Badwater Cape Fear

Please join us for Badwater Cape Fear, our (B)east Coast Race! The BADWATER® ultra running experience returns to the East Coast when the twelfth BADWATER CAPE FEAR takes place on Bald Head Island, North Carolina on March 21, 2026. With 50km and 51-mile race options and a start line at the foot of the Old Baldy Lighthouse, Badwater® Cape Fear features a twelve-mile warm-up on the car-free, one-lane-wide roads and maritime forest trails of Bald Head Island, followed by either 19 or 39 miles of running on the wild and secluded sandy beach between legendary Cape Fear and Fort Fisher State Recreation Area. The beach stretch features spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Frying Pan Shoals to the east and the wild and undeveloped marshlands of the Cape Fear River to the west. Running this remote coast is a dramatic, invigorating, and inspiring manner in which to experience Bald Head Island, Fort Fisher State Recreation, and the Cape Fear region in all its grandeur! Badwater Race Dir