Nisswa Firecracker 5k & 10K
About this race
THE NISSWA FIRECRACKER - 5K, 10K, & KIDZ RUN
A true Lake Country Classic! Limited to only 2000 participants, we make this tradition a premium quality addition to your Independence Day weekend in Lake Country Minnesota! Make your 4th of July weekend a healthy and adventurous one. Get out and Run Up North!
Pick your distance
Running
Firecracker 5k
NON CHIP TIMED
Firecracker 5k - Chip Timed
Chip Timed Race
Firecracker 10K
NON CHIP TIMED RACE
Firecracker 10K Chip Timed
Chip Timed Race
Zorbaz Kidz Pack
Kiddos don't receive a free Firecracker shirt in the Kidz Run, so we offer a Kidz Pack option! They'll each receive an authentic youth Zorbaz Nisswa Firecracker shirt, bib number, and other free gear from the locals!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Nisswa, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:29 AM and sets at 9:13 PM local time (CDT) in Nisswa on July 3, 2027 — 15h 43m 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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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 Nisswa event
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