2026 Independence Day Race

About the Event

Join us on Independence Day 2026, Saturday, July 4th at beautiful Champoeg State Park for the 12th Annual Independence Day 5K • 10K • Half Marathon. Champoeg State Park is the perfect setting to celebrate our national pastime of working hard and partying in equal measure.

What: Choose from 3 distances! Half Marathon, 5K or 10K. Our course runs on paved bike paths and park roads. Get ready to run or walk, eat great food, drink amazing ROGUE beer, and listen to some great music.

Where: Champoeg State Park, St. Paul, Oregon

Why: Because it’s The 4th of July and you should be eating great food and drinking great beer at a park on the beautiful Willamette River with friends and family.

Races Offered

Independence Day 10K - 10K

Jul 04, 2026

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Distance — 10K

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Type — Running

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15:00

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$65.00

Independence Day 13.1 - Half Marathon

Jul 04, 2026

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Distance — 21.1K

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Type — Running

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15:00

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$79.00

Independence Day 5K - 5K

Jul 04, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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15:00

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$49.00

Virtual 10K - Individual Age group/open

Jul 04, 2026

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Distance — 10K

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Type — Running

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15:00

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$50.00

Virtual 5K - Virtual 5K

Jul 04, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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15:00

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$50.00

Virtual Half marathon - Individual Age group/open

Jul 04, 2026

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Distance — 21.1K

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15:00

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$50.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in St. Paul.

thermostat Temperature

14.2° / 29.9°

wb_sunny Feels like

13.3° / 28.0°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

14h 16m

water_drop Avg rainfall

0.1 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

8.1 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

High

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (5.6)

humidity_mid Humidity

53.4%

wb_twilight Sunrise

05:40

nightlight Sunset

20:53

About St. Paul

Learn more about the host city, St. Paul.

St. Paul or Saint Paul is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is named after the Saint Paul Mission founded by Archbishop François Norbert Blanchet, who arrived in the Oregon Country in 1838 to minister to the Catholic inhabitants of French Prairie. The population was 434 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.