Fairmont Memorial Walk

Name: Fairmont Memorial Walk
Start: 2026-04-10
End: 2026-04-10
Location: Fairmont, West Virginia

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Fairmont, West Virginia, United States

calendar_today 10 Apr, 2026

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About the Event

The fourth annual Charley Clayton Memorial Peep Festival will be held April 11 at Fairmont State University. It is our mission to honor the life and legacy of Charley through an annual celebration highlighting individuality, self-expression, and inclusion through a colorful and sweet springtime celebration.

On April 10, we will host the Fairmont Memorial Walk. The one-mile walk will kick off the 2026 Charley Clayton Memorial Peep Festival and was created to provide a meaningful community event to honor and remember loved ones and celebrate their lives. The registration fee includes a t-shirt (deadline March 21) and benefits our annual scholarship for a Marion County senior.

Location: Fairmont State University campus

Walk Start: 7:30 PM

Day of Registration/Check In: 6:30 PM

Races Offered

Memorial Walk

Apr 10, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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Type — Running

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19:30

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$25.00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for April in Fairmont.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 7.2° / 19.0°

wb_sunny 3.8° / 16.2°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 11.6 /

water_drop 66.7%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 7.2° / 19.0°

wb_sunny 3.8° / 16.2°

air 11.6 km/h

water_drop 66.7%

About Fairmont

Fairmont, nicknamed the "Friendly City", is a city of 18,313 people in West Virginia, and the county seat of Marion County. It was established in 1820 as Middletown, and changed in 1843 to Fairmont, short for "Fair Mountain". The city is located on the Monongahela River at its origin at the confluence of the Tygart Valley River flowing northwest from Grafton, and the West Fork River flowing north from Clarksburg. Fairmont claims to be the origin of the Pepperoni Roll, West Virginia's official state food. Mary Lou Retton — a gold-medalist gymnast in the 1984 Olympics, who was highly popular around the country and particularly in West Virginia — came from Fairmont.