2026 COTS Walk

When

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Where

Battery Park 1 North Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 Visit Website | romyt@cotsonline.org

Who

All Ages

Details

Founded in 1988, the COTS Walk is one of our oldest and most important peer-to-peer fundraisers. Every year walkers of all ages from businesses, schools, religious organizations, and neighborhoods come together from all over the region to participate. The Walk begins and ends in Battery Park with music from Jenni & the Jazz Junketeers, as well as Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, and fun activities.

This family-friendly event guides Walkers along a 3.6-mile route through downtown Burlington visiting some of the shelters and facilities that COTS operates. At this event, COTS seeks to illustrate the path a person experiencing homelessness might take when utilizing COTS services to educate our community about homelessness in our region. Bring your friends, family, coworkers, dogs, and strollers…All are welcome!

This year the COTS Walk theme is Every Story Deserves a Home. Every person who walks through the doors of COTS's shelters, housing, and service locations has a unique life story. At COTS, we believe that every story matters, and every person has the power to change the ending. At this year's COTS Walk, we hope you will join us in honoring every story and recognizing that homelessness is a chapter in too many stories in our community.

Reviews

8 reviews

June 27, 2025
"Spectacular View of the mountains and some history to read on as you walk around!"
- David M.
June 27, 2025
"Always lively, fun little park, some history"
- Meg Cline
June 27, 2025
"Beautiful park - lots of space, my kids adore running along the wall, the play structures, and of course, BEANSIES! They have wonderful music events and other events throughout the year. Amazing spot to watch the fireworks on the 3rd of July and NYE as well."
- Kate Taylor
June 21, 2024
"A cute little park with a great view and a yummy snack bar bus parked out front. A fun spot to check out with family but not somewhere I keep in my playground rotation."
- Vtfun
August 22, 2013
"This is an awesome park to spend the day at. Kids attend the structures to play on the parents get wonderful view the lake.beansies bus is there with awsome food and creemes if you need to grab lunch. It can be very crowded at times though."
- bluebingo
August 13, 2012
"Super fun downtown park. The views of the lake are stunning, the playground is one of my son's favorites and lunch and ice cream at Beansies right on the edge of the park is a great way to top it all off. Parking can be difficult if you go on a weekend, but definitely worth it if you can find a way to get there. "
- paddlekat
August 17, 2011
"One of my favorites in the summer. This is a wonderful park with great places to walk, play and eat. Beansies is right there if you forget snacks. The BPD office is right there if you need a bathroom. Lake Champlain is right there if you want to see boats. It's a fabulous place when it's sunny. If you go in the morning, it can be windy by the lake, so bring an extra layer just in case."
- mpc
September 14, 2010
"Maybe the best free view of Lake Champlain that Burlington has to offer. Until last year, when our kids suddenly started getting into a variety of other activities, we could be found at Battery Park, at least every other week. In the summer there is the institution known as Beansie's Bus that is an old school bus converted into a hamburgercreamee stand. Thursday nights in July also bring some awesome bands from around the world. In the wintertime, if it is cold enough the Department of Parks and Recreation floods a small portion for skating. But for the kids, the public play ground is hands down one of the best. Plus there are always the cannons and howitzers the cannons anyway were part of the batteryfort that once stood on this site and was used to fight back the British that the kids can crawl on if they get bored with the slides and other standard playground equipment. "
- CouncilorAdrian