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VentureQuest Adventure Race

Flintstone, Maryland, United States View on map
Sep 12, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Adventure race

About this race

The VentureQuest (VQ) Adventure Race has challenged, rewarded, and inspired over 5000 athletes in its history. VQ is where is all began for EX2 and we are excited to produce our 21st edition of this special race.

This year we will have a 8-hour and 24-hour course option both staging out of Rocky Gap State Park. The details of the courses and what to expect are below.

Date: Saturday September 12, 2026
Start Time: 10:00am (24-hour) and 9:00am (8-hour)
Location: Rocky Gap State Park in Flintstone, MD

Disciplines:  Trekking, paddling, mountain biking, navigation.
Teams: Soloists and teams of up to 4 (male, female, or mixed gender).  Team members travel together the entire race.

Pick your distance

Adventure race

VentureQuest 8-Hour Adventure Race

Sep 12, 2026 Ultra 9:00 AM
$160.00
Closed

VentureQuest 24-Hour Adventure Race

Sep 12, 2026 Ultra 10:00 AM
$330.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Flintstone, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 11.7° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 23.5°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 10.7° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 25.3°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
11.4
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
70.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 12, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 12, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 35m

The sun rises at 6:52 AM and sets at 7:28 PM local time (EDT) in Flintstone on September 12, 2026 — 12h 35m 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, 4 Flintstone events

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