Join us for a fun - and beautiful - trail run on Sunday, October 25th, 2026.
The 5K race starts at 10:00AM at the Community Harvest Project Orchard, 115 Prospect Hill Rd, Harvard MA.
A kids' 1-mile fun run will begin at 10:50 AM.
The course is a challenging one; all off-road, it loops through the orchard and adjacent woods and fields. The fun run stays on trails inside the orchard.
Shirts to all registered by October 9th.
Early bird entry fees are $30.00 through September 30th/$15 for the Fun Run. Registration fees for the 5K increases to $35.00 on October 1st.
Once again this year, we are offering family rate registration. Early-bird reg $60 for family of 3-5, $75 after October 1st.
All proceeds to benefit Harvard Conservation Trust’s efforts to preserve the unique character and natural resources of rural Harvard.
When & Where:
October 25th, 2026 at the Community Harvest Project Barn, 115 Prospect Hill Rd, Harvard MA 01451
Discounts for youth, early birds, and Harvard Conservation Trust Members
Early bird technical tees!
Free digital race photos!
Male & Female Divisions:
Youth 15 – 19
Open 20 – 29
Sr. Open 30 – 39
Masters 40 – 49
Sr. Masters 50 – 59
Veterans 60 – 69
Sr. Veterans 70 and Over
Awards and Prizes:
First male and female finishers
Awards to Top 3 Finishers in each division
Refreshments: Great post-race refreshments.
Oct 25, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
10:00
$30.00
Oct 25, 2026
Distance — 1.6K
Type — Running
10:50
$15.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Harvard.
Learn more about the host city, Harvard.
Harvard is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 25 miles west-northwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts. It is mostly bounded by I-495 to the east and Route 2 to the north. A farming community settled in 1658 and incorporated in 1732, it has been home to several non-traditional communities, such as Harvard Shaker Village and the utopian transcendentalist center Fruitlands. It is also home to St. Benedict Abbey, a traditionalist Catholic monastery, and for over seventy years was home to Harvard University's Oak Ridge Observatory, at one time the most extensively equipped observatory in the Eastern United States. It is now an exurban residential town noted for its public schools. The population was 6,851 at the 2020 census.
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