Spooktacular 5K & Monster Mile
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Spooktacular 5K & Monster Mile

Huntsville, Alabama, United States View on map
Oct 31, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

5K Course HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Here are a few race details.
PACKET PICK-UP
Packet Pick-up will be at Fleet Feet Huntsville Friday from 12-6.  Please do your best to try to pick-up at Fleet Feet.  Race morning packet pick-up will be available starting at 7:00 a.m.   Fleet Feet Huntsville
2722 Carl T. Jones Drive
Huntsville, AL 35802 PARKING
Parking Garage M will be open starting at 6:30 a.m.
Enter from Clinton and Church TOILETS
There will be port o johns available next to the parking garage!   START TIMES
8:00 a.m. 5K Start (Church Street just North of the Museum of Art)
9:00 a.m. 1 Mile (Church Street)  We will start as soon as all the 5K runners are finished.
9:30 a.m. Awards and Costume Contest Winners Announced.  Please check in with the judges prior to 9:00 a.m.
We will run rain or shine!

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To view the 5K course please click here!

Fleet Feet Huntsville & Madison invites you to join runners, walkers, ghosts, and goblins of all ages at the Spooktacular 5K Run and Monster Mile on October 25, 2025 Get crafty and creative and participate in the costume contest or, better yet, compete in costume!

The 5K will begin promptly at 8am with the 1 mile at 9:00am. Awards, for both races and all costumes, will follow the 1 Mile (around 9:30am)

5K Registration Fee:

July 1st -July 31: $25

August 1st -  September 31st $30

October 1st - October 24th $35   

1 Mile Registration Fee:

thru September 31st: $25

October 1st - October 24th $30

Costume Contest Categories 
Best animal costume

Best cartoon costume 

Best celebrity costume 

Best princess costume 

Best rock star costume 

Best sports costume 

Best superhero costume

Best Group costume

Cutest costume

Funniest costume

Goriest costume

Most Halloweeny costume

Most original costume 

Most politically correct

Most technologically advanced costume

Most traditional costume

Scariest costume

Ugliest costume 

Top prize best of show

Questions? Please suzanne@fleetfeethuntsville.com

Pick your distance

Running

Spooktacular 5K

Oct 31, 2026 5K 8:00 AM
$30.00
Open

Monster Mile

Oct 31, 2026 1.6K 9:00 AM
$25.00
Open

Spooktacular 5K & Monster Mile

Oct 31, 2026 5K 8:00 AM
$40.00
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Huntsville, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 9.6° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 19.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 8.3° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 19.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
16.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
4.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
72.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 31, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 31, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
10h 47m

The sun rises at 7:06 AM and sets at 5:53 PM local time (CDT) in Huntsville on October 31, 2026 — 10h 47m of daylight.

Course

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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, 83 Huntsville events

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