5K Races & Routes

Discover 200 5k races and routes for trail runners and hikers across multiple states. Elevation gains range from 10 ft to 3,338 ft. Each route includes elevation profiles, section breakdowns, and difficulty analysis.

Key Takeaways

Total Routes

200

Races / Routes

15 / 185

Distance Range

2.5 mi - 3.7 mi

Elevation Range

10 ft - 3,338 ft

Surface Type

98% Trail

Route Name	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Type	Race Date
Mt. Marathon Jeep Trail	AK	2.5 mi	—	race	—
Sunflower Trace	FL	2.5 mi	—	race	—
Browning Run Trail	MD	2.5 mi	115 ft	race	—
Buckeye Trail: Wolf Run Section	OH	2.6 mi	193 ft	race	—
North Halfmoon Lakes Trail	CO	2.7 mi	1,527 ft	race	—
Little Rocky Row Run Trail #512	VA	2.8 mi	16 ft	race	—
Stony Run Path	MD	2.8 mi	226 ft	race	—
Indian Run Trail #1210.1	CO	3.0 mi	929 ft	race	—
Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, California	3.0 mi	46 ft	race	—
Boston Run Trail	OH	3.2 mi	234 ft	race	—
Raceway Trail	IL	3.4 mi	149 ft	race	—
Salt Run Trail	OH	3.4 mi	442 ft	race	—
Brunner Trail	IL	3.5 mi	11 ft	race	—
Rum River Run	MN	3.6 mi	76 ft	race	—
Brunel Trail	NH	3.7 mi	2,204 ft	race	—
Falls Lake Trail - Section 2	NC	2.5 mi	99 ft	route	—
Off-trail to Domes Viewpoint	CA	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Weg A4-PWB	Natur- und Geopark TERRA.vita, Nordrhein-Westfalen	2.5 mi	588 ft	route	—
Ellicott Creek Trailway Park	NY	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Arzberg [3] Diebsteig	Naturpark Fichtelgebirge, Bayern	2.5 mi	481 ft	route	—
Muriaux - Goumois	Unknown	2.5 mi	277 ft	route	—
Twin Peaks Trail	AK	2.5 mi	1,837 ft	route	—
Kallhällsmotionspår_gul	Sverige	2.5 mi	345 ft	route	—
via Ferrata "Lorenzo Palla"	Pontebba / Ponteibe / Pontafel / Tablija, Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2.5 mi	2,863 ft	route	—
Forza d'Agrò-Piatrabianca	Letojanni, Sicilia	2.5 mi	362 ft	route	—
Gentofte Sø Hjertesti	Gentofte Kommune, Region Hovedstaden	2.5 mi	88 ft	route	—
Meadow Loop Trail	TN	2.5 mi	252 ft	route	—
Cherum Peak Trail	AZ	2.5 mi	931 ft	route	—
Fonta Flora/MST Connector Trail	NC	2.5 mi	216 ft	route	—
Little Beaver Lake Trail	MT	2.5 mi	343 ft	route	—
Golden Gate Trail	AZ	2.5 mi	587 ft	route	—
Valico Eremiti - Monte Tobbio	Parco Naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo, Piemonte	2.5 mi	1,805 ft	route	—
West Fork Moses Creek Trail	NC	2.5 mi	857 ft	route	—
Schmitten - Wiler	Schmitten (FR), Fribourg/Freiburg	2.5 mi	619 ft	route	—
Three Hills Loop Trail	TX	2.5 mi	153 ft	route	—
Savannah Loop	FL	2.5 mi	—	route	—
S▲ (Hegyes-hegy-orom)	Magyarország	2.5 mi	823 ft	route	—
Pinkerton Trail	MI	2.5 mi	170 ft	route	—
Rundweg Raute (Marienmünster)	Marienmünster, Nordrhein-Westfalen	2.5 mi	592 ft	route	—
Ranch Brook Road	VT	2.5 mi	706 ft	route	—
Mihev-Planinski dom na Peci	Slovenija	2.5 mi	2,643 ft	route	—
Rundwanderweg Inselteich	Spreewald, Brandenburg	2.5 mi	58 ft	route	—
