The Great Pumpkin Race-Live and Virtual 5K Walk/Run
About this race
Join us for a fun and festive 5K Run/Walk—available both live and virtual!
Live Event
📍 Lewis County Fairgrounds Pavilion
📅 Saturday, October 24
⏰ Race begins at 9:00 AM
Virtual Event
📅 Begins Friday, September 25
The live race will be professionally timed by Auyer Race Timing.
🏆 Awards will also be presented to the top male and female runners.
Participants are encouraged to come in costume—prizes will be awarded for:
Funniest
Scariest
Most Creative
Best Group
All participants will be entered into door prize drawings, and refreshments will be served following the event.
Registration Details:
Registration includes a race shirt and medal
Participants registering after Friday, October 9 are not guaranteed a shirt
Race Day Registration:
Available for $40
Closes promptly at 8:45 AM
The Race will be held rain or shine!
NO DOGS ALLOWED
Race website opens on May 1st. You may register at:
https://runsignup.com/Race/NY/Lowville/TheGreatPumpkinRace5K
Pick your distance
Running
The Great Pumpkin Race Virtual 5K Run/Walk
The Great Pumpkin Race Live 5K Run/Walk
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lowville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:52 AM and sets at 6:54 PM local time (EDT) in Lowville on September 25, 2026 — 12h 01m 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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Other races near Lowville
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Lowville Turkey Day 5 K
The Flannel & Flapjacks 5k
Osceola Tug Hill Dryland Challenge
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Lowville
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Lowville 5K Races 2 races
- Lowville Running Calendar 2026 3 races
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, 4 Lowville events
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