THE POCAHONTAS
STATE PARK COURSE
The courses on Bright Hope Trail has been USATF approved for
a 5K & 10K distance.
See which Pocahontas State Park Courses will be used in upcoming events.
5k – VA17045RT
10k – VA17046RT
Course Maps
5k (Bright Hope Trail)
10k (Bright Hope Trail)
Half-Marathon (Bright Hope Trail)
2 Laps of the 10k, with a detour at the beginning
5k (Beaver Lake Trail)
10k is two laps of the trail
Course Records
Think you could dominate this course and set the fastest time?
See below for the course records and which races they were set in…
5K (Bright Hope Trail)
Mens Course Records | Womens Course Records | |||||||||||
1 | Chance | Hobday | 0:18:19 | 2019 | Summer Pocahontas 5k | 1 | Dana | Hayden | 0:21:36 | 2020 | Summer Pocahontas 5k | |
2 | Gerod | Green | 0:18:33 | 2021 | Pocahontas 5k | 2 | Amelia | Seabury | 0:22:47 | 2019 | Pocahontas 5k | |
3 | Travis | Booker | 0:18:45 | 2020 | Summer Pocahontas 5k | 3 | Laura | Burke | 0:25:08 | 2019 | Summer Pocahontas 5k | |
4 | Randy | Shelton | 0:19:04 | 2018 | Summer Pocahontas 5k | 4 | Brooke | Swarringim | 0:25:48 | 2020 | Pocahontas 5k | |
5 | Randy | Shelton | 0:19:28 | 2019 | Summer Pocahontas 5k | 5 | Lillian | Liles | 0:25:57 | 2018 | Summer Pocahontas 5k |
10K (Bright Hope Trail)
Mens Course Records | Womens Course Records | |||||||||||
1 | James | Waters | 0:38:21 | 2018 | Pocahontas 10k | 1 | Caroline | Ballam | 0:46:17 | 2018 | Pocahontas 10k | |
2 | Jack | Slagle | 0:39:06 | 2021 | Pocahontas 10k | 2 | Anna | West | 0:49:00 | 2020 | Pocahontas 10k | |
3 | Brian | Waters | 0:39:09 | 2018 | Pocahontas 10k | 3 | Juliana | Perry | 0:49:12 | 2020 | Pocahontas 10k | |
4 | Matt | Popowski | 0:40:13 | 2022 | Pocahontas 10k | 4 | Katlyn | Sheffield | 0:52:11 | 2020 | Pocahontas 10k | |
5 | Jesse | Sewell | 0:40:36 | 2018 | Summer Pocahontas 10k | 5 | Rebecca | Turnbull | 0:52:12 | 2018 | Pocahontas 10k |
Half Marathon (Bright Hope Trail)
Mens Course Records | Womens Course Records | |||||||||||
1 | Joseph | Hengoed | 1:24:38 | 2020 | Summer Pocahontas Half | 1 | Anna | Purcell | 1:38:46 | 2018 | Summer Pocahontas Half | |
2 | Jared | Monseur | 1:25:34 | 2019 | Summer Pocahontas Half | 2 | Katie | Carbiener | 1:39:15 | 2021 | Pocahontas Half | |
3 | Syver | Johansen | 1:29:55 | 2019 | Summer Pocahontas Half | 3 | Kacey | Gibson | 1:39:33 | 2019 | Summer Pocahontas Half | |
4 | Matthew | Daly | 1:30:57 | 2020 | Pocahontas Half | 4 | Rachel | Aubert | 1:41:28 | 2018 | Summer Pocahontas Half | |
5 | Chris | Harnish | 1:31:18 | 2019 | Pocahontas Half | 5 | Emily | Smith | 1:46:38 | 2018 | Summer Pocahontas Half |
5K (Beaver Lake Trail)
Mens Course Records | Womens Course Records | |||||||||||
1 | Bryan | Browe | 0:25:29 | 2020 | Devil’s Damn Hot 5k | 1 | Anne | Condon | 0:26:56 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 5k | |
2 | Riley | Rodriguez | 0:31:09 | 2020 | Devil’s Damn Hot 5k | 2 | Marcia | Byerley | 0:28:57 | 2020 | Devil’s Damn Hot 5k | |
3 | Joel | Zuloaga | 0:31:34 | 2020 | Devil’s Damn Hot 5k | 3 | Marcia | Byerley | 0:29:26 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 5k | |
4 | Rich | Nolan | 0:31:51 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 5k | 4 | Brooke | Swarringim | 0:31:25 | 2020 | Devil’s Damn Hot 5k | |
5 | Mark | Swarringim | 0:32:28 | 2020 | Devil’s Damn Hot 5k | 5 | Gail | Holstrom | 0:35:27 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 5k |
10K (Beaver Lake Trail)
Mens Course Records | Womens Course Records | |||||||||||
1 | Chris | Vinciguerra | 0:48:28 | 2020 | Devil’s Damn Hot 10k | 1 | Sarah | Brooks | 0:56:47 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 10k | |
2 | John | Hussar | 0:52:06 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 10k | 2 | Laureen | Trice | 0:59:35 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 10k | |
3 | Bryan | Browe | 0:52:19 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 10k | 3 | Deanna | Krautner | 1:03:03 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 10k | |
4 | Gregory | Krautner | 0:53:45 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 10k | 4 | Trisha | Brooks | 1:05:09 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 10k | |
5 | Ben | Katzman | 0:55:47 | 2020 | Devil’s Damn Hot 10k | 5 | Tracy | Applewhite | 1:05:09 | 2020 | Devil’s Halloween 10k |