ROUTES

• PACE/DISTANCE CALCULATOR for Charles River bridge circuits (NOTE: To avoid confusion, know that the JFK St. bridge by Eliot House - the one that goes to our Athletic Department - is called "Larz Anderson," and the Mass. Ave. bridge at MIT is called the "Harvard Bridge")
• MAP of Charles River bridge distances and Fresh Pond Reservoir
• MAP of Boston Marathon course and elevation changes




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ROUTE MAPS, FROM SHORTEST TO LONGEST

E-mail new routes to marathon@harvard.edu

• Davis Square Red Line T Stop-Tufts Cousens Gym/Gantcher Center - 1.0 mile 1-way
• #86 bus terminus to base of Heartbreak Hill, near BC - 1.0 mile 1-way
• Harvard-Brian Honan 5K start/finish - 1.5 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Somerville City Hall & High School - 1.5 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Danehy Park Outdoor Track (near the Quad) - 1.6 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Burren 5K Start/Finish Line - 1.6 miles 1-way
• Harvard-New Balance Flagship (NOT OUTLET) Store (Brighton) - 1.6 miles 1-way (take #86 bus back to Harvard Square)
• Harvard-MIT Outdoor Track (on #1 & Harvard M2 bus routes) - 1.7 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Fresh Pond Reservoir "Race" Start/Finish Line - 1.8 miles 1-way
• Harvard-New Balance Outlet (NOT FLAGSHIP) Store (Brighton) - 1.8 miles 1-way (take #86 bus back to Harvard Square)
• Harvard-Minuteman Bikeway Trailhead - 2.3 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Tufts Outdoor Track - 2.4 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Hynes Convention Center - 2.7 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Cousens Gym/Gantcher Center (Tufts) - 2.8 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Prospect Hill loop (big hill, nearby) - 2.8 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Boston Marathon Finish Line - 3.0 miles 1-way
• Burren 3-Mile Route (loop), Monday Nights 6:45pm (NOT including 1.6 miles from Harvard to start) - 3.1 miles
• Harvard-Seaport Hotel/World Trade Center/ICA (free with HUID!) - 4.2 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Fells entrance (Governor's Ave.) - 4.3 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Heartbreak Hill (turn around at Irving St.) - 4.7 miles 1-way
• Campus Jogging Tour route (SEC/Allston) - 4.8 miles roundtrip
• Campus Jogging Tour route (Elmwood) - 4.8 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Fresh Pond Reservoir loop (scenic route, via River/Brattle) - 5.3 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Fresh Pond Reservoir loop - 5.4 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Corey's Hill/Summit Ave. loop (HUGE hill in Brookline) (shortest route) - 5.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Tufts Quad Hill/Overlook loop (big hill) - 5.9 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Franklin Park Starting Line - 6.0 miles 1-way
• Harvard-John Harvard Grave (Phipps Burying Ground) loop - 6.2 miles roundtrip
• Harvard Track-BU Track-MIT Track (Triple Track) loop - 6.7 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Beacon Hill-Skating Rink (Boston Common)-Holiday Lights (Comm. Ave.) - 7.1 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Corey's Hill-Comm. Ave. hills loop - 7.65 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Alewife/Belmont path-River loop - 8.0 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Watertown Sq.-Mt. Auburn St. loop (via river) - 8.2 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Encore Casino loop - 9.0 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Northpoint Bridge-Charles River Locks loop - 9.2 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Corey's Hill-Comm. Ave. hills-Chestnut Hill Reservoir loop - 9.3 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Airport-East Boston Greenway-Beachmont Blue Line T stop (Torretta's Bakery/Gelato) - 9.3 miles 1-way
• Harvard Track-BU Track-Roberto Clemente Track-MIT Track (Quadruple Track) loop - 9.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Cross Fells Trail (Middlesex Fells)-Oak Grove Orange Line T Station - 9.6 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Jamaica Pond loop - 9.7 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Belmont Hill (via Snake Hill Rd.) loop - 10.1 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-"7 Hills of Somerville" loop - 10.4 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Freedom Trail loop - 10.6 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Airport-East Boston Greenway-Wonderland Blue Line T station - 10.7 miles 1-way
• Mystic Lakes-High St. Hill Loop, starting/ending at Tufts - 10.8 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Mass Ave-Mattapan Red Line T via Neponset River Greenway Trail - 12.0 miles 1-way
