The route
Chicago Marathon
Next edition11 October 2026
An urban 42.195 km loop through Chicago, taking in Grant Park, Lincoln Park, West Loop, Pilsen and Chinatown.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 42.195 km
- Named places
- 9
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Reading the route
The Chicago Marathon draws a loop from Grant Park back to Grant Park: start and finish sit in the same park, right in the middle of the city.
The first stretch heads north as far as Lincoln Park, then comes back down through Old Town toward downtown.
The route then swings west into the West Loop before turning south to Pilsen and Chinatown, the last neighbourhood on the way back to Grant Park.
Every step is on city streets, not a metre of trail. Runners have 6 hours 30 minutes to reach the finish.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
02 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The course, a 42.195 km loop from Grant Park, takes shape street by street on the poster: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.