FEAR Trail Fest 2026

About the Event

About Trail Fest:
FEAR Trail Fest is a 5 mile lollipop loop trail race in Lewis Morris Park in Morristown, NJ. The course is run mostly on the Yellow Trail in Lewis Morris Park. It’s a runnable course with a mix of rocks, roots, and some good climbs totaling around 600 feet of elevation gain. The course starts with a wide section on the Patriots Path before moving to single track for the full Yellow Trail loop before traversing the short section of the Patriots Path again back to the finish. The course is meant to attract runners looking to tackle their first trail race, or an experienced veteran on the trails looking to have a fun and fast race! Hikers are welcome too, with a generous 2:30 hour time limit.

Additionally, we will host course previews (see dates below) on the actual course so no one needs to go into the race blindly. These course previews are free and will be educational and informative if you’ve never run trails before or have never been to Lewis Morris Park.

Sustainability:
Trail Fest is going cupless! Hydrapak will be providing reusable cups for runners to be used before, during, and after the race for all their electrolyte needs.

Additionally, we are ditching traditional PVC-made race bibs and going with hemp bibs. These are much more environmentally friendly versus old traditional bibs.

Logistics:
Who: Everyone’s invited (but limited to 120 runners)! New trail runners, experienced trail runners and hikers. We’ll even adopt road runners for the day!
What: A 5 mile trail race (route below)!
Where: Lewis Morris Park Sunrise Lake Dr., Morristown, NJ 07690. Once you get to this road, keep driving until you see the lot.
When: Sunday, November 23, 2025 starting at 9AM
Why: Why not! What else could you possibly be doing on a Sunday morning?

Giveaways:
– Root Runners will be providing prize packages to the 1st and 2nd place male and female finishers.
– Brooks Running will be raffling off 3 pairs of shoes.
– Feetures has donated 6 pairs of socks to be raffled off to our runners.
– SPIbelt provided us with 3 race belts to be raffled off, too.

Course Previews:
We will be hosting three course previews on the following dates. Please meet at the picnic shelter on the map below at 8:50AM so we can start running at 9AM:

Sunday, October 12th – 9AM
Sunday, October 26th – 9AM
Sunday, November 16th – 9AM

Races Offered

Nov 22, 2026

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Distance — 5 Miles

terrain

Type — Running

timer

09:00

sell

$50.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Morristown.

thermostat Temperature

2.7° / 11.1°

wb_sunny Feels like

-1.9° / 6.8°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

7h 27m

water_drop Avg rainfall

2.5 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

0.2 cm

air Avg wind speed

12.8 km/h (Gentle breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Low

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Low (2.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

65.5%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:45

nightlight Sunset

17:40

About Morristown

Learn more about the host city, Morristown.

Morristown is a town of 19,000 people (2019) in Morris County, New Jersey. Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain. This history is visible in a variety of locations throughout the town that collectively make up Morristown National Historical Park.