Volunteer Signup-- Dogtown Trail Race

Help support our 2025 Dogtown Trail Race by signing up to Volunteer with us on race day!

Our Annual Dogtown Trail Race is our only fundraising event of the year (all of our other hikes are free!), and attracts between 150-200 runners and walkers from the North Shore and beyond. The race takes place on a 5.4-mile course that covers trails throughout Dogtown in Rockport and Gloucester (for more information on the race, you can view the Dogtown Trail Race Event Page).

This race would not be possible without help from our many volunteers!  If you would like to join us in this effort, please sign up here!

Volunteer needs include:

Help with parking, race-day registration, taking photos, helping at water stations (one at the start/ finish area, and one out on the course), serving as a safety monitor out on the trails (where you will help guide the participants in the right direction at key junctures), helping to mark the course (the day before the race), helping to take down the course markers after the race (this group will begin walking the course just after the race starts, remaining behind the last participants), and just coming to cheer on our runners and walkers as they arrive at the finish line!

Volunteers will also receive a Cape Ann Trail Stewards Dogtown Trail Race T-shirt!  (Sign up to volunteer by May 1 to guarantee availability)

Register here if you are able to help us on May 18, and we will be in touch with you in the weeks prior to the race to finalize plans (you will be able to indicate any specific areas of interest in volunteering when you register).

Many thanks for your support!!

Meeting Spot: Race parking will be by Evans Field next to 3 Station Square in Rockport. To get there, turn into the Whistlestop Mall entrance off of Railroad Ave. (Evans Field is just past the Ace Hardware store-- both the field and the hardware store will be on the right). See the Google map location HERE.

The race start/ finish area is near the water tower at the top of Summit Ave., which is accessible via a trail from Evans Field.

Note:  Depending on the volunteer roles, some volunteers may meet and/ or park at other locations.  Details will be arranged with each volunteer prior to race day.

The race starts at 9:00am, and volunteer needs will be within the timeframe between 7:00am and 12:00pm (volunteers will not be needed or expected to be available for this entire timeframe).