Boston Marathon course map poster
The Boston Marathon starts on Main Street in Hopkinton and follows Route 135 through Ashland, Framingham, Natick and Wellesley. At the Newton fire station it turns right onto Commonwealth Avenue and into the Newton hills, which end at the crest of Heartbreak Hill.
From there it runs along Beacon Street through Brookline, past the CITGO sign in Kenmore Square with a mile to go, then right on Hereford and left on Boylston to finish by the Boston Public Library. The start has been in Hopkinton since 1924, and our print fits the whole point-to-point line, through eight cities and towns, on one map.
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The course
- Start
- Main Street, Hopkinton
- Finish
- Boylston Street, by the Boston Public Library in Copley Square
- Passes through
- Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline, and Boston
- Elevation
- The Newton hills run from mile 17.1 to the crest of Heartbreak Hill at mile 20.8.
Key facts
- First held
- 1897
- Month
- April
- Finishers
- 29,033 in 2026
- Organiser
- Boston Athletic Association
Along the way
- 1.6 km (1.0 mi)Stylianos Kyriakides statueThe Spirit of the Marathon statue in Hopkinton
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi)Framingham train depotThe historic depot
- Wellesley College Scream TunnelJust before halfway
- 27.5 km (17.1 mi)Ladder 2 fire station, NewtonThe right turn onto Commonwealth Avenue and the start of the Newton hills
- 30.9 km (19.2 mi)Johnny Kelley Young at Heart statueOn Commonwealth Avenue in the Newton hills
- 33.5 km (20.8 mi)Heartbreak HillThe crest of the Newton hills
- 40.6 km (25.2 mi)CITGO sign, Kenmore SquareOne mile to go
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Questions
In Newton, at the end of the Newton hills. The hills start at the fire station turn onto Commonwealth Avenue at mile 17.1, and Heartbreak Hill crests at mile 20.8.
On Patriots' Day, the third Monday in April. The 130th race was on Monday 20 April 2026.
Boston runs point to point from Hopkinton to Copley Square, so the map zooms out to fit the whole line. You can zoom in on the finish in the editor, but then part of the course falls off the map.
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.
We draw each course along OpenStreetMap streets, following the organiser's official course map. It can differ slightly from the measured course, which follows the shortest line a runner can take.
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