Philadelphia Marathon course map poster
The Philadelphia Marathon starts on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 22nd Street, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and passes Logan Circle. It heads out to Penn's Landing on the Delaware River, comes back up 6th Street past Washington Square and Independence Hall, and runs along Walnut Street by Rittenhouse Square.
Then it goes through University City, past the Philadelphia Zoo and through Fairmount Park, and out along the Schuylkill River to a turnaround on Main Street in Manayunk. The way back along Kelly Drive passes Boathouse Row and finishes at Eakins Oval, by the steps of the Art Museum.
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The course
- Start
- Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 22nd Street
- Finish
- Eakins Oval, in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Passes through
- Center City, Old City, Society Hill, University City, Fairmount Park, East Falls, and Manayunk
- Elevation
- Fast and mostly flat, with rolling sections in Fairmount Park.
Key facts
- First held
- 1994
- Month
- November
- Organizer
- City of Philadelphia
Along the way
- 0.4 mi (0.7 km)Logan CircleOn the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
- 2.7 mi (4.4 km)Penn's LandingOn Christopher Columbus Boulevard by the Delaware River
- 5.1 mi (8.2 km)Washington SquareUp 6th Street
- 5.2 mi (8.4 km)Independence HallAt Chestnut and 6th Streets
- 6.5 mi (10.4 km)Rittenhouse SquareOn Walnut Street
- 8.9 mi (14.4 km)Philadelphia Zoo34th Street at Girard Avenue
- 20.4 mi (32.9 km)Main Street, ManayunkThe turnaround
- 25.9 mi (41.7 km)Boathouse RowOn Kelly Drive, near the finish
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Questions
Yes. It's a Boston Marathon qualifying race, and the course is USATF certified.
On Main Street in Manayunk, about 20 miles in. From there the course comes back along the Schuylkill River to the Art Museum.
In November. The 2026 race is on November 22, starting at 7:00 a.m.
Yes. The editor starts with the city as the title and the distance below it. Type your name, your finish time or the race date in the caption, and change any of the words you like.
Yes. Every course comes in portrait sizes, 12 × 16 in and 18 × 24 in, and in square sizes, 16 × 16 in and 20 × 20 in. When you change the shape, the map moves so the whole course still fits.
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