Yankee Springs Fall Festival

Middleville, United States • 4 Oct 2025

Event overview

The Yankee Springs Fall Festival is the ninth annual running event held at Deep Lake Campground in Middleville, MI on Saturday, October 4, 2025. Distances offered are 50K, 25K, and 10K. Registration closes on Thursday, October 2 at 11:59 PM ET. Pricing includes a long sleeve tech shirt or a Switchback Endurance buff; registering by September 12 guarantees a shirt.

Course, distances and facilities

The 10k and 25k are loops of rolling single-track trail. The 50K consists of two laps of the 25k course.

  • 50K - two laps of the 25k loop
  • 25K - single 25k loop of rolling single track
  • 10K - single 10k(ish) loop of single track

Camping is available at Deep Lake Campground near the start/finish and at nearby Gun Lake campground. Deep Lake is a primitive campground. Gun Lake offers running water and electrical hookups. Campsites can be reserved through the state DNR reservation system. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

Race information

50 km
50k
25 km
25k
10 km
10k
Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
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