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Boston, United States

Boston Marathon

Marathon, 42.195 km

The line, and the climbing in it

Boston: the course line

Elevation, m · 8× vertical, smoothed 1 km

Lowest
3 m
Highest
141 m
Total gain
105.1 m
Course elevation profile, 8× vertical exaggeration Elevation along the course from km 0 to km 42. The trace runs between 3 and 141 metres, a range of 138 metres, drawn at 8 times vertical exaggeration so the shape is legible. Smoothed over 1 km before this profile was derived. An unsmoothed urban surface carries the buildings and would assert a climb that is not there.
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Distance, km

The line follows the road down its middle, so it measures 1.20% longer than the certified distance, which is measured on the shortest legal line through every bend.

Distance
Marathon, 42.195 km
Elevation gain
105.1 m
smoothed over 1 km
Course shape
point to point
Surface
asphalt
First held
1897

Being there

Race day

Mon, 19 April 2027 sourced

Region

North America

Series

Abbott World Marathon Majors sourced

Course line

42.70 km

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

Boston Athletic Association, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

Checked , the day a source behind this page was last read.

Sources and licence

Course line matched onto OpenStreetMap road geometry: (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL). Elevation sampled from USGS 3DEP 1 m digital elevation model (bare earth).

Elevation gain computed by us from that line, smoothed over 1 km.

Date and entry information from Boston Athletic Association.

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