Blake’s Haunted Orchard 5k Run/Walk
About this race
This is a great, wear-a-costume 5k for all ages! Blake’s Haunted Orchard Event is a 5k run on gravel trails around the family-owned 800-acre Blake Farm. The 5k race will take you through our haunted hayride and zombie paintball scenes with live actors. This haunted Halloween run will include a donut, glass of hard or sweet cider, t-shirt, small pie pumpkin and admission to our Spookyland area after the race featuring a corn maze, 3D barn, live actors, Halloween themed movies, and animated attractions. COSTUMES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED and OPEN TO ALL AGES! Strollers are permitted at your own discretion as the run will be on gravel. Pets will not be permitted.
The Big Apple will be open until 11:00pm for all Haunted Activities including Spookyland, Haunted Hayrides, Three Story Haunted Barn and Zombie Paintball!
6:30pm Race start time!
Please note, shirts and shirt sizes are not guaranteed to those registered less than 14-days to the race. Inventory is up to date during registration. If sizes are out at that time, they are unavailable.
What's Included?
- 1 Donut
- Can of Hard Cider OR Sweet Cider for Participants Under 21
- T-Shirt
- Small Pie Pumpkin
- Admission to Spookyland
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Running
Blake's Monster Dash 5k Run/Walk
Includes donut, cup of sweet cider OR can of hard cider, t-shirt, small pie pumpkin and admission to the Spookyland.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Armada, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:14 AM and sets at 7:36 PM local time (EDT) in Armada on September 18, 2026 — 12h 21m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Blake’s Haunted Orchard 5k Run/Walk
Blake's Monster Dash 5k Run/Walk · 528 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Partridge | 16:54 | 5:27 /mi |
| 2 | Aaron Smuda | 18:59 | 6:07 /mi |
| 3 | Ben Biondo | 19:36 | 6:19 /mi |
| 4 | John Evangelista | 19:55 | 6:25 /mi |
| 5 | DANIELLE Hootman | 20:00 | 6:26 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Other races near Armada
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Blake's Holiday Hustle 5k
Westview Orchards Haunted Wine Run 5k
Mhsaa Regional 9-1, 17-2 & 26-3 Hosted by Algonac
Bad Santa Trail 5K
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Armada
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- Armada 5K Races 4 races
- Armada Running Calendar 2026 4 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 4 Armada events
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