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Indianapolis Monumental Marathon

Indianapolis, IN · Saturday, November 7, 2026

Indianapolis Monumental Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Climb
427 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
41°F to 58°Ften-year normals, 27% of days wet

Fly the course

All 26.2 miles through a model of Indianapolis 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. 'Monumental Marathon', Indianapolis IN, created 2026-04-28; verified via https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54867235.json (1112 track points). Matches the CURRENT (2025-format) course: starts on S Missouri St just south of W Maryland St (the new-for-2025 start next to Victory Field, confirmed against the official 2025 course-map PDF) and uses the 2025 Boulevard Pl -> W 42nd St routing; landmark ordering (easternmost mi ~8.7, Broad Ripple north tip ~mi 14, White River Pkwy westernmost ~mi 21.3) matches the official map. CAVEATS: drawn slack — measures 43.63 km / 27.08 mi (~0.9 mi long, incl. an overshoot at the Broad Ripple tip), and the drawn line ends near W Maryland St, ~0.4 mi short of the actual W New York St @ Capitol Ave finish.

Course line a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. 'Monumental Marathon', Indianapolis IN, created 2026-04-28; verified via https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54867235.json (1112 track points). Matches the CURRENT (2025-format) course: starts on S Missouri St just south of W Maryland St (the new-for-2025 start next to Victory Field, confirmed against the official 2025 course-map PDF) and uses the 2025 Boulevard Pl -> W 42nd St routing; landmark ordering (easternmost mi ~8.7, Broad Ripple north tip ~mi 14, White River Pkwy westernmost ~mi 21.3) matches the official map. CAVEATS: drawn slack — measures 43.63 km / 27.08 mi (~0.9 mi long, incl. an overshoot at the Broad Ripple tip), and the drawn line ends near W Maryland St, ~0.4 mi short of the actual W New York St @ Capitol Ave finish. 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 2.4% of the certified 26.2 miles; no part of the line passes through a building; 99% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 0.8 m.

The elevation profile

640 660 680 700 720 740 760 780 800 820 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: +0.3% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: -0.4% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: -0.5% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: +1.2% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: +0.1% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: -0.1% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: +0.1% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: -0.1% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: -0.1% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: -0.2% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: +0.2% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: +0.4% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: -0.2% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: +0.1% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: +0.0% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: +0.0% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: +0.1% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: -0.1% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: +0.4% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: -0.5% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: +0.4% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: -0.2% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: -0.2% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: -0.0% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: +0.0% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: -0.2% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: +0.0% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: +0.2% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: +0.2% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: -0.2% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: -0.8% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: -0.1% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: +0.1% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: +0.4% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: +0.0% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: +0.1% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: +0.3% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: -0.2% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: -0.1% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: +0.2% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: -0.1% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: +0.1% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: +0.7% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: +0.1% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: -0.1% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: +0.2% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: -0.1% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: -0.2% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: +0.1% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: +0.6% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: +0.1% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: -0.7% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +0.2% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: -0.1% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: +0.3% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -0.2% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: +1.3% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: -1.4% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: +0.1% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: -0.0% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: +0.6% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: -0.4% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: -0.3% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: -0.1% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -0.0% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: +0.2% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -0.6% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: -0.0% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: -0.3% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: +0.4% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: -0.0% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: +0.0% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: +0.0% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: +0.1% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.0% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: +0.9% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: -0.2% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: +2.3% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: -0.2% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: +0.1% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: +0.1% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: +0.9% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: -1.0% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: +1.4% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: -0.2% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: -0.4% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +0.1% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: -0.0% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: +1.0% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: +0.1% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: -1.1% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: +1.3% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: -0.8% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: -1.9% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: -2.6% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: +0.2% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: +0.1% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: -0.1% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: +0.0% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: -0.2% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +0.4% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: -0.3% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: +0.0% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: +0.0% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: +0.5% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: +0.3% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.2% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: +0.2% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: +0.1% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: -0.3% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: -0.4% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: -0.3% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: +0.7% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: -0.4% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: +0.4% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: -0.2% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: +0.3% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: +0.1% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: +0.0% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: +0.9% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: +0.0% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -0.3% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: +0.1% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: -0.0% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: +0.1% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: -0.1% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: +0.2% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: -0.4% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: -0.2% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: -0.0% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: +0.0% 5 10 15 20 25 mile
steep up up flat down steep down

