Trail Running calendar near Lake Ariel 2025-2026

The New Paltz Pizza Challenge is a fun and unique 3.3-mile running event held in New Paltz, NY, starting at Water Street Market. The course is approximately 5 kilometers and offers participants a lively atmosphere with plenty of pizza to enjoy along the way. The event features prizes for the winners..

The Hellbender 5k & Half Marathon is held annually in Bear Gap, Pennsylvania, within the scenic Weiser State Forest's Roaring Creek Tract. The event features both a half marathon and a 5k race, each following fast, flat, out-and-back courses along reservoir lakes and forest roads in this 9,000-acre..

The USATF-NJ Open & Masters 5k Cross Country Championships is a competitive running event held at Natirar Park in Peapack Gladstone, New Jersey. Scheduled for August 24, 2025, this 5-kilometer cross country race features divisions for both open and masters athletes. It is part of the Paul Miller Aut..

The Salt Springs Field, Forest & Falls Trail Races, held in Montrose, Pennsylvania, offer a rugged trail running experience through old-growth forests with stunning scenery. In its 13th year in 2025, the event features three race distances: 5K, 10K, and a challenging 50K. The 5K is mostly trail, whi..

The Barn-B-Q Trail Festival, held in Berkeley Heights, NJ, is a unique outdoor event combining trail running, hiking, and a lively barn party. Set in the historic Deserted Village of Feltville within Watchung Reservation, participants can enjoy self-guided trail tours ranging from 2 to 6 miles, with..

The FallApple is a trail running event held in South Orange, New Jersey, at South Mountain Reservation. Scheduled for early September, the race offers a variety of distances including 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon, 50K, and 50-mile options. The course features a mix of fire roads, single-track tr..

10K Run for the Osprey is a fall running event at Lacawac Sanctuary in Lake Ariel, PA (William E. Chatlos Environmental Education Center, 182 Sanctuary Road). The event offers a 10K Trail Run and a 5K Walk.The course is described as scenic, winding through diverse landscapes to support habitat conse..

The Camptown Races, held in Camptown, Pennsylvania, is a historic running event featuring a 10k race, a 5k race, and a 10k relay. The 10k course is unique, combining both road and a challenging 2.8-mile technical trail section with obstacles such as tree roots, loose rocks, and a creek crossing. Thi..

The Boulder Field 100 is a challenging trail running event held at Hickory Run State Park in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. It offers three distances: 100K, 50K, and an 18-mile run/hike. The course features a figure-8 shaped 50K loop, with 100K participants running the loop twice.Runners encounter about..

The Shawangunk Ridge Trail Run (SRT) is a challenging trail running event held in Rosendale, New York, featuring three race distances: a 70-mile ultra, a 30-mile race, and a half marathon. The course follows the scenic 70-mile Shawangunk Ridge Trail, which stretches from High Point State Park in New..

2025 Hellbender Hustle (and Dragonfly Dash) is a 5-mile trail run/walk around Leaser Lake in Lehigh County, near New Tripoli, PA 18066. The event spotlights the Eastern Hellbender—North America’s largest salamander and Pennsylvania’s state amphibian—with a ~100-yard Dragonfly Dash youth sprint to st..

The Wild Goose Trail Festival takes place at Wawayanda State Park in Hewitt, New Jersey, offering a variety of trail running events over September 20-21, 2025. Distances range from a 1-mile kids run to a challenging 100-mile ultramarathon with a generous 36-hour cutoff, making it ideal for first-tim..

The Gardiner Dump Run is a scenic trail running event held in Gardiner, New York, featuring a 5k race with an option to complete two laps for a 10k distance. The course winds through single-track trails along wooded hillsides near the Wallkill River and untamed fields at Gardiner’s Riverbend Trails,..

The Cat's Tail Trail Marathon is a challenging 26-mile point-to-point trail race held in the Slide Mountain Wilderness Area of the Catskill Mountains, New York. Featuring nearly 7,000 feet of elevation gain, the course offers rugged terrain with rocky, technical climbs and descents, alongside stunni..

Race to the Face 5K is a community-oriented running and walking event in Norwich. In 2025, the event enters its fourth year. The course starts on a road in downtown Norwich, switches to trail, then returns to the road and downtown, accommodating runners, walkers, and hikers and even friendly dogs.Pa..

The Caldwell Cougar Chase XC 5K & 8K is a cross-country running event held at Garret Mountain Reservation in Woodland Park, New Jersey. Scheduled for September 26, 2025, it features a women's 5K and a men's 8K race on a rolling course that includes trails, hills, gravel, dirt paths, grass sections,..

Water Gap 50k and Half takes place in Milford, Pennsylvania, within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The event offers 50K and 25K distances, with the McDade Trail serving as the course—a 32-mile point-to-point route through the Gap, mixing rail-trail cinder paths with rolling singlet..

The NJ Trail Series One Day is a multi-day ultrarunning event held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey. Scheduled from October 2 to 5, 2025, it features a variety of race options including 72, 48, 24, 12, and 6-hour timed races, as well as marathons and 50K distances. The course..

Blackout in Emmaus, PA, is a rugged nighttime trail running event hosted by The Running Kind. The main race is a challenging 10K course on South Mountain, featuring over 1000 feet of vertical gain through technical, mountainous terrain. Participants can choose to run the "Lights On" edition starting..

The Fat Sass Switchback Challenge is a trail running event held in Millburn, New Jersey, at the South Mountain Reservation's Locust Grove Picnic Area. Scheduled for October 5, 2025, it features a challenging 1-mile loop course with 300 feet of elevation gain, including steep climbs and technical, ro..