Gettysburg Festival of Races
Race Date
Apr 26, 2026
Location
Gettysburg, PA
The Experience
REGISTRATION for 2026 is HERE! Run where the North battled the South — The Battle of Gettysburg THREE GREAT RACES — ONE HISTORIC EVENT
The Gettysburg Festival of Races is the combination of three historic races in one single weekend! Come and race just outside the hallowed grounds of Gettysburg battlefield. Our course winds through beautiful wooded back country roads, past fields and farms, and crossed the historic Mason-Dixon line into Maryland and back. Choose your challenge: the Gettysburg North-South Marathon, the Gettysburg Blue-Gray Half Marathon, or the 2L Race Services 5K. Saturday, April 26th will feature our popular health and fitness, with plenty our local vendors, from 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM.
Logistics
Race Day
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Start Time
8:00 AM
Giveaway
T-Shirt
Start Location
2634 Emmitsburg Rd, Gettysburg, PA, 17325
Course Info
Course Type
Loop Course
Terrain
road
Difficulty
Ultra-Flat
Elevation Gain
0'
Net Drop/km
0 m (Flat)
Separation
0.0%
Also Offers
Quality Score
Standout676 years running
~644 finishers a year
growing or steady
13% returning runners
4 timing sources · 3 photos
runners from 34 states
winner 1:20:58
typical high 69°F
Race Day Weather
5-year historical avgStart (Low)
45°
Afternoon (High)
69°
Pleasant conditions — light layers at start, comfortable by finish
0.1"
Precipitation
11 mph
Wind
59%
Humidity
Historical Finish Times
How 3,750 finishers actually crossed the line across 6 years.
Most recent
2025
Total finishers
3,750
Median time
2:12:40
Latest turnout
642
States
50
Turnout by year
2020–2025
Hover the histogram to inspect specific finish times.
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