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The city behind the course

A Cincinnati weekend

Start with the places the marathon actually passes.

The route's local signatures

Meet the architecture and landscape along the course. Use these places to get to know the city before deciding how to spend your time on your feet.

Scripps Center

Near mile 0.2

Built into the flyover as a race-specific local landmark. The model rises about 143 meters.

Great American Tower at Queen City Square

Near mile 0.3

Built into the flyover as a race-specific local landmark. The model rises about 151 meters.

Great American Ball Park

Near mile 0.3

Built into the flyover as a race-specific local landmark. The model rises about 37 meters.

The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge

Near mile 3.4

Built into the flyover as a race-specific local landmark. The model rises about 89 meters.

Fourth and Vine Tower (Union Central / PNC Tower)

Near mile 5.2

Built into the flyover as a race-specific local landmark. The model rises about 151 meters.

Carew Tower

Near mile 5.2

Built into the flyover as a race-specific local landmark. The model rises about 175 meters.

Eden Park Stand Pipe

Near mile 7.6

Built into the flyover as a race-specific local landmark. The model rises about 52 meters.

St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Near mile 9.0

Built into the flyover as a race-specific local landmark. The model rises about 70 meters.

A weekend rhythm that protects race day

  1. Arrival. Base your first walk on the real start and finish geometry, then inspect the final approach in the route map.
  2. Packet pickup. Go to P&G Health & Fitness Expo, at the First Financial Center (formerly the Duke Energy Convention Center) inside its published window; save the final hours offline.
  3. The day before. Choose one course landmark, keep the outing short, and finish your feet-up time early.
  4. Race day. Follow the transportation plan, not ordinary weekend traffic directions.
  5. After the finish. Let the finish-area access plan decide the meal and meetup, especially on a point-to-point course.

Where the weekend should be based

Cincinnati's downtown is compact and the whole race weekend lives inside a half-mile box on the riverfront. Rosa Parks Street starts you, Mehring Way finishes you, Smale Riverfront Park hosts the Victory Party, and the expo is four blocks north at 5th and Elm. Almost anywhere central works logistically. What actually changes between neighbourhoods is where you eat on Saturday night, and how far you carry your legs at 5:45 on Sunday morning.

Compare the actual hotel geometry →

Course geometry provenance is stated beside the player; elevation profiles always use the same route loaded there. City geometry is OpenStreetMap, ODbL. Aerial imagery is from USGS and USDA; other images carry their own source credits. Weather figures use Open-Meteo reanalysis for April 28-May 6 across 2016-2025 at the start line. Schedule, prices and expo hours were checked in August 2026 and are the fields most likely to move: confirm them on flyingpigmarathon.com before you book anything. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it fast.