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Sleeping Bear Dunes Port Oneida 5K Walk/Run – Saturday, August 2nd
August 2, 2014 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am
$27 – $32
RUN FOR THE FARMS! (and the lighthouses, log cabins, inns…actually all of the amazing 366 historic properties in the Park)! + Kid’s1/4 mile Schoolhouse Dash
The 5th annual 5K run/walk through the beautiful scenery of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore supports preservation of the Park’s historic resources. The Port Oneida Run is a challenging 5K trail run (or just a beautiful walk) on the Bayview Trail offering a unique tour of the Port Oneida Rural Historic District – “one of the most prized historic landscapes in the country”! The course is a loop which meanders through the flat fields and yes, some hills, of the pastoral landscape of farmsteads from the late 1800s.
Registration: Online at www.phsb.org or at the Olsen Farm 4 Miles North of Glen Arbor at 3164 W. harbor Hwy. (M-22_
Cost: Pre-registration by 5 pm July 31st is $27 After July 31st $32
8:30 am Children start the day off with1/4 mile Schoolhouse Dash from the Olsen barn to the historic one-room schoolhouse on the Bayview trail.
9:00 5K Begins
Awards: 3 deep in 9 age categories.
Post-Race Celebration
We have some good edibles after the run! Families can find a place on the lawn to spread a blanket and enjoy the post-celebration activities.
