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Fox Trot 5K & 1Mile Bark in the Park

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Elkton, Maryland, United States

calendar_today 26 Sep, 2026

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About the Event

Join us for the 6th Annual Fair Hill Fox Trot 5k & 1 Mile Bark in the Park

Fox Trot 5K and 1 Mile Bark in the Park @ The Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Race day - Registration and check in opens at 7:00am
Race start time: 9:00am
$40 for 5K Runners
$25 for 1M Bark in the Park Walkers

Location: Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area: Sawmill area of the Five Star course.

Parking located in the Sawmill Preferred Parking Lot.

With purchase of your race or walk bib, you receive a t-shirt, swag bag including a seedling tree from Bartlett Tree Experts, one complimentary Sunday General Admission ticket to the MD Five Star at Fair Hill AND a 20% off friends and family code to purchase additional tickets.
Age bracket winners will receive prizes provided by W. L. Gore.

Located in the scenic hills of Northeastern Maryland, the Fair Hill Nature Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, providing immersive, hands-on environmental education opportunities for students in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

Our environmental educators serve approximately 7,500 elementary students during the school year for grade level specific field trips exploring topics such as water quality (5th grade), soil science (4th grade), ecosystems (3rd grade), insects (2nd grade) and hibernation (Kindergarten). 58% of our students are economically disadvantaged and 17% are disabled. Your race registration helps us to continue serving these students!

Thank you for supporting our mission of inspiring stewardship and community through outdoor environmental education.

Races Offered

1 Mile Bark in the Park

Sep 26, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$25.00

5K Run/Walk

Sep 26, 2026

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Distance — 3.11 Miles

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$40.00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for September in Elkton.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 16.3° / 25.6°

wb_sunny 15.8° / 25.3°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 9.6 /

water_drop 73.4%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 16.3° / 25.6°

wb_sunny 15.8° / 25.3°

air 9.6 km/h

water_drop 73.4%

About Elkton

Learn more about the host city, Elkton.

Elkton is a town in and the county seat of Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,776 at the 2020 census, up from 15,443 in 2010. It was formerly called Head of Elk because it sits at the head of navigation on the Elk River, one of the five tributary rivers that flow into the north of the Chesapeake Bay, east of the Susquehanna River and North East River, and north of the Bohemia River, and Sassafras River. The town constitutes part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.