The Little Ones Learning Center, a FREE non-profit early literacy center for children 0-6 is conducting the 2026 Towpath Run, a 6K (3.7 mile) Race/Walk for Literacy, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. The race will be run point to point from Alligerville to Accord to raise money for the program. Participants will meet at the Accord Community Center to register from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Runners and walkers will be bussed to Alligerville for the run back to Accord. Walkers will start at 9 a.m., and runners will start at 9:15 a.m.

The race will be run along Towpath Road, a scenic, wooded lane with views of the Catskills, and up the hill from the actual towpath used for ferrying boats along the former D&H Canal. Accord and Alligerville were stops on the canal. There will be no parking in Alligerville and all runners and walkers will be required to be bussed to the start point from Accord.

Pre-Registration by Sept. 23 - $20, Sept 24 to Day of Race - $25.

Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers in each of the following categories: 14 & under, 15-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 and over, Town of Rochester residents, and walkers.

The community center is located a few blocks off Route 209 on County Route 27, about six miles south of the intersection of Routes 209 and 213 in Stone Ridge and about four miles north of the intersection of Routes 44/55 and 209 in Kerhonkson.