Powder Keg Trail Run

🏃‍♀️ Dirt Days Trail Series - Powder Keg

📅 Saturday, August 23, 2025 9:00 am

📍 Carter Park, Deerfield Township

The Powder Keg is a perennial favorite. Explore the many trails of Carter Park which is behind the Historic Kings Mansion. The course will be fun and challenging. You will do a loop that will take you to down near the Little Miami River. Follow along the river on the old abandoned King Road. Explore an old dam. Climb the "Stairway to Heaven". Race distance is listed as 3.5 miles. However, your mileage may vary. This is the sixth event of the Dirt Days Trail Series.

The Powder Keg 5K Trail Race is presented by Deerfield Township and The Arts Alliance.

Parking: Plenty of FREE parking is available at the school adjacent to the park.

🎨 Benefit

• Proceeds: A portion of the proceeds benefit The Arts Alliance toward future arts programming.

📍 Location

• Carter Park: Located behind the old Kings Mansion on King Avenue just North of Kings Island. Carter Park Web Page.
• Directions: I-71 to Kings Mills Exit. Go East past Columbia. Kings Mills turns into King Ave. Mansion is on the Left.
• Google Maps: 1720 King Ave, Kings Mills, OH 45034 to get directions from your location.
• GPS Coordinates: 39.358236, -84.246142

The Course

Scenic course explores the trails of the Historic Kings Mansion. Course will be fun and challenging. You will do a loop that will take you down near the Little Miami River. Follow along the river on the old abandoned King Road. Explore an old dam. Make your ascent to the top via a series of steps. Then, you will explore the north side of the park trails. Follow around some ball fields and then the final push to the finish. Race distance is listed as 3.5 miles. However, your mileage may vary.

🏃‍♂️ Run Divisions

• Men & Women: 14/under, 15-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69 and 70/over.

🚶‍♀️ Walk Divisions

• Men & Women: 29/under, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60/over.

🏆 Individual Event Awards

• Awards: Awards to overall male and female runner and walker. There are age group awards for this event.
• Presentation: Age Group awards will be presented immediately after the race based on the above divisions.
• Prizes: Randomly drawn door prizes.
• Winners: You must be present to win any random drawing and you cannot accept for someone else, so stick around!

T-shirt 👕 Availability

Powder Keg T-shirts (Short Sleeved) are available for $12 while supplies last. Sign up early if you know you want one to be sure to get the size that you want.

🍫 Amenities

We will have a variety of treats for you.

💵 Registration Fee

• Fee: Registration Fee: $22.50. Online registration only.
• Discount: NEW in 2024 - Kids 14 and under will receive a $5 discount at checkout.
• Online Registration: You may register online up to race time.

📅 Race Day Registration and Pickup

• Packet Pickup: There is no early packet pick up for this event. Check in on the day of race is from 7:30 am through 8:45 am.
• Registration: There is no paper registration. Sign up online prior to coming or you can sign up with your mobile phone.

🚴 The Dirt Days Trail Series

This is the sixth leg of the Dirt Days Trail Series.

🔗 More Information

For further details and to register, visit the Powder Keg Trail Run website.