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NO PARKING PERMITTED AT NAGS HEAD WOODS ON SATURDAY
Shuttles will run continiously to/from OBX Bowling Center and Race Site 6:30AM - 10:00AM. Participants may walk/bike to the race site from a nearby neighborhood in Kill Devil Hills, but no automobile traffic is permitted to race site during the event. We will have Golf Carts (courtesy of Ocean Atlantic Rentals) available to shuttle participants to/from the Shuttle drop point on the edge of the Preserve on Ocean Acres Drive.
Schedule of Events
Friday
3:00PM - 6:00PM :: Event Check-in
@ Nags Head Woods Visitor Center
701 Ocean Acres Dr, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 - MAP
Saturday
Parking at OBX Bowling Center
200 W Satterfield Landing Rd, Nags Head, NC 27959 - MAP
6:30AM :: Shuttles to Race Site Begin
7:40AM :: Fun Run
8:00AM :: 5K & 1-Mile Walk
8:15AM :: Breakfast, Brews & Bubbles!
8:45AM :: Awards
9:45AM :: Last Shuttles back to Bowling Alley
Events
Event Description
The Nags Head Woods 5K is the oldest charity race on the Outer Banks. Held annually on Saturday morning of Mother's Day Weekend, this year in 2026, this race celebrates its 40th Anniversary!! the NHW5K is a down and back race along the gravel road through the Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve, which is part of The Nature Conservancy of North Carolina. There is also a fun run and a 1-mile "Walk in the Woods" that accompanies the main 5K race.
First Flight Rotary Club hosts the event as one of it's signature fundraising events for the club Foundation. First Flight Rotary Club Foundation is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit that focuses on supporting charitable initiatives in and around the Outer Banks Community such as other nonprofits and service projects lead by the First Flight Rotary Club.
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Event Location
Nags Head Woods Preserve
701 Ocean Acres Drive
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 US
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