The route
Boston Marathon
Next edition19 April 2027
A 42.195 km point-to-point marathon, from Hopkinton to Boston, through eight towns and municipalities in Massachusetts.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 42.195 km
- Named places
- 11
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Reading the route
This marathon is a one-way course that never comes back to where it began. It links Hopkinton, in Massachusetts, to central Boston, entirely on road. Eight towns and municipalities follow one another from end to end.
At 10 am the field sets off from Hopkinton Middle/High School, where the Athletes' Village stands. The opening kilometers lead to Ashland, then Framingham.
Natick comes next, then Wellesley, roughly the halfway mark of the route. The course reaches Newton, then Brookline, the last municipality before Boston.
The finish is on Boylston Street, at the corner of Berkeley Street. Behind the runners the roads reopen as the race goes on, at a pace of about 13 minutes 44 seconds per mile, and the finish area closes around 5:30 pm.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
02 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The course, from Hopkinton to Boston, 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.
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