Trail Running calendar near Old Fort 2025-2026

The Papertown 20K Trail Race will take place in Canton on Saturday 4 October 2025. You can run between 10 and 20 kilometers.

The Color Me Mutt 5K & 1 Mile Color Walk/Run is an annual, pet-friendly event held at NASCAR SpeedPark Smoky Mountains in Sevierville, Tennessee. Participants can choose between a timed 5K color run or a 1-mile fun run/walk, both featuring non-toxic color powder stations along the course. Dogs are w..

The Naturalist Trail Race in Franklin, NC, offers challenging 25K and 50K distances through historic trails once explored by William Bartram in the late 1700s. The course features significant elevation gains—over 5,500 feet for the 25K and 8,500 feet for the 50K—highlighting a tough climb from Walla..

The Paris Mountain Half Marathon will take place in Greenville on Saturday 11 October 2025. You can run 13 miles.

The Broad River Trail Run is a scenic trail running event held in Shelby, North Carolina, hosted by Broad River Greenway. Scheduled for October 11, 2025, the race offers two distance options: a challenging 10-mile course and a 5K out-and-back route. Both races start at the Ranger Station and feature..

Lake Rhodhiss Trailfest, held in Valdese, North Carolina, is a trail running event featuring a 10-mile, 10K, 5K, and a one-mile fun run. Set within Valdese Lakeside Park, the courses primarily traverse technical, single-track trails characterized by rolling hills, roots, and rocks, offering a challe..

The Payson’s Run 10k will take place in Bryson City on Saturday 11 October 2025. You can run 10 kilometers.

The Fight for Families 5k is an annual trail run/walk held at Allison Creek Park in York, South Carolina, aimed at raising awareness of the local foster and adoption crisis. This true 5k race features interactive stations that provide insight into the experiences of children in the child welfare sys..

The TreeTops 8.5 Mile Race will take place in Hendersonville on Saturday 18 October 2025. You can run 8 miles.

The Fonta Flora 50K and Half Marathon is a scenic trail running event held at Lake James State Park near Nebo, North Carolina. The races start and finish at Fonta Flora Brewery's Whippoorwill Farm, offering beautiful views of Shortoff Mountain and Linville Gorge. The half marathon covers approximate..

The Trick or Trail 5K & 1-Mile event in Hendersonville, NC, offers a festive running experience through the Historic 7th Avenue District and the scenic Oklawaha Greenway. Participants can run or walk a fairly flat, speedy course blending nature and pavement, with a water station near Sullivan Park...

The Prisoner of War Trail Race is a challenging trail running event held at Camp Croft State Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It offers three distances: a 50K ultra, a 25K, and an 8-mile race, all featuring a figure-eight loop course through rugged, technical terrain with roots, rocks, and eleva..

The Mountaineer Rumble is a challenging trail running event held at Kings Mountain State Park in Clover, South Carolina. It offers multiple race distances including a 10 Mile, 50K, 100K, and a 100 Mile ultra. The course features a 31.1-mile loop showcasing scenic trails such as the CCC Multi-Use Tra..

The Chestnut Chase is a scenic 10K trail race held at Chestnut Mountain Nature Park in Canton, North Carolina. The challenging course features a steep 600-foot climb in the first two miles along Papertown Express, followed by rolling hills on the newly developed Old Timer trail. Runners are rewarded..

The Seven Trails Ultra Festival, held in Damascus, Virginia, is a unique trail running event celebrating community and endurance. Taking place over 30 hours, it offers distances from 25K up to 100 miles with no cutoffs or DNFs, encouraging runners to push their limits at their own pace. The course i..

The Looking Glass 100k is a highly scenic ultramarathon held in Pisgah Forest near Asheville, North Carolina. Covering approximately 62 miles with about 10,600 feet of elevation gain and loss, the course features a challenging single large loop around the iconic Looking Glass Rock. Runners traverse..

The Long Night in Lanford is a unique endurance running event held in Enoree, South Carolina, challenging participants to run from dusk until dawn on an off-road, approximately 1-mile trail. The course features varied terrain including gravel, wooded areas, open fields, creek edges, pine tree plots,..

The High Country Turkey Trot 10k is part of the 15th Annual High Country Turkey Trot held in Boone, North Carolina, at Clawson-Burnley Park. This event features a scenic 10k timed trail race along the Boone Greenway and Kennedy Trails, offering mostly grass and wooded trail terrain with some paved s..

The One Epic Run will take place in Spartanburg from Saturday 6 December 2025 to Sunday 7 December 2025. You can run 24 kilometers.

The Lake Norman State Park Trail Race, held in Troutman, NC, offers two challenging trail running options: a 30K and a 50K. Both races feature smooth, rolling single-track trails with no repeated loops, providing a fresh experience throughout. The 30K course includes about 1,500 feet of elevation ga..