Mayhaw Music Festival 5K
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Mayhaw Music Festival 5K

Cottonwood, Alabama, United States View on map
Oct 03, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

5K race 

Come run in the 5k Open event at 10 a.m. the day of the music festival. The Open 5k will follow the Varsity Boys and Girls Cross Country meet that will begin at 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., respectively. 

The race will be 5K in distance hosted at Honey Bee Farms in Cottonwood, AL (20 minutes South of Dothan). The course will be a true cross country course traversing open fields, woods, farmland, and a lake crossing. Honey Bee Farms is surrounded by beautiful countryside and natural springs and will be host the the Mayhaw Bluegrass music festival. 

Mayhaw Music Festival

ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAYHAW 5K GET FREE ENTRY INTO THE MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH PROOF OF PARTICIPATION!

We’ve got quite a lineup of bands this year. North Carolina's own Chatham Rabbits are returning to Mayhaw to headline the show. Michael Prewitt & Crunchgrass Supreme, Brenna MacMillan, First Far West (Josh Rinkel / Laura Orshaw), Dcovan Matthews, and Pontiac Stove Company! Music starts at 1 pm and goes until 7 pm. You can click on the image below to listen to the specially curated Mayhaw Music Festival playlist. For additional details please visit

 https://www.mayhawmusicfestival.com/

To register a team for the High School event please visit

https://al.milesplit.com/meets/688771-mayhaw-music-festival-5k-2025

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Running

5K Open

Oct 03, 2026 5K 10:00 AM
$30.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cottonwood, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 18.5° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 27.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 18.5° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 30.1°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
21.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
0.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
67.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 3, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 3, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 47m

The sun rises at 6:36 AM and sets at 6:24 PM local time (CDT) in Cottonwood on October 3, 2026 — 11h 47m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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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, 1 Cottonwood event

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