24Apr
5k Run/Walk
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 09:00
- Entry fee
- $20.00
Greening Up the Mountains 5k
Sylva,
North Carolina,
United States
172 days left
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Date
24 Apr, 2027
Races
1 distance
Entry fee
$20.00
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Website
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Greening Up the Mountains 5k
About the event
Greening Up the Mountains Annual 5k will be held, Saturday, April 24th, 2027
8:00am Registration
9:00am Race Starts!
10:00am Awards Ceremony
Mark Watson Park
86 Mark Watson Park
Sylva, NC 28779
All Proceeds support the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department!
Awards:
OVERALL MALE and FEMALE
Top 3 in each age group! 10 and under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+
Course:
Course begins at Mark Watson Park in downtown Sylva, crosses Business 23 onto Old Dillsboro Road, loops into Monteith Park and returns on the same route back to Mark Watson Park. This is a relatively flat course with both paved and graveled road sections.
Shirts guaranteed to first 150 to register and available on race day until we run out.
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Weather history
3-year monthly averages for April in Sylva.
Temperature8.8° / 20.3°
Feels like7.0° / 18.0°
Sunshine hours9h 28m
Rainfall4.3 mm
Snowfall—
Wind7.6 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity70.6%
Max UV indexModerate (5.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise06:59
Sunset20:05
About Sylva
Learn more about the host city, Sylva.
Sylva is a mountain town located along the Plot Balsam Mountain chain of the North Carolina Mountains. Its artsy culture and music roots give the town its popular nickname of being “The New Orleans” of the Carolinas.
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