Fox Trot 5K & 1Mile Bark in the Park
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Fox Trot 5K & 1Mile Bark in the Park

Elkton, Maryland, United States View on map
Sep 26, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
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About this race

Join us for the 6th Annual Fair Hill Fox Trot 5k & 1 Mile Bark in the Park 

Fox Trot 5K and 1 Mile Bark in the Park @ The Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Race day - Registration and check in opens at 7:00am
Race start time: 9:00am
$40 for 5K Runners
$25 for 1M Bark in the Park Walkers


Location:  Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area: Sawmill area of the Five Star course.  

Parking located in the Sawmill Preferred Parking Lot.  

  • With purchase of your race or walk bib, you receive a t-shirt, swag bag including a seedling tree from Bartlett Tree Experts, one complimentary Sunday General Admission ticket to the MD Five Star at Fair Hill AND a 20% off friends and family code to purchase additional tickets.  
  • Age bracket winners will receive prizes provided by W. L. Gore.

Located in the scenic hills of Northeastern Maryland, the Fair Hill Nature Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, providing immersive, hands-on environmental education opportunities for students in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

Our environmental educators serve approximately 7,500 elementary students during the school year for grade level specific field trips exploring topics such as water quality (5th grade), soil science (4th grade), ecosystems (3rd grade), insects (2nd grade) and hibernation (Kindergarten).  58% of our students are economically disadvantaged and 17% are disabled.  Your race registration helps us to continue serving these students!

Thank you for supporting our mission of inspiring stewardship and community through outdoor environmental education.

Pick your distance

Running

5K Run/Walk

Sep 26, 2026 5K 9:00 AM
$40.00
Closed

Walking

1 Mile Bark in the Park

Sep 26, 2026 1.6K 9:00 AM
$25.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Elkton, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 10.8° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 19.6°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 9.8° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 19.6°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
22.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.9mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
68.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 26, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 26, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 59m

The sun rises at 6:54 AM and sets at 6:54 PM local time (EDT) in Elkton on September 26, 2026 — 11h 59m of daylight.

Course

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2026 results — Fox Trot 5K & 1Mile Bark in the Park

5K Run/Walk · 71 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Fox Trot 5K & 1Mile Bark in the Park
Place Name Time Pace
1 Elliott Spero 22:09 7:07 /mi
2 Haden Kincaid 22:18 7:10 /mi
3 Jamie Jezier 23:33 7:34 /mi
4 Valerie Gray 23:40 7:37 /mi
5 Nick Jayne 25:09 8:05 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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  • 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, 5 Elkton events

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