Green Bank Turkey Trot
Green Bank, United States • 29 Nov 2025
Event overview
Races take place at the Green Bank Science Center on the Green Bank Observatory campus. Courses pass fields, wooded single track, and site roads and provide views of observatory telescopes, including the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), described in the event text as the world's largest fully steerable single aperture antenna. A water station is located at the halfway point of the course. An awards ceremony and post-race grinds and fellowship conclude the afternoon.
Races, registration and awards
Distances:
- 10K trail run with flats, hills, fields, and wooded single track
- 5K mostly on paved site roads with short well-groomed trail sections
- 1K Gobble Wobble for children aged 8 and under with an obstacle course
Registration notes in the source: 5K and 10K registrants must register by November 19 to be guaranteed a t-shirt; Gobble Wobble registrants must register by November 17 to be guaranteed a t-shirt. Remote participants will be charged $10 per family for postage to mail shirts. Online registration after November 19 and on-site registration for the 5K and 10K is listed as $30. Gobble Wobble registration is listed as $18, with a higher fee of $22 noted for registration after November 19. Age divisions are 13 and under; 14-19; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60 and over. First and second place awards are given in each division. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.