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Philadelphia Marathon

Philadelphia, PA · Sunday, November 22, 2026

Philadelphia Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Sunday, November 22, 2026
Climb
991 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
36°F to 52°Ften-year normals, 32% of days wet

Fly the course

All 26.2 miles through a model of Philadelphia 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. Direct no-login GPX from goandrace.com's Philadelphia Marathon 2025 page (uploaded 2025-11-13 for the 2025-11-23 race). Downloaded (HTTP 200, 70KB, 904 trackpoints); computed length 42.38 km / 26.34 mi; starts 39.96199,-75.17626 (22nd & Ben Franklin Pkwy) and ends 39.96615,-75.17931 (Eakins Oval). This is the reference for the current course.

Course line a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. Direct no-login GPX from goandrace.com's Philadelphia Marathon 2025 page (uploaded 2025-11-13 for the 2025-11-23 race). Downloaded (HTTP 200, 70KB, 904 trackpoints); computed length 42.38 km / 26.34 mi; starts 39.96199,-75.17626 (22nd & Ben Franklin Pkwy) and ends 39.96615,-75.17931 (Eakins Oval). This is the reference for the current course. 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 0.2% 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 1.4 m.

The elevation profile

-40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: -0.2% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: +0.1% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: +0.2% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: +0.2% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: +0.3% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: +0.3% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: -0.2% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: -0.3% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: -0.5% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: +0.6% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: -1.1% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: -1.2% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: +0.5% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: -1.0% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: +0.4% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: -0.5% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: +0.2% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: +0.3% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: +0.7% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: +0.4% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: +0.1% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: +0.5% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: -0.2% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: +0.4% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: -0.5% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: +0.2% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: +0.1% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: +0.3% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: +0.5% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: +0.1% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: -0.2% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: +0.1% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: -0.4% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: -1.4% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: +0.2% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: +0.2% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: -0.0% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: +0.9% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: +1.4% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: +1.6% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: +1.2% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: -0.4% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: -2.5% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -2.3% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: +0.6% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: +1.0% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: -0.7% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: +4.7% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: +0.3% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: +0.2% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: -0.1% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: -0.3% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +1.0% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: +0.6% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: -0.6% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -1.6% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: -0.4% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: -0.7% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: +0.4% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: -0.2% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: -4.1% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: +0.7% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: +0.0% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: +1.7% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: +0.3% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: +1.5% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: +0.7% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: +0.1% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: -0.2% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: -0.2% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: -0.0% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: +0.4% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: -0.3% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: +0.2% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +1.1% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: +0.3% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: +0.7% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: -1.5% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: -2.5% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: -2.4% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: +0.0% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: +0.5% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: +0.2% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: -0.7% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: +0.9% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: -0.5% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +0.5% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: -0.1% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: +0.4% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: +1.2% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: -1.0% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: +0.5% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: -0.3% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +0.4% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: +1.6% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: +0.8% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: -0.3% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: -0.0% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: -1.1% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: +0.3% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +1.6% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: -0.2% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: -1.3% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: -0.4% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: +1.2% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: -0.2% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.4% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: -0.7% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: -0.1% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: +0.1% 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: -0.6% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: -0.1% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: +1.4% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: -0.1% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: +0.5% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: -1.6% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: +0.1% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: -0.1% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -1.0% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: -0.2% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: -0.3% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: +1.1% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: +2.5% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: +0.5% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: -0.8% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: +0.0% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: +1.1% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: +1.2% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +98 ft +87 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

991 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 11 and 131 feet of elevation. the Lansdowne Drive climb runs from mile 9.31 to 10.73, 98 feet up, steepest pitch is about 4.7% from mile 9.27 to 9.58, the steepest uphill of the race. 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+8 ft40 ft+0.6%Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Arch Street, Logan Circle
2-3 ft37 ft+0.6%Arch Street, North 4th Street, Race Street
3-27 ft10 ft-1.8%South Christopher Columbus Boulevard, North Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Race Street
4+14 ft25 ft+0.7%South Christopher Columbus Boulevard, South Front Street, Washington Avenue
5+3 ft29 ft+0.6%South Street, South 6th Street, South Front Street
6+18 ft46 ft+0.6%Chestnut Street, South 6th Street
7-12 ft35 ft-1.4%Walnut Street, South 15th Street
8+60 ft95 ft+2.0%Walnut Street, North 34th Street, South 34th Street
9-51 ft43 ft-3.6%North 34th Street
10+71 ft116 ft+4.8%Lansdowne Drive, South Concourse Drive, North 34th Street
11+8 ft125 ft+1.3%Avenue of the Republic, States Drive, Horticultural Drive
12-16 ft107 ft-1.7%Lansdowne Drive, Belmont Avenue
13-13 ft92 ft-4.8%Lansdowne Drive, West Girard Avenue, North 33rd Street
14+24 ft114 ft+1.7%Reservoir Drive, North 33rd Street, East Reservoir Drive
15-9 ft103 ft-0.6%Edgley Drive, Reservoir Drive
16-80 ft24 ft-3.8%Reservoir Drive, Fountain Green Drive, East Reservoir Drive
17+10 ft33 ft+0.8%Kelly Drive
180 ft35 ft+0.7%Kelly Drive
19+19 ft50 ft+1.3%Kelly Drive
20-13 ft36 ft-1.0%Main Street, Ridge Avenue
21+8 ft47 ft+2.1%Main Street
22-19 ft27 ft-2.4%Kelly Drive, Main Street, Ridge Avenue
23+7 ft34 ft-0.8%Kelly Drive
24+2 ft34 ft-1.8%Kelly Drive
25-2 ft35 ft-1.0%Kelly Drive
26+2 ft37 ft+2.5%Kelly Drive

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.