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Fall Backyard Burn Trail Run - Fountainhead
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Fall Backyard Burn Trail Run - Fountainhead

Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States View on map
Dec 06, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Trail running

About this race

Fountainhead Regional Park is situated along the banks of the Occoquan Reservoir in Western Fairfax County. This awesome race course is beautiful and consists of hiking trails and a few old dirt roads.  We’ve been racing at Fountainhead for over 15 years…and it continues to be a racer favorite.

Race Date: Sunday December6, 2026
Course Length and Elevation Gain: 4.8 miles (450 feet) OR 10.5 miles (950 feet)

Charity partnership
During registration, you will have an opportunity to support a local non-profit Homestretch. The goal of the charity partnership is to first and foremost to raise awareness of the services Homestretch provides to families in our area.  In addition, we hope to raise funds that will directly support their efforts.  Please consider making a donation when you register. 

Pick your distance

Trail running

5 Mile

Dec 06, 2026 7.7K 9:00 AM
$52.50
Open

10 Mile

Dec 06, 2026 16.9K 9:00 AM
$62.50
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Fairfax Station, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 1.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 9.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) -3.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 8.3°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
17.6
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.8mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
65.7%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 6, 2026 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 6, 2026 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 34m

The sun rises at 7:13 AM and sets at 4:47 PM local time (EST) in Fairfax Station on December 6, 2026 — 9h 34m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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Results — Fall Backyard Burn Trail Run - Fountainhead

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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, 8 Fairfax Station events

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