• Woodland T-Marathon Finish-Harvard - 12.6 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Orange Line Corridor-Arboretum-Jamaica Pond loop - 12.9 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Mystic Lakes loop - 13.0 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Minuteman Trail-Bedford Farms Ice Cream (take #62 or #76 bus back to Alewife) - 13.3 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Watertown-Heartbreak Hill-Corey's Hill loop - 13.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Orange Line Corridor-Corey's Hill loop - 13.7 miles roundtrip
• Wellesley-Woodland-Marathon Finish Line - 14.3 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Castle Island-Longfellow Bridge loop - 14.4 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Alewife-Mystic River Path-Assembly Square-Powderhouse loop - 14.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Arnold Arboretum Hills-Corey's Hill loop - 15.1 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-National Heritage Museum (in Lexington, free!) - 15.1 miles roundtrip
  [National Heritage Museum website]
• Harvard-Watertown-Marathon/Newton Hills loop - 15.1 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Mystic Lakes-Hill-Somerville Community Path loop - 15.4 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Walden Pond-Concord Commuter Rail Station - 16.5 miles 1-way
• Harvard-Brookline reservoirs-Corey's Hill-Marathon Finish Line loop - 16.7 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Northpoint Park-Locks-Inner Harbor-Marine Industrial Park-Castle Island-Dorchester Heights Monument-Mass Ave loop - 17.2 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-UMass Boston-Castle Island-Longfellow Bridge loop - 17.9 miles roundtrip
• Wellesley College-Boston Marathon Finish Line-Longfellow Bridge-Harvard College - 17.9 miles 1-way
• Harvard-UMass Boston-Castle Island-Boston Common-Comm. Ave-Mass. Ave. Bridge loop - 18.2 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Watertown-Route 16-Beacon St.-BC Reservoir-Corey's Hill loop - 18.4 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Belmont (using Forest St. cutoff)-Waltham-Newton Hills loop - 18.6 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Watertown/Route 16-Newton Hills-Beacon St.-Reservoir-Corey's Hill-BU Bridge loop - 18.7 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-UMass Boston-Castle Island-Charlestown Bridge loop - 19.0 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Belmont St.-Moody St.-Newton Hills-Corey's Hill loop - 19.6 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Charles River way upstream-Comm. Ave.-Newton Hills loop - 19.8 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Orange Line Corridor-Corey's Hill-Heartbreak Hill (outbound)-Watertown Square-Mt. Auburn Street-Harvard loop - 20.2 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Watertown-Route 16-Marathon/Newton Hills-Marathon Finish Line loop (miles 7.5 to 16.5 on this map are the last 9 miles of the Boston Marathon route) - 20.4 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Mass Ave-Neponset River Greenway Trail-Mattapan-Blue Hill Ave. loop - 20.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Belmont-Waltham-Heartbreak Hill loop - 20.9 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Watertown-Route 16-Newton Hills-Beacon St.-Reservoir-Corey's Hill-Marathon Finish Line-Mass Ave loop - 21.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Trapelo Rd.-Lexington St.-Waltham-Newton Hills-Corey's Hill loop - 21.6 miles roundtrip
• Boston College-Newton Hills Out-and-Back Marathon Training Run (this is a great Boston Marathon training run, because you do the Newton Hills around Mile 17-18, which is a bit after where you'll reach them during the actual Boston Marathon) - 22.0 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Watertown-Newton Hills-Beacon St.-Reservoir-Marathon finish line-Longfellow Bridge-Broadway loop - 23.5 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Corey's Hill-Newton Hills-Corey's Hill stairs marathon (mostly) out-and-back - 26.2 miles roundtrip
• Harvard-Watertown-Newton Hills-Corey's Hill-Heartbreak Hill marathon loop - 26.2 miles roundtrip
• Boston Marathon Course - 26.2 miles (maps to 26.4 miles)
• To run a 26.2-mile marathon along the Charles River starting/ending at Weeks Footbridge, you can run either 4 bridge loops in this order (Arsenal-Science Museum 12.5 miles + Eliot-Longfellow 9.2 miles + JFK-BU 3.8 miles + JFK-Weeks 0.7 miles), or 3 bridge loops in this order (North Beacon-Science Museum 14.2 miles + Arsenal-Harvard 9.7 miles + Eliot-Weeks 2.3 miles). Also, 2 North Beacon-Longfellow bridge loops equals 26.4 miles (13.2 miles/loop).