Haunted Jersey City 5K

Haunted Jersey City 5K takes place in Jersey City, New Jersey, on October 31, 2026, with a 5K run and walk starting at 10:00 a.m. The course follows the Hudson waterfront, with the Manhattan skyline in view across the water, and the race is chip-timed with awards for the overall leaders and for each age group.

A chip-timed waterfront 5K is a reasonable place to find out where your fitness actually is, since you get a clean official time rather than a gun-time estimate. Run the opening quarter mile by feel, settle into a pace you could sustain for twenty minutes, and save the surge for the last few hundred meters. Costumes are part of the day, with prizes for the best overall, the best group and the most original, so factor your outfit into what you can breathe in.