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Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