only .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .pdf and .pub files are allowed)

3. Information for planning a walk:
Total Route Distance(if available): * (example: 2 laps arround the gym)
Handicapped accessible? *	Yes No
Distance markers? *	Yes No
Are stairs an option in the route? *	Yes No
If yes - how many levels?
Days & Hours of availability: *
Example: Monday 6am - 9am and 6pm-9pm; Tuesday 12pm-3pm;
Allowed uses (ie: Walking, running, etc.)? *
Amenities (ie: restaurants, vending machines, bathroom facilities, water fountains, first aid station). If not applicable, please type "N/A": *

4. Getting to the route:
Region: *
What town is the route in? If not in a town, please designate the closest town: *
Name of building (i.e. High School, Mall, Warehouse).
Where in town? If not applicable, please type "N/A": *
Location of “start” of walk, if applicable. If not applicable, please type "N/A": *
Bicycle Parking? *	Yes No
Parking Available: *	Yes No
Directions to parking. If not applicable, please type "N/A": *
Driving directions to route. If not applicable, please type "N/A": *

5. How to follow the route:
Walking directions for following the route: *
How many Healthy Maine Walks route markers are needed? (Note: Route markers are recommended at intersections and entrances.): *

Date submitted: *	03/10/10




If you have any questions, please contact:
Phyllis Wolfe Maine Physical Activity and Nutrition Program Tel: 207-287-5041 phyllis.wolfe@maine.gov	Dan Stewart Statewide Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator Office of Passenger Transportation Tel: 207-624-3252 Fax: 207-624-3251 E-mail: dan.stewart@maine.gov