Turkey Trot – Appleton

Course

A Thanksgiving morning road race starting on College Avenue in downtown Appleton near the Red Lion Paper Valley Hotel, run as a two-wave start with the 5 mile away at 8am and the 2 mile five minutes later. The courses split at Franklin Street about 1.67 miles in, and both cross train tracks twice. Runners finish onto Oneida Street with post-race snacks and pie in Houdini Plaza.

Key dates

• !
  Registration
  Open now
• ★
  Race day
  Thu 26 Nov 2026

About

The Festival Foods Turkey Trot – Appleton is a Thanksgiving Day 2-mile and 5-mile race in Appleton, Wisconsin, part of a Festival Foods-sponsored trot series held in cities across the state each November.

• 

  Madison Turkey Trot

  Thu 26 Nov · Madison, WI · 5K
  Save
• 

  Gobbler Giveback 5K Fun Run/Walk

  Thu 26 Nov · Black River Falls, WI · 5K
  Save
• 

  Turkey Trot – Green Bay

  Thu 26 Nov · Green Bay, WI · 5 Mile · 2 Mile

  A Thanksgiving morning trot through Green Bay

  Save
• 

  Turkey Trot – Milwaukee

  Thu 26 Nov · Milwaukee, WI · 5 Mile · 2 Mile

  A Thanksgiving morning trot through Milwaukee

  Save

A confirmed date shows its day; a provisional one shows only its month, because we won't claim a day we don't have. This page is rebuilt every night from the RunCalendar catalogue.