Greening Up the Mountains 5k
About this race
Greening Up the Mountains Annual 5k will be held, Saturday, April 24th, 2027
8:00am Registration
9:00am Race Starts!
10:00am Awards Ceremony
Mark Watson Park 86 Mark Watson ParkSylva, NC 28779
All Proceeds support the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department!
Awards:
OVERALL MALE and FEMALE
Top 3 in each age group! 10 and under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+
Course:
Course begins at Mark Watson Park in downtown Sylva, crosses Business 23 onto Old Dillsboro Road, loops into Monteith Park and returns on the same route back to Mark Watson Park. This is a relatively flat course with both paved and graveled road sections.
Shirts guaranteed to first 150 to register and available on race day until we run out.
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Running
5k Run/Walk
Course begins at Mark Watson Park in downtown Sylva, crosses Business 23 onto Old Dillsboro Road, loops into Monteith Park and returns on the same route back to Mark Watson Park. This is a relatively flat course with both paved and graveled road sections.
Race-day daylight
We have no recorded weather for Sylva yet, but sunrise and sunset follow from the venue and the date.
The sun rises at 6:49 AM and sets at 8:12 PM local time (EDT) in Sylva on April 24, 2027 — 13h 23m of daylight.
Course
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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, 2 Sylva events
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