Crabtree Park Trail #348	AZ	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Divide Creek Trail	MT	2.5 mi	507 ft	route	—
Manastir Praskvica – Čelobrdo – Ograđenica (PPT)	Crna Gora / Црна Гора	2.5 mi	1,892 ft	route	—
Alta Trail	CA	2.5 mi	571 ft	route	—
Gary and Bonnie Trietsch Park Trail	TX	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Ruby Jewel Trail	CO	2.5 mi	1,582 ft	route	—
Lower Sidehill Trail	NC	2.5 mi	117 ft	route	—
Niwot Loop - Upper Section	CO	2.5 mi	239 ft	route	—
Intermediate Loop	NC	2.5 mi	269 ft	route	—
Gemeinde Wienerwald Rundwanderweg 3 bei Wöglerin	Unknown	2.5 mi	452 ft	route	—
с. Бузовград - Мегалита	Unknown	2.5 mi	672 ft	route	—
Father Junipero Serra Trail	CA	2.5 mi	96 ft	route	—
Holden Mill Trail	NC	2.5 mi	247 ft	route	—
с. Кънчево - крепост "Градището" / вр. Калето	Кънчево, Стара Загора	2.5 mi	687 ft	route	—
The Palmetto Trail: Eastatoe Passage	SC	2.5 mi	387 ft	route	—
Old Town Trail	ME	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Rupple Road Sidepath	AR	2.5 mi	12 ft	route	—
Sheltowee Trace NRT: Section 15 (N)	KY	2.5 mi	597 ft	route	—
Middle Supply Trail #123	CO	2.5 mi	617 ft	route	—
North Mountain Trail	UT	2.5 mi	902 ft	route	—
Hitt Itt	TX	2.5 mi	38 ft	route	—
Carnie	VT	2.5 mi	151 ft	route	—
Minneopa Trail	MN	2.5 mi	89 ft	route	—
Gilmantown Trail	NY	2.5 mi	391 ft	route	—
Struble Trail	PA	2.5 mi	131 ft	route	—
Palisade Meadows Trail #651	CO	2.5 mi	1,165 ft	route	—
Spicewood Trail	TN	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Old Transfer Bike Trail #6251	CO	2.5 mi	184 ft	route	—
Willis Creek Narrows Trail	UT	2.5 mi	11 ft	route	—
Moon Lake Trail #3A	MT	2.5 mi	1,197 ft	route	—
Purdy Creek Trail #643	MT	2.5 mi	241 ft	route	—
Newberry Trail	WI	2.5 mi	25 ft	route	—
Mescal Trail	AZ	2.5 mi	183 ft	route	—
Blue Loop	KY	2.5 mi	68 ft	route	—
Black Butte View Trail #157	MT	2.5 mi	319 ft	route	—
Infinity Trail	WI	2.5 mi	304 ft	route	—
Pulpit Brook Trail (White)	NH	2.5 mi	274 ft	route	—
Houston Creek Trail	WY	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Survey Trail #203	NM	2.5 mi	171 ft	route	—
Williams Fork Lake Trail #664	CO	2.5 mi	1,395 ft	route	—
Quail Trail	NJ	2.5 mi	91 ft	route	—
Nokomis - Minnesota River Regional Trail: South	MN	2.5 mi	11 ft	route	—
Witt's End Trail	ME	2.5 mi	183 ft	route	—
Sugar Lake Trail	CA	2.5 mi	1,160 ft	route	—
Windy Gap Trail #9W06	CA	2.5 mi	1,721 ft	route	—
First Notch Trail #710	CO	2.5 mi	252 ft	route	—
McKinley Bar Trail	AK	2.5 mi	32 ft	route	—
Monument Peak Trail	CA	2.5 mi	1,298 ft	route	—
Kahakapao East	HI	2.5 mi	808 ft	route	—
Worcester Trail	VT	2.5 mi	1,939 ft	route	—
Big Rock Ridge Fire Road	CA	2.5 mi	331 ft	route	—
Upper Bristlecone Trail	NV	2.5 mi	708 ft	route	—
Middle Sam Merrill Trail 12W14.2	CA	2.5 mi	1,271 ft	route	—
Montara Mountain Trail	CA	2.5 mi	1,177 ft	route	—
Mongoose	NV	2.5 mi	490 ft	route	—
MHC Cross Florida Greenway: Marshall Swamp	FL	2.5 mi	10 ft	route	—
