Bennington Museum 250th Half
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Bennington Museum 250th Half
The Bennington Museum 250th Half is scheduled for Saturday, May 15, 2027. The event is a 13.1 mile fast surface loop that retraces the initial movement of troops from the Catamount Tavern before the Battle of Bennington. The course is USATF certified, starts and finishes at Bennington Museum, and will be chip timed with timing services provided by AREEP.
The counterclockwise route passes local landmarks and historic sites, including the Monument, a long decline on Route 9 toward the Silk Road Bridge, Bennington College, Prospect Street and North Bennington, Park McCullough House, a mile on hard packed gravel on Park Street, the Henry Bridge and Walloomsac River crossing, the Henry House, Warner Farmstead, Breakenridge Farm, a climb on Austin Hill, Jewitt Road, Colgate Park, and the Hubbell Homestead before returning around the Monument to a downhill final half mile. Course direction is counterclockwise and participants are asked to stay left unless otherwise directed.
Aid stations provide water at miles 2.5, 4.5, 7.5, 10 and 11.5. Sports drinks and GU are offered at miles 7.5 and 10. Portable toilets are available at miles 6 and 10. Packet pickup is available on May 14 and May 15 at Bennington Museum. Parking on race day is available at Bennington Museum and Monument Elementary School. Unisex T shirts will be offered. All funds raised will benefit programming at Bennington Museum. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
