2024 Whitefish Turkey Trot

Join us for the 15th Annual Whitefish Turkey Trot!

Start off your Thanksgiving morning with a 5K run or walk around Whitefish, starting and ending outside of the O'Shaughnessy Center. Register by October 31 to lock in Early Bird (gobble, gobble) pricing!

START TIME: NEW FOR 2024: Due to the expected number of participants, we intend to have two waves in this year's Turkey Trot: one for those expecting to finish in under  25 minutes (starting at 8:30am), and one for those expecting to finish in over  25 minutes (starting at 9:00am). 

COURSE: NEW FOR 2024: The Whitefish Turkey Trot is moving to downtown Whitefish! The new 3.1 mile course will start and end outside of the O'Shaughnessy Center at 1 Central Ave. Participants will follow the bike path through the tunnel under Baker Ave, all the way to Oregon Ave/Lakeside Blvd alongside Whitefish Lake. Trotters will then take Skyles Pl into residential Whitefish, turn right onto Iowa Ave, right onto Waverly Pl, left on Dakota Ave, and left on Edgewood Pl before jumping back on the bike path and taking it all the way back to the finish arch outside of the O'Shaughnessy Center.*

*This route is tentative and subject to small changes. The course will be marked and volunteer course marshals will help direct participants! (YOU can volunteer to be a course marshal by registering HERE — bring a friend and cheer on the trotters!)

Please be advised that weather conditions are variable, and there is a high likelihood of snow and/or ice on the course. While we will do our best to use sand or salt to provide a safe start and finish area, the rest of the course will be left up to Mother Nature. We highly recommend bringing Yaktrax or ice spikes for your running shoes!

DONATIONS: In addition to the proceeds from this event, we encourage you to bring food donations to the food bank if you are able! In particular, NVFB will be in need of: turkeys, hams, fresh potatoes and yams, canned yams, canned corn, cranberry sauce, pie filling, dehydrated potatoes, stuffing, gravy mix, cornbread mix, crescent rolls, boxed pie crust, butter, olive oil, oats, flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and/or salt and pepper.