The Lighthouse 5k Run & Fun Walk

About the Event

Join us for the 5th Annual Lighthouse 5K Run and Kids Fun Walk at the Valley Lighthouse in Lykens PA! This beautiful, flat, and fast trail run through a short section of Lykens and proceeding to The Lykens Glen Park located along Rattling Creek. The Kids Fun Run is one mile – a loop around the town designed for smaller legs.

Overall Male & Female Winners will receive a medal, trophy and $500 gift card.

Top 3 Male & Female in each 5k age group will receive:
Gold Medal + $25 gift card,
Silver Medal or Bronze Medal.
Top 3 Male & Female in each Little Lights Beam age group will receive medals.

All 5K participants receive a swag bag, disposable chip timing, race results, awards ceremony for placers, post-race nutrition, T-shirt *, and a chance to win prize giveaways!

Post race after party at The Valley Lighthouse with free all-beef hot dogs with the ‘fixins’, water and assorted foods.

Deadlines/Entry Fees:
Until August 15th – $20
August 16th to September 9th – $25
Day of Event – $30

Virtual 5k Race – $25

All Participants ages 13 to 18 – $20
All Participants 12 and Under – $15

5k Age Groups
12 & Under
13-19 20-26 27-35 36-44
45-54 55-64 65-71 72+

Little Lights Beams
Age Groups:
5 & Under 6-7 8-9 10-12

*All participants who register before August 1st will be guaranteed “The Lighthouse 5K Run/Fun Walk” official T-shirt and Goodie Bag. Registrations received after this date will receive a Goodie Bag, but a T-shirt is not guaranteed. We always try our best to have a shirt for everyone.

Participants can pick-up registration packets on day of event from 7:00am to 8::00am.
Registrations will be accepted the day of race. Registration will close 20 minutes prior to the start of the race.

Races Offered

Sep 12, 2026

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Distance — 3.1 Miles

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Type — Running

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08:45

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$20.00

Virtual 1-Miler

Sep 12, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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Type — Running

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08:45

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$20.00

Virtual 5k Race

Sep 12, 2026

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Distance — 3.1 Miles

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Type — Running

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08:45

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$25.00

Weather Overview

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

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 14.6° / 24.2°

wb_sunny 14.0° / 23.7°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 8.7 /

water_drop 73.2%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 14.6° / 24.2°

wb_sunny 14.0° / 23.7°

air 8.7 km/h

water_drop 73.2%

About Lykens

Learn more about the host city, Lykens.

Lykens is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Anthracite coal mining sustained a population of 2,762 in 1900 and 2,943 in 1910. The population was 1,865 at the 2020 census.