Star Lily Connector #9623	CO	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Shell Mountain Trail #448	MT	2.5 mi	3,338 ft	route	—
Narrows Ridge Main Loop	AL	2.5 mi	334 ft	route	—
Boy Scout Tree Trail	CA	2.5 mi	328 ft	route	—
Fox Hill	NY	2.5 mi	451 ft	route	—
Memorial Loop Trail	IN	2.5 mi	120 ft	route	—
Perimeter Loop - Upper	MI	2.5 mi	133 ft	route	—
Mesa Trail #13A	NM	2.5 mi	1,324 ft	route	—
George L. Smith Loop Trail	GA	2.5 mi	83 ft	route	—
Millbrook Mountain Carriageway	NY	2.5 mi	27 ft	route	—
Valley View Mesa Trail	CA	2.5 mi	383 ft	route	—
Buckeye Trail: North Chagrin Section	OH	2.5 mi	168 ft	route	—
Sister Elsie Trail	CA	2.5 mi	2,011 ft	route	—
Bicknell Ridge Trail (#31854)	NH	2.5 mi	2,018 ft	route	—
Road Hollow Trail #448	VA	2.5 mi	767 ft	route	—
William Blake Pond Trail	NY	2.5 mi	86 ft	route	—
CR2T - Alison Wells Ney Trail Segment 2B	NY	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Old Chesterfield Road	NH	2.5 mi	182 ft	route	—
Montour Trail: Peter's Creek Road to North State Street	PA	2.5 mi	27 ft	route	—
Marshall Knobs (Red) Trail	TN	2.5 mi	282 ft	route	—
Sterry Lake Trail #2240	CO	2.5 mi	859 ft	route	—
Home Brew Trail	MN	2.5 mi	129 ft	route	—
Turkey Canyon Trail T40	NM	2.5 mi	1,161 ft	route	—
Moss Lake Circuit Trail	NY	2.5 mi	287 ft	route	—
Middle Creek Trail #1388	CO	2.5 mi	831 ft	route	—
Willow Spring Trail	CA	2.5 mi	2,153 ft	route	—
Kinder Farm Perimeter Loop	MD	2.5 mi	82 ft	route	—
Forest Road 70	VT	2.5 mi	450 ft	route	—
South Loop Trail	PA	2.5 mi	547 ft	route	—
Wilburn Branch Trail	VA	2.5 mi	252 ft	route	—
Five Lakes Trail #16E13	CA	2.5 mi	1,048 ft	route	—
Panorama Loop Trail	CA	2.5 mi	708 ft	route	—
Sheltowee Trace NRT: Section 32	KY	2.5 mi	152 ft	route	—
Parker Vly Trail	NY	2.5 mi	136 ft	route	—
Schofield/Benson Canyon #5007C	NM	2.5 mi	460 ft	route	—
Devil's Tea Table Trail	AR	2.5 mi	288 ft	route	—
Bridge-Out Road	GA	2.5 mi	224 ft	route	—
Rustic Canyon Trail	CA	2.5 mi	299 ft	route	—
Lipes Branch Trail #146	VA	2.5 mi	1,674 ft	route	—
Skiff Pond Trail	NY	2.5 mi	288 ft	route	—
Vanessa's Hill	NV	2.5 mi	459 ft	route	—
Number 1 Road	NY	2.5 mi	224 ft	route	—
Simmons Gap Road	VA	2.5 mi	482 ft	route	—
Soldier Trail #53	AZ	2.5 mi	1,573 ft	route	—
Stone Barn Loop Trail	MD	2.5 mi	84 ft	route	—
Red Mesa Loop	CO	2.5 mi	352 ft	route	—
Summerland Beach Trail	CA	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Survey Peak Trail	WY	2.5 mi	152 ft	route	—
Work Center Trail #208	GA	2.5 mi	283 ft	route	—
Redfield Trail	VT	2.5 mi	282 ft	route	—
Green Ridge	NC	2.5 mi	2,016 ft	route	—
Deer Creek Trail #305	MT	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Betsie River Trail - West	MI	2.5 mi	131 ft	route	—
West Foss - Thompson Farm Trail	NH	2.5 mi	55 ft	route	—
Perimeter Trail	KY	2.5 mi	71 ft	route	—
Horsethief Recreation Trail #0201	AZ	2.5 mi	623 ft	route	—
