Rotary Club of Westerville Independence Day 5K

About the Event

Celebrate America's 250th Birthday and get your July 4th holiday moving with the Rotary Club of Westerville’s Independence Day 5K at 8 AM Saturday, July 4!

As it has since 2021, the 5K will take place at the Westerville Sports Complex, 325 N. Cleveland Ave. The race at the Sports Complex begins our day-long celebration of the Fourth, with our other dawn-to-dusk events including the big State Street Parade (10:30 AM), Free Concert and Food Truck Festival (5-10 PM) and Patriotic Fireworks Display (10 PM). Proceeds of the race will benefit local veterans and first responders organizations. An Honor Guard presentation will start the event at 7:30 AM. Our traditional Kids Fun Run sprints will take place at 7:45 AM -- a change to BEFORE the 5K from past years. The Race course travels on paved multipurpose trails through the Sports Complex property, under Cleveland Avenue, along the Westerville Community Center property, down to Heritage Park, and back to the finish/start line at the Sports Complex, adjacent to the new Veterans Memorial Plaza. Participants in the 5K receive an event T-shirt, race medal and other goodies. Kids Fun Run participants receive a medal. The event is pre-registration only.

Packet pickup will be from noon-6 p.m. the two days prior to the race, July 2 and July 3, at the Polaris Fleet Feet store, 1270 E. Powell Rd. There will be NO Race-Day Registration.

The race at the Sports Complex begins our day-long celebration of the Fourth, with our other dawn-to-dusk events, including:

Honor Guard Presentation (7:30 a.m.)

Kids Fun Run Sprints (7:45 a.m.)

The big State Street Parade (10:30 a.m.)

Free Concert and Food Truck Festival (5-10 p.m.)

Patriotic Fireworks Display (10 p.m.)

Races Offered

Kids Fun Run (Ages 11 and Under)

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Distance — Kids Fun Run (Ages 11 and Under)

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07:45

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$10.00

5k Walk/Run

Jul 04, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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08:00

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$30.00

Veterans/Active Duty Military and First Responders 5K

Jul 04, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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08:00

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$25.00

Weather History

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

thermostat Temperature

19.4° / 29.0°

wb_sunny Feels like

20.4° / 30.1°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

11h 54m

water_drop Avg rainfall

3.6 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

8.6 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

High

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Very High (8.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

73.7%

wb_twilight Sunrise

06:16

nightlight Sunset

20:57

About Westerville

Learn more about the host city, Westerville.

Westerville is a city in Franklin and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. A northeastern suburb of Columbus, its population was 39,190 at the 2020 census. The city is home to Otterbein University. It was once known as the "Dry Capital of the World" for its strict laws prohibiting sales of alcohol and for being the home of the Anti-Saloon League, one of the driving forces behind the Prohibition era at the beginning of the 20th century.