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Los Angeles Marathon

Los Angeles, CA · Sunday, March 7, 2027

Los Angeles Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Sunday, March 7, 2027
Climb
1107 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
46°F to 65°Ften-year normals, 30% of days wet

Fly the course

All 26.2 miles through a model of Los Angeles 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 the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. 2026 Stadium-to-the-Stars GPX, endpoints match the official map

Course line a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. 2026 Stadium-to-the-Stars GPX, endpoints match the official map 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 0.5% of the certified 26.2 miles; no part of the line passes through a building; 100% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 2.5 m.

Known issue with this course file: Checked and cleared. An earlier note claimed this trace did not match the published Stadium to the Stars course, on the strength of a research pass that placed mile 1.2 to 2.3 near Wilshire and Vermont in Koreatown. It is not there. Mile 1 runs Vin Scully Avenue out of Dodger Stadium, mile 3 is on Spring Street downtown, mile 13 is on Sunset, and the course finishes on Santa Monica Boulevard in Century City, which is the race as published. The distance is within tolerance of the certified 26.2.

The elevation profile

160 210 260 310 360 410 460 510 560 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: -1.1% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: -3.5% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: -1.4% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: -2.7% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: -1.6% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: +0.6% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: +0.1% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: -4.9% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: +0.3% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: -1.1% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: +0.2% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: +0.8% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: -0.1% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: -1.6% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: -0.9% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: -0.5% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: +1.3% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: +0.4% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: +2.2% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: +4.2% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: +0.9% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: -1.6% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: -0.7% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: +2.7% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: +3.3% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: +1.5% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: -3.0% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: -0.4% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: -0.6% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: +0.8% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: +1.4% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: +0.3% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: -5.2% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: -1.9% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: +0.6% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: +0.1% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: +0.7% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: -1.4% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: -0.2% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: +2.8% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: +1.9% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: +0.9% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: +1.0% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -0.9% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: -1.0% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: +0.1% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: +0.3% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: -1.1% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: +0.3% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: -0.9% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: +0.2% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: -1.0% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +0.0% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: +0.5% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: -0.3% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -0.3% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: +0.7% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: -2.3% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: -0.4% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: +0.2% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: -0.4% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: +0.8% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: +1.4% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: +1.1% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: +1.6% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: -0.8% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -1.8% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: +1.0% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: +0.7% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: -2.0% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: -2.9% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: +0.4% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: -5.2% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: -3.7% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.2% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: -0.2% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: -0.7% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: -0.2% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: -0.1% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: +1.1% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: +1.6% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: +1.2% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: +0.7% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: -0.9% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: -1.4% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: +0.8% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +0.7% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: +0.3% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: +0.2% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: +0.9% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: +0.2% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: -1.4% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: -1.6% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +0.8% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: -1.3% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: +0.0% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: -1.2% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: +0.8% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: +0.8% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: +0.4% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +1.2% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: +1.5% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: +2.1% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: +0.6% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: +0.1% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: -1.5% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +1.3% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: -0.2% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: +0.2% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: -0.4% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: -0.4% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: +0.5% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: -0.0% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: +0.1% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: -1.0% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: -0.1% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: +1.3% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: -1.1% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: +0.1% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: -2.0% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: -1.4% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -1.4% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: -0.0% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: -0.9% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: -0.7% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: +1.8% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: -0.3% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: +1.6% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: -2.2% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: +2.7% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: +0.4% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +131 ft +110 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

1107 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 206 and 485 feet of elevation. The biggest climb runs from mile 3.21 to 4.28, 131 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
1-153 ft362 ft-4.6%West Sunset Boulevard, Vin Scully Avenue
2-65 ft296 ft-4.9%West Cesar E Chavez Avenue, North Broadway, North Spring Street
3-27 ft269 ft-2.1%North Spring Street, South Los Angeles Street, West 1st Street
4+99 ft368 ft+5.3%South Hill Street, West 3rd Street, South Los Angeles Street
5+53 ft427 ft+3.7%West Temple Street, North Grand Avenue, West 1st Street
6-29 ft400 ft-3.0%Bellevue Avenue, Glendale Boulevard, East Edgeware Road
7-36 ft368 ft-5.2%West Sunset Boulevard, Park Avenue
8+9 ft375 ft+3.4%West Sunset Boulevard
9+24 ft401 ft+1.7%Hollywood Boulevard, West Sunset Boulevard
10-6 ft393 ft-1.1%Hollywood Boulevard
11-10 ft383 ft-1.0%Hollywood Boulevard
12-28 ft354 ft-2.8%Hollywood Boulevard, West Sunset Boulevard, North Orange Drive
13+61 ft414 ft+2.1%West Sunset Boulevard
14-32 ft383 ft-2.0%West Sunset Boulevard
15-156 ft226 ft-6.8%North San Vicente Boulevard, West Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard
16-7 ft218 ft+1.4%North Doheny Drive, South Doheny Drive, Burton Way
17+17 ft238 ft+1.6%Burton Way, South Santa Monica Boulevard, North Rodeo Drive
18+42 ft281 ft+1.2%Wilshire Boulevard, South Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard
19-36 ft244 ft-2.1%Santa Monica Boulevard
20+9 ft255 ft-1.5%Santa Monica Boulevard, South Sepulveda Boulevard
21+73 ft329 ft+2.4%South Sepulveda Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard
22-8 ft320 ft-1.7%West San Vicente Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard
23-4 ft315 ft-1.1%West San Vicente Boulevard
24-21 ft292 ft-2.5%Wilshire Boulevard, South Sepulveda Boulevard, West San Vicente Boulevard
25-63 ft227 ft-1.9%Santa Monica Boulevard, South Sepulveda Boulevard
26+48 ft275 ft+3.1%Santa Monica Boulevard

The course on a map

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Course geometry a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. 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.