Trail Running calendar near Cartersville 2025-2026

The Meadow to Mountain Trail Race, held at scenic Fausett Farms in Dawsonville, Georgia, offers 10K and 15K trail running events through the Appalachian Foothills. The course begins in an open meadow and transitions to wooded double-track trails featuring rolling hills and challenging climbs, with b..

Haw Creek Park in Cumming, Georgia, hosts the 13th Annual Dirty Spokes Trail Running Race, offering participants two distance options: 6.1 miles and 3.0 miles. The event features a scenic course that includes single and double track trails, rolling hills, and technical sections, providing a refreshi..

The Nature Calls Trail Race, held at Lula Lake Land Trust near Chattanooga, TN, offers a low-key, no-frills trail running and hiking experience with 5K and 15K distances. The 5K course is very easy, while the 15K features challenging terrain including the High Adventure trail with a rope section and..

Delirium in Anniston, AL, is a unique trail running event featuring two distances: a challenging 32K and a 15K. The 32K race requires runners to complete four distinct loops—Bomb Dog, Baby Bear, Mama Bear, and Papa Bear—in any order, returning to the start/finish to check in after each. The course i..

The Night Owl- Vertical Challenge is a six-hour night trail race held at Byron Herbert Reese Farm in Blairsville, Georgia. The course is an out-and-back loop of approximately 2.34 miles with about 654 feet of vertical gain per lap, featuring significant climbing and descending. Participants can comp..

The Chicopee Woods WildRUN is a trail running event held in Gainesville, Georgia, within the scenic Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve. The race features two main distances: a 7-mile and a 3-mile trail race, both winding through diverse natural habitats including rhododendron groves, creeks, and rolling..

The Vol State is a challenging 314-mile ultramarathon starting with a ferry ride across the Mississippi River from Missouri to Kentucky and finishing atop Sand Mountain in Northeast Georgia. Held in July, runners face intense heat and humidity as they traverse highways, backroads, hills, rivers, and..

Merrill’s Mile is a challenging ultramarathon event held at Camp Frank D. Merrill in Dahlonega, Georgia. The race features a USA Track & Field certified 0.9951-mile paved loop with a 12-foot width and about 10 feet of elevation gain per lap.Participants can choose from 6-hour, 12-hour, 24-hour, and..

The Dirty Spokes Sawnee Mountain Trail Run is an annual event held at Sawnee Mountain Preserve in Cumming, Georgia. Featuring two distances, 4.0 miles and 3.1 miles, the race offers a challenging course with a mix of single and double track trails, rolling and steep hills, technical rocky sections,..

Hot to Trot is an ultrarunning event held at Boling Park in Canton, Georgia, featuring 4-hour and 8-hour race options. The course is a roughly 1-mile loop combining grass, trail, and hard-packed dirt, designed to be flat and fast without significant elevation changes. The race embraces the challenge..

The Red Top Roaster Trail Run, hosted by Dirty Spokes Productions, takes place at Red Top Mountain State Park in Cartersville, Georgia. This annual event offers two trail running distances: 8.85 miles and 3.1 miles, featuring scenic courses through rolling hills, double tracks, and forest trails suc..

The FCA Endurance Race, held at the University of North Georgia's Oakwood campus, offers a variety of race durations including 24, 12, 6, 4, and 2-hour events, plus a newly added 5K race. The course features a one-mile paved loop around the scenic campus, with ample space for runners to spread out...

The Still Hollow Trail Race, held at Enterprise South Nature Park in Chattanooga, TN, offers a half marathon and a 10K race. Known as one of the fastest trail races in the Southeast, the course features wide, soft, and gently rolling pedestrian-only trails for the first half, ideal for both distance..

In the Heat of the Night is a unique night trail running event held in Anniston, Alabama, featuring distances of 10K, 25K, 50K, and 100K. The race takes place on a loop course through the Talladega Forest roads and the scenic Pinhoti Trail, starting at Frog Pond Overlook. The terrain consists of mai..

The H9 Dragon is a trail running event held at Vogel State Park in Blairsville, Georgia, featuring a 50-mile race and a marathon along the scenic Duncan Ridge. Organized by the H9 Trail Club, participation requires club membership, emphasizing adherence to Forest Service regulations. The event offer..

The Baby Dragon event, held at Vogel State Park in Blairsville, Georgia, features multiple trail races including a 100-mile ultra, a 40-mile race, and a 40-kilometer race called the Dragon Egg. The 100-mile race involves multiple traverses of the Duncan Ridge Trail, with a generous 50-hour cutoff, w..

The Yeti Snakebite is a challenging trail running event held at Sweetwater State Park in Lithia Springs, Georgia. Returning to its original August date, this race features an 8.88-hour timed format where participants run as many 6-mile loops as possible through a rugged course that crosses rivers an..

The 24 Hours at Lake Z is a timed trail running event held at Lake Zwerner in Dahlonega, GA. Participants can choose from 24-hour, 12-hour, or 6-hour race options. The course is a 4.63-mile lollipop loop featuring rocky and rooty terrain, steep climbs and descents, runnable ridge lines, and water cr..

The Bad Beard Events Oli Kai is a trail running race held at the Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center in Chattanooga, TN. Participants can choose from 3, 6, or 9-hour race options, running loops of a 2.1-mile course with about 190 feet of elevation gain. The event welcomes runners of all le..

Oli Via is a trail running event held in Chattanooga, Tennessee, featuring two race distances: a 4.5-mile run and a half marathon. The course is entirely on dirt trails, with many flat and fast sections, but also significant elevation gains—731 feet for the shorter race and 2,444 feet for the half m..