Lakes Trail Festival

Lakes Trail Festival
Date Jul 5, 2025
Saturday
Distance 5k, 50k, 100k, 75k, 25k, 12k
Course Type Trail

Race Information

Welcome to Australia’s newest off road ultra running event, traversing the Great Lakes region of the NSW North Coast. In the LAKES Trail Festival runners can complete 100km, 75km, 50km or 25km, as a team or solo. There is also a 12km & 5km course for those wanting a shorter trail experience. The race will start and finish in Hawks Nest taking runners along beaches, past lakes and through forests, tracking some of the most stunning coastal scenery in the Australia. It will have the arguably the most beautiful half way point in Australia beside the beach at Seal Rocks, taking runners past the iconic lighthouse.​

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