Dare to Scare 5k & Sweet Treat Fun Run

Dare to Scare 5K & Sweet Treat Fun Run is a Halloween running event in Manteo, North Carolina, based at the Virginia S. Tillett Community Center. The main race is a 3.1-mile 5K that starts in the morning, followed by the shorter Sweet Treat Fun Run an hour later. Runners can enter in person, with paper forms returned to the community center, or join virtually from any location before the event deadline. The 5K starts from the Coastal Studies Institute parking lot in Skyco and finishes at the Virginia S. Tillett Community Center in Manteo. The route uses a mix of trails and local residential roads, with traffic control and a water station on course. Participants are asked to leave strollers, dogs, and bicycles off the route, and the setup works point-to-point: parking is recommended at the finish, with a morning shuttle taking runners to the start and no return shuttle after the race.