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Mesa Marathon

Mesa, AZ · Saturday, February 13, 2027

Mesa Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Saturday, February 13, 2027
Climb
279 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
45°F to 67°Ften-year normals, 14% of days wet

Fly the course

All 26.2 miles through a model of Mesa 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. current Usery Pass to downtown course; official site's GPX export endpoint serves no trackpoints

Course line a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. current Usery Pass to downtown course; official site's GPX export endpoint serves no trackpoints 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 0.6% 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 13.2 m.

The elevation profile

1140 1240 1340 1440 1540 1640 1740 1840 1940 2040 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: -2.2% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: -1.9% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: -2.0% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: -2.6% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: -1.9% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: -1.9% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: -1.8% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: -1.7% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: -1.1% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: +0.8% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: -0.9% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: -2.5% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: -1.8% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: -1.3% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: -2.0% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: -1.4% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: -1.4% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: -1.2% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: -1.7% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: -0.9% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: +1.1% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: +1.5% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: +2.0% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: +1.9% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: +1.9% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: +2.8% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: +2.5% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: +0.9% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: -2.0% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: -1.2% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: -2.6% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: -2.4% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: -2.4% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: -2.6% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: -1.3% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: +0.2% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: -1.0% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: -1.4% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: -1.3% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: +0.3% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: -0.2% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: -0.7% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: -1.5% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -1.4% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: -1.2% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: -1.1% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: -1.8% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: -1.8% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: +0.2% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: +0.3% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: -0.3% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: +0.5% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +0.0% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: -0.9% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: -1.1% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -1.3% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: -1.0% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: -0.5% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: -0.5% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: -0.5% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: -0.8% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: +0.1% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: -0.5% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: -0.4% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -0.3% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: -0.1% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -0.5% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: -0.3% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: -0.3% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: -0.2% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: -0.3% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: -0.2% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: -0.2% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: -0.4% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: -0.2% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: -0.3% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: -0.3% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: -0.4% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: -0.3% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: -0.3% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: -0.2% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: -0.4% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: -0.2% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: -0.2% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: -0.4% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: -0.2% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: -0.2% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: -0.1% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: -0.2% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: -0.2% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: -0.1% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: -0.2% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: -0.1% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +0.0% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: -0.3% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: +0.0% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: -0.1% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: -0.1% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: -0.1% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: -0.1% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: -0.1% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: -0.1% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: -0.2% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: -0.1% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: +0.0% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: +0.0% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.1% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: -0.0% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: +0.1% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: +0.1% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: -0.0% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: +0.1% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: +0.1% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: +0.1% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: +0.2% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: +0.1% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: -0.1% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: -0.1% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: -0.2% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: -0.0% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: -0.1% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -0.2% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: -0.2% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: -0.3% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: -0.2% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: -0.5% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: -0.6% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: -1.1% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: -0.2% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: -0.4% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: -0.3% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +200 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

279 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 1190 and 2040 feet of elevation. The biggest climb runs from mile 3.97 to 5.55, 200 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 fifthStreetsTurns
1-140 ft1907 ft-2.6%North Usery Pass Road
2-78 ft1826 ft-2.5%North Usery Pass Road, East McDowell Roadright onto E McDowell Rd
3-115 ft1714 ft-2.4%East McDowell Road
4-90 ft1621 ft-1.9%East McDowell Road, North Ridgecrestright onto N Ridgecrest
5+112 ft1735 ft+2.4%North Ridgecrest
6+37 ft1775 ft+3.2%East Eagle Crest Drive, North Ridgecrestonto E Eagle Crest Dr
7-159 ft1614 ft-3.5%East Eagle Crest Drive
8-40 ft1574 ft-1.6%East Eagle Crest Drive, North Power Roadright onto N Power Rd
9-70 ft1505 ft-2.1%East Redmont Drive, North Power Roadleft onto E Redmont Dr
10-51 ft1453 ft-2.1%East Redmont Drive, North Recker Roadleft onto N Recker Rd
11-20 ft1432 ft-1.5%North Recker Road, East McDowell Roadright onto E McDowell Rd
12-47 ft1383 ft-1.3%East McDowell Road
13-26 ft1355 ft-0.9%East McDowell Road
14-21 ft1334 ft-0.5%East McDowell Road
15-18 ft1315 ft-0.4%East McDowell Road, North Lindsay Roadleft onto N Lindsay Rd
16-20 ft1295 ft-0.4%North Lindsay Road
17-17 ft1277 ft-0.5%North Lindsay Road, East Brown Roadright onto E Brown Rd
18-13 ft1263 ft-0.3%East Brown Road
19-9 ft1254 ft-0.3%East Brown Road
20-5 ft1249 ft-0.2%East Brown Road, North Mesa Driveleft onto N Mesa Dr
21-8 ft1240 ft-0.2%North Mesa Drive, East 1st Streetright onto E 1st St
22+4 ft1244 ft+0.1%North Robson, East 1st Street, West 1st Streetright onto N Robson; right onto W University Dr
23+7 ft1251 ft+0.2%North Center Street, West University Driveleft onto N Center St
24-4 ft1247 ft-0.2%West Brown Road, North Center Street, North Dateleft onto W Brown Rd
25-13 ft1234 ft-0.3%West Rio Salado Parkway, North Dateright onto W 8th St/​W Rio Salado Pkwy
26-38 ft1196 ft-1.2%West Rio Salado Parkway, North Riverview

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.