Spa Running Festival

Street closures and alternate routes for Spa Running Festival

The Spa Running Festival, will take place from 7 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, will have various street closures along  the race routes listed below. Scroll to the bottom of page to alternate routes for Whittington Avenue an Quapaw area. 

NOTE: West Mountain Drive will be closed from vehicular traffic from 6:00 am to 11:00 am 

Street Closures:

• Central Avenue and Whittington Avenue will be closed from 7:00 am to 9:00 am

• Convention Blvd. closed from 5 a.m. until noon

• Fountain St. closed from 7 – 8:30 a.m.

• Gulpha and Vines Streets closed from 6 – 7:30 a.m.

• No parking between Chapel and Spring Street. from midnight – 11 a.m.

• No parking at the Whittington Avenue curve going onto Central Ave. from midnight – 9 a.m.
  
  RACE ROUTES
  
  
  Half Marathon – Starts at 7 a.m.

• Beginning on the eastbound lanes of Convention Blvd., 50 feet past Gulpha St., onto to Malvern Ave. and onto Broadway to Market sts.

• Market St. to Central Ave. (traffic will be held on Central Ave. from Market to Spring sts from 7 – 7:15 a.m.)

• Central Ave. to Fountain S.

• Onto Hot Springs Mountain Dr, taking the North Mountain Lp. back to Fountain St. and Central Ave.

• Central Ave. to Whittington Ave., taking the loop to West Mountain Dr.

• Onto West Mountain Summit Drive Lp., taking West Mountain Dr. back to Whittington and onto Prospect aves.

• Prospect Ave. to Pecan and Flint sts., then to Quapaw Ave.

• Quapaw Ave. to Market St., then to Broadway St.

• Ending on Convention Blvd., adjacent to Beech St.

   

10K – Starts at 7:45 a.m.

• Beginning on the eastbound lanes of Convention Blvd., between Beech St. and Malvern Ave.

• Malvern Ave. to Spring St.

• Spring St. to Central Ave.

• Central Ave. (runners using the outside northbound lane) to Whittington Ave., loop to West Mountain Dr.

• Onto Prospect Ave. to Pecan St., then Flint St., and to Quapaw Ave.

• Quapaw Ave. to Market St.

• Market St. to Broadway St.

• Ending on Convention Blvd., adjacent to Beech St.

   

5K – Starts at 8 a.m.

• Beginning on Convention Blvd., between Beech St. and Malvern Ave., onto Malvern Ave. to Spring St.

• Spring St. to Central Ave.

• Outside northbound lane of Central Ave. to Whittington Ave.

• Take the Whittington Ave. loop back to Central Ave.

• Outside southbound lane of Central Ave. to Market St.

• Market St. to Broadway St.

• Ending on Convention Blvd., adjacent to Beech St.

   

Squirt Course – Starts at 11 a.m.

• Convention Blvd., between Beech St. and Malvern Ave., eastbound lanes to Opera St.

• Staggered start times for each age group

• Four turnaround points

• Ending on Convention Blvd., adjacent to Beech St.
  
  

After 9:00 am. alternate Route for Whittington Avenue Area:

• Go to Central Ave to Reserve Street

• Take Reserve merge with Spring Street to Grand Ave.

Alternate Route for East of Fern, Quapaw Area:

• Take Prospect Ave to Exchange St

• Exchange St to Court St

• Cross Central Ave to Reserve

• Reserve will merge with Spring St to Grand Ave.