About Trail Fest:
FEAR Trail Fest is a 5 mile lollipop loop trail race in Lewis Morris Park in Morristown, NJ. The course is run mostly on the Yellow Trail in Lewis Morris Park. It’s a runnable course with a mix of rocks, roots, and some good climbs totaling around 600 feet of elevation gain. The course starts with a wide section on the Patriots Path before moving to single track for the full Yellow Trail loop before traversing the short section of the Patriots Path again back to the finish. The course is meant to attract runners looking to tackle their first trail race, or an experienced veteran on the trails looking to have a fun and fast race! Hikers are welcome too, with a generous 2:30 hour time limit.
Additionally, we will host course previews (see dates below) on the actual course so no one needs to go into the race blindly. These course previews are free and will be educational and informative if you’ve never run trails before or have never been to Lewis Morris Park.
Logistics:
Who: Everyone’s invited (but limited to 120 runners)! New trail runners, experienced trail runners and hikers. We’ll even adopt road runners for the day!
What: A 5 mile trail race (route below)!
Where: Lewis Morris Park 270 Mendham Road, Morristown, NJ 07690
When: Sunday, November 23, 2025 starting at 9AM
Why: Why not! What else could you possibly be doing on a Sunday morning?
Giveaways:
Top Male, Female, and Non-binary division winner will receive a pair of Brooks shoes. There will be drawings of random bib numbers for additional giveaways meaning you don’t need to win the race to win a fun prize (shoes, socks, hats perhaps)!
Thanks to our sponsor The Good Crisp Company there will also be Good Crisp Chips for all participants.
Course Preview Meetups (Dates subject to change, DM us on Instagram to confirm):
We will be hosting three course previews on the following dates. Please meet at the picnic shelter on the map below at 8:50AM so we can start running at 9AM:
Sunday, October 12th – 9AM
Sunday, October 26th – 9AM
Sunday, November 16th – 9AM
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