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Wild Goose Trail Festival

Hewitt, United States • 20-21 Sep 2025

Wild Goose Trail Festival takes place at Wawayanda State Park in Hewitt, New Jersey. The event offers a true Trail Festival with distances spanning from a 1-mile kids race to 100 miles, plus 100K, 50 miles, 50K, and a 36-hour format (with lightweight and heavyweight rucking divisions). The course combines doublewide trails, rolling singletrack, rocky sections, boardwalks, and occasional road, with about 112 ft of gain per mile and significant elevation changes. Generous cutoffs and a volunteer Dream Team support finishers; free camping for participants. Special features include Friday panels and a film screening, Honk for Her start-line initiative, and pacers after sunset. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United States New Jersey Hewitt

Race information

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36 km
36 Hour
36 km
36 Hour - Lightweight Ruck
36 km
36 Hour - Heavyweight Ruck
100 mi
11275 m+
100 Miler
100 km
100k
50 mi
50 Miler
50 km
50k
21 km
Half Marathon
10 km
10k
1 Mile Kids Run
Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
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