427 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 700 and 771 feet of elevation. 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+7 ft713 ft+1.0%South Missouri Street, West McCarty Street, East McCarty Streetsharp left onto South Missouri Street; sharp right; right; right; left; left; ri
2-4 ft709 ft-0.2%South Delaware Street, East South Street, Virginia Avenueleft; left onto Indianapolis Cultural Trail; right; right; right; Continue; left
3+8 ft717 ft+0.4%East New York Street, North Meridian Street, East Maryland Streetleft onto Indianapolis Cultural Trail; right onto Indianapolis Cultural Trail; r
4+2 ft719 ft-0.3%Massachusetts Avenue, East 10th Street, Bellefontaine Streetleft onto Indianapolis Cultural Trail; right onto Massachusetts Avenue; onto Mas
50 ft719 ft+0.4%Fort Wayne Avenue, North Pennsylvania Street, East 10th Streetonto East 10th Street; right onto Indianapolis Cultural Trail; right onto North
6+0 ft719 ft+0.3%North Pennsylvania Streetleft onto Puryear Street; right onto North Pennsylvania Street; onto North Penns
7-10 ft708 ft-0.9%North Pennsylvania Street, East Fall Creek Parkway North Drive, East Fall Creek Parkway, South Driveright; left; left; right onto North Pennsylvania Street; right; left; slight lef
8+8 ft717 ft+0.3%East Fall Creek Parkway North Drive
9+13 ft730 ft+1.0%East Fall Creek Parkway North Drive, East 38th Street, Coliseum Avenueleft onto Coliseum Avenue; left; right; sharp right; sharp left onto Coliseum Av
10+7 ft736 ft+0.6%North Washington Boulevard, East 38th Streetonto East 38th Street; right; right; left; right; right onto North Washington Bo
11-1 ft736 ft-0.7%North Washington Boulevardonto North Washington Boulevard
12-10 ft725 ft-1.9%North Washington Boulevard, East 58th Streetright onto East 58th Street
13-9 ft716 ft+0.8%North College Avenue, East 58th Streetleft onto North College Avenue
140 ft715 ft+0.6%Riverview Drive, North Park Avenue, East 64th Streetleft onto East 64th Street; right onto North Park Avenue; left onto Riverview Dr
150 ft714 ft-0.2%North Meridian Street, Meridian Street West Drive, Riverview Driveonto Riverview Drive; left onto Meridian Street West Drive; right onto Meridian
16+35 ft747 ft+2.2%North Meridian Streetleft onto East 57th Street; left; left onto East 55th Street; right; right; left
17+16 ft763 ft+1.3%North Meridian Street, West Hampton Drive, North Illinois Streetright onto West 46th Street; left; left; right onto West Hampton Drive; left; ri
18+12 ft774 ft+1.0%West 42nd Street, Boulevard Placeright onto West 42nd Street; left; right; right; left onto West 42nd Street; rig
19-70 ft703 ft-3.1%West 42nd Street, North White River Parkway East Drive, Michigan Roadleft; Continue; left; left; right; left; right; left; left; left; slight right;
20-3 ft700 ft-0.4%North White River Parkway East Driveonto North White River Parkway East Drive; left; right onto Central Canal Towpat
21+3 ft702 ft+0.3%North White River Parkway East Drive, West 30th Street, Armory Driveright onto White River Wapahani Trail; sharp left; right onto West 30th Street;
22+10 ft710 ft+0.5%Burdsal Parkwayonto Burdsal Parkway; onto Burdsal Parkway; right; left; left; right onto Burdsa
23+4 ft713 ft+0.8%Fall Creek Parkway North Drive, West Fall Creek Parkway, North Drive, West Fall Creek Parkway North Driveright onto Fall Creek Parkway North Drive; onto Fall Creek Parkway North Drive;
24+8 ft721 ft+1.0%North Meridian Street, West Fall Creek Parkway, North Driveright onto West Fall Creek Parkway, North Drive; onto West Fall Creek Parkway, N
25-4 ft717 ft-0.3%North Meridian Street
26-7 ft711 ft-0.4%North Meridian Street, North Capitol Avenue, West New York Streetright; onto North Capitol Avenue

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.