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Rock 'n' Roll Nashville Marathon

Nashville, TN · Saturday, April 24, 2027

Rock 'n' Roll Nashville Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Saturday, April 24, 2027
Climb
1372 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
51°F to 71°Ften-year normals, 40% of days wet

Route statusa community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. 'RNR Nashville-Marathon 2026', public, 26.73 mi, created 2026-04-23 (two days before the 2026-04-25 race). JSON verified: 1361 track points, starts 36.15893,-86.78207 (8th & Broadway), ends 36.16524,-86.77269 (Nissan Stadium), bbox reaches MetroCenter (36.193 N) and Shelby Park (-86.7264 E) — the marathon-only sections.

Accuracy check: drawn line is within 1.3% of the certified 26.2 miles; 3 samples still cross a mapped building and are unresolved; 95% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 0.3 m.

The elevation profile

360 410 460 510 560 610 660 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: -4.4% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: -1.3% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: -0.1% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: +3.6% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: +2.0% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: -0.6% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: +1.1% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: +4.5% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: -1.4% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: -0.8% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: +2.4% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: +1.8% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: +1.6% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: +1.2% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: -0.5% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: +1.5% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: +1.2% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: -1.0% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: -3.7% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: -0.1% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: -0.4% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: -0.5% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: -0.9% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: -0.8% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: +0.2% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: -2.4% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: -0.5% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: +1.0% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: -0.4% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: +2.3% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: +2.3% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: +0.0% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: +0.4% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: -1.6% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: -1.7% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: +2.3% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: -3.8% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: -1.7% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: -1.5% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: -0.8% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: +0.8% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: -0.3% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: -2.0% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -1.5% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: -0.6% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: -0.8% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: -1.3% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: -1.0% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: +0.6% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: -0.7% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: -0.7% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: +0.5% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +2.7% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: -1.3% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: +2.2% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: +0.4% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: -0.3% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: -0.7% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: -4.5% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: -1.1% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: -0.0% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: +0.3% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: +0.5% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: -0.4% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -0.5% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: +0.6% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -0.2% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: +0.1% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: +1.1% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: -0.0% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: -0.3% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: +0.1% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: -0.1% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: +0.4% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.7% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: +2.4% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: +1.8% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: -3.9% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: -0.3% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: +0.9% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: +1.7% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: +1.9% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: +0.5% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: +0.2% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: +1.2% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: -0.2% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +0.8% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: +0.8% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: -1.3% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: -1.2% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: +0.2% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: -2.4% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: -0.2% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: -1.2% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: +0.2% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: -0.9% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: +0.1% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: +0.3% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: +1.4% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: -2.8% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +2.2% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: +2.7% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: -1.5% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: -5.0% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: -0.7% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: +0.4% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: -1.1% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: +4.6% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: +1.2% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: -5.9% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: -1.3% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: -0.1% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: -0.4% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: -0.0% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: +0.7% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: +4.3% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: +1.6% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: -4.0% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: -2.0% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: +2.4% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: -1.3% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -0.2% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: -0.2% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: +0.8% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: -0.2% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: +1.7% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: -0.0% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: -1.8% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: -0.6% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: -0.1% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: -0.3% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +120 ft +92 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

1372 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 405 and 623 feet of elevation. The biggest climb runs from mile 2.01 to 3.42, 120 feet up.

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
1-4 ft492 ft-4.4%Demonbreun Street, Broadway, 3rd Avenue South
2+21 ft510 ft+4.5%Demonbreun Street, Music Square West, Division Street
3+79 ft587 ft+2.9%17th Avenue South, 18th Avenue South, Magnolia Boulevard
4-17 ft573 ft-3.3%Belmont Boulevard, Portland Avenue
5-21 ft554 ft-0.9%Clifton Lane, Belmont Boulevard
6+9 ft563 ft+2.3%Lealand Lane, 12th Avenue South, Clayton Avenue
7+18 ft584 ft+2.7%12th Avenue South, Wedgewood Avenue
8-60 ft521 ft-3.8%16th Avenue South, Wedgewood Avenue, Magnolia Boulevard
9-56 ft467 ft-2.6%Division Street, Music Square East, 11th Avenue South
10-57 ft423 ft-2.4%11th Avenue North, 11th Avenue South, 10th Circle North
11+53 ft475 ft+3.4%Rosa L Parks Boulevard, 10th Circle North
12-69 ft407 ft-4.5%Rosa L Parks Boulevard, Vantage Way
13-2 ft406 ft-0.9%Great Circle Road, Vantage Way, Cement Plant Road
14+9 ft422 ft+1.0%Cement Plant Road, 2nd Avenue North, Madison Street
15+7 ft429 ft+0.7%Rep. John Lewis Way North, Junior Gilliam Way, 2nd Avenue North
160 ft431 ft-3.7%Woodland Street, James Robertson Parkway, Woodland Street Bridge
17+73 ft502 ft+2.2%Woodland Street
18-12 ft490 ft-1.5%Russell Street, South 11th Street, Woodland Street
19-60 ft428 ft-2.4%South 5th Street, Fatherland Street, Russell Street
20-14 ft412 ft-2.6%Davidson Street, South 5th Street
21+8 ft419 ft-5.0%Sevier Street, Davidson Street
22+4 ft424 ft-6.0%
23-8 ft417 ft-1.3%Shelby Park Road
24+18 ft439 ft+4.6%Sevier Street, Davidson Street
25-8 ft431 ft-1.8%Davidson Street, South 5th Street
26-13 ft420 ft-2.2%Woodland Street, South 5th Street, Russell Street

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.