Bidwell Park - Lower Park Path	CA	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Pioneer Springs Trail	TN	2.5 mi	153 ft	route	—
Baldys Spine	UT	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Horsetooth Rock Trail	CO	2.5 mi	1,279 ft	route	—
Greendale	VT	2.5 mi	611 ft	route	—
Spring Valley Mountain Bike Trail #134	AZ	2.5 mi	353 ft	route	—
Iron Works Trail	MD	2.5 mi	188 ft	route	—
Stillman Trail	NY	2.5 mi	871 ft	route	—
Rocky Road Trail #241	AZ	2.5 mi	244 ft	route	—
Hillsborough Riverwalk	NC	2.5 mi	14 ft	route	—
Hellgate Canyon Trail #11	MT	2.5 mi	1,591 ft	route	—
Bear Park Trail #408	MT	2.5 mi	—	route	—
South Loop	KY	2.5 mi	101 ft	route	—
Van Cliff Loop	NC	2.5 mi	743 ft	route	—
Amana Nature Trail - Green Route	IA	2.5 mi	113 ft	route	—
His/Hers Trail	AZ	2.5 mi	53 ft	route	—
Lower Thru Trail	MD	2.5 mi	135 ft	route	—
Mendocino Headlands Coastal Trail	CA	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Vega Trail	CO	2.5 mi	114 ft	route	—
Mount Eisenhower Trail	NH	2.5 mi	1,809 ft	route	—
South Fork Trail #1827	CO	2.5 mi	179 ft	route	—
Marie Hickey and Oak Knob Trail	OH	2.5 mi	274 ft	route	—
Bear Pen Gap Trail	NC	2.5 mi	1,258 ft	route	—
Red River Oxcart Trail	MN	2.5 mi	101 ft	route	—
Doogan Tower Road (FS 1)	GA	2.5 mi	910 ft	route	—
Chatterton Dairy Ashford Hike and Bike Trail	TX	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Hubbard Hill State Forest Trail	NH	2.5 mi	189 ft	route	—
Bailey Bridge Interim Trail	IL	2.5 mi	44 ft	route	—
FSR 659	CO	2.5 mi	710 ft	route	—
Preserve Trail	KY	2.5 mi	1,103 ft	route	—
Mill Shoals Trail #89	GA	2.5 mi	920 ft	route	—
Red Cannonball Trail	NJ	2.5 mi	46 ft	route	—
Wa'ahila Ridge Trail	HI	2.5 mi	1,218 ft	route	—
John Bull Loop Trail	CA	2.5 mi	306 ft	route	—
Sabino Canyon Trail #23	AZ	2.5 mi	549 ft	route	—
Santanoni Peak Trail	NY	2.5 mi	315 ft	route	—
Delsie	AZ	2.5 mi	301 ft	route	—
Gander Mountain Loop	IL	2.5 mi	236 ft	route	—
Airplane Rock Bridle Trail	OH	2.5 mi	210 ft	route	—
Mindego Hill Trail	CA	2.5 mi	395 ft	route	—
Curley Springs Trail #051	UT	2.5 mi	46 ft	route	—
Reader Gulch Trail #749	MT	2.5 mi	—	route	—
White Creek Trail #40	UT	2.5 mi	—	route	—
Lilly Gulch Trail	CO	2.5 mi	—	route	—
"E" Trail McFarlan Woods Segment	OH	2.5 mi	293 ft	route	—
Boulder Trail	MA	2.5 mi	619 ft	route	—

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a 5K race?

A 5K race is approximately 2.5 to 3.7 miles in distance.

What is the average elevation gain?

The average elevation gain is 567 feet, with routes ranging from 10 to 3,338 feet.

Can these 5k routes be used for hiking?

Yes. 98% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.

Are 5K races beginner-friendly?

5K race difficulty varies widely. Use the elevation gain and terrain analysis to assess each route. Races with lower elevation gain relative to distance and higher runnable percentages tend to be more beginner-accessible.

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