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Deerfly Trail Race
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Deerfly Trail Race

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States View on map
Oct 17, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Trail running

About this race

WHAT
The Best Fayetteville trail race is back for it's sixth year! 
The trail race that you all loved last year will be putting you out in the woods once again! Come on out and get year SIX shirts and coins. Each year is a unique specially designed race logo featuring our friends, the Deerfly. They've missed you!  

Who will wear the crowns this year?!👸🤴 Cash awards for course records!!!

The race will max out at 200 runners so you should register asap! Our sole sponsor is Heckler Brewing Company so be sure to come to packet pickup and enjoy some great fellowship on Friday night Oct 16.


DATE
Saturday, October 17, 2026


LOCATION
Carvers Creek State Park - Sandhills Access
995 McCloskey Road
Fayetteville, NC 28311


DISTANCES OFFERED
11K - Timed 6K - Timed 11k Dog - Timed 6k Dog - Timed


HOW TO REGISTER
Register by clicking on the Sign Up button to the upper right.
**Space is limited.  The race will only take 200 participants.


PARKING
Carvers Creek Access offers onsite parking.

Pick your distance

Trail running

11K

This is a Trail Race.

Oct 17, 2026 10.9K 8:00 AM
$45.00
Open

6K

This is a Trail Race.

Oct 17, 2026 6.5K 8:00 AM
$38.00
Open

Big Dog 11K (Dogs only)

This event is for Canines only! A human must register along with their dog.

Oct 17, 2026 10.9K 8:05 AM
$17.00
Open

Lil Pup 6k (Dogs only)

This event is for Canines only! A human must register along with their dog.

Oct 17, 2026 6.5K 8:05 AM
$17.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Fayetteville, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 11.6° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 22.2°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 10.7° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 22.5°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
17.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
69.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 17, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 17, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 14m

The sun rises at 7:23 AM and sets at 6:38 PM local time (EDT) in Fayetteville on October 17, 2026 — 11h 14m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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Results — Deerfly Trail Race

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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, 21 Fayetteville events

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