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Baltimore Running Festival Marathon

Baltimore, MD · Saturday, October 17, 2026

Baltimore Running Festival Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Climb
1211 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
50°F to 67°Ften-year normals, 22% of days wet

Fly the course

All 26.2 miles through a model of Baltimore built from OpenStreetMap: real building footprints, heights and roof shapes, the water, and the course line itself. Scrub it, switch cameras, or let it play.

Route statusa community trace of an earlier year's course, kept until a current trace exists; treat it as a preview. Camden Yards start matches; the race's current interactive map is login-walled Plotaroute

Course line a community trace of an earlier year's course, kept until a current trace exists; treat it as a preview. Camden Yards start matches; the race's current interactive map is login-walled Plotaroute Buildings, roads, parks and shorelines are OpenStreetMap, ODbL, so building coverage varies block to block. Public-domain USGS/USDA aerial imagery and USGS 3DEP terrain are served as static site assets; no paid map API runs in the browser. This is photographic terrain with modeled architecture, not photogrammetry. Bridge approaches, elevations and facade details remain approximate. The organizer's published route is the reference.

Accuracy check: drawn line is within 1.5% of the certified 26.2 miles; no part of the line passes through a building; 95% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 0.9 m.

The elevation profile

-40 10 60 110 160 210 260 310 360 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: +2.4% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: +2.0% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: +0.6% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: +1.3% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: +0.3% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: +1.4% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: +1.0% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: -0.3% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: +1.1% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: +1.6% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: +1.9% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: +2.4% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: +0.5% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: +1.6% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: +3.5% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: +0.8% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: -2.3% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: -2.4% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: -1.0% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: +2.2% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: -2.9% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: -2.0% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: +0.3% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: -1.5% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: -1.6% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: -3.6% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: +0.3% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: -0.3% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: +4.0% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: -2.9% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: -0.0% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: +1.6% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: -2.0% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: -2.8% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: -2.1% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: -0.8% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: -1.6% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: +1.7% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: -1.1% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: -0.8% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: -1.3% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: -1.9% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: -0.8% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -1.8% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: +0.0% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: +1.2% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: +0.6% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: -1.1% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: -2.2% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: +0.9% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: -0.6% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: -0.4% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +0.1% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: -0.4% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: +0.5% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -0.1% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: -0.5% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: +0.4% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: -0.2% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: +0.3% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: +0.6% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: -0.9% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: +1.7% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: -0.4% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -0.4% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: -0.1% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -0.1% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: -0.1% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: +0.1% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: -0.1% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: +0.0% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: +0.1% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: +0.0% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: -0.2% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.4% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: -0.2% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: -0.0% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: +1.7% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: +1.6% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: -1.7% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: -0.6% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: -0.1% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: +1.0% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: +1.4% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: -0.6% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: +1.4% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +0.6% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: +1.7% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: -3.9% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: +1.9% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: -0.4% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: +1.9% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: +1.0% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +0.8% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: +3.0% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: +0.2% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: +2.4% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: +1.6% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: -3.9% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: -0.6% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: -0.2% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: -0.6% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: +0.8% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: +0.0% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: -0.0% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: +0.3% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.8% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: +1.3% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: +2.2% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: -2.4% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: +1.2% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: -1.2% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: -0.2% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: +0.8% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: -0.4% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: -2.9% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: -0.4% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: -1.6% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: -1.6% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: -2.0% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: -0.3% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: +1.0% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: +0.7% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: +1.2% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: -0.6% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: -1.6% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: -1.1% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: -0.9% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: -2.3% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: -0.5% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: -0.7% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +293 ft +78 ft
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1211 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 3 and 329 feet of elevation. The biggest climb runs from mile 0 to 3.16, 293 feet up. Click the profile to jump the flythrough to that mile.

Mile by mile

Every mile of the course on the same vertical scale, so they compare at a glance. Net is what the mile does to your elevation; steepest fifth is the sharpest continuous fifth of a mile inside it, the same unit the colour strip above uses.

MileShapeNetElevation Steepest fifthStreets
1+82 ft121 ft+2.6%North Paca Street, South Paca Street, West Madison Street
2+63 ft184 ft+2.0%McCulloh Street
3+126 ft313 ft+3.5%McCulloh Street
4-13 ft306 ft+2.7%Buffalo Yard Road, Mansion House Drive, Greenspring Avenue
5-106 ft198 ft-3.8%East Drive, Mansion House Drive
6-14 ft182 ft+4.3%Wyman Park Drive, East Drive, Art Museum Drive
7-71 ft108 ft-2.9%Saint Paul Street, West 28th Street, North Howard Street
8-37 ft70 ft-1.6%Saint Paul Street
9-62 ft7 ft-2.0%Saint Paul Street, Light Street
10+15 ft22 ft-1.8%Key Highway, Light Street, Warren Avenue
11-1 ft21 ft+0.7%Key Highway East, Key Highway
12-5 ft16 ft-0.6%Key Highway East, Key Highway
13-9 ft7 ft+1.9%Key Highway, Light Street
140 ft6 ft+0.1%East Pratt Street, South President Street, Light Street
15+5 ft10 ft+0.5%Aliceanna Street, Lancaster Street, Boston Street
16+27 ft37 ft+1.9%South Linwood Avenue, Boston Street, O'Donnell Street
17+24 ft61 ft+1.8%North Linwood Avenue, South Linwood Avenue, East Madison Street
18+28 ft88 ft-3.9%East Madison Street, North Washington Street
19+77 ft166 ft+3.5%North Washington Street, Saint Lo Drive
20+0 ft165 ft-4.8%Hillen Road, Saint Lo Drive, Harford Road
21-2 ft163 ft-0.9%Lake Montebello Drive
22+40 ft201 ft-2.8%East 33rd Street, Lake Drive
23+7 ft207 ft+1.2%East 33rd Street, Guilford Avenue, East 29th Street
24-107 ft98 ft-3.1%North Howard Street, West 29th Street, East 29th Street
25+25 ft121 ft+1.6%North Howard Street, North Eutaw Street, North Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
26-87 ft34 ft-2.3%North Eutaw Street, South Eutaw Street

The course on a map

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Course geometry a community trace of an earlier year's course, kept until a current trace exists; treat it as a preview. City geometry is OpenStreetMap, ODbL. Weather normals are ten years of Open-Meteo reanalysis around race day at the start line. Confirm dates and registration on the official site. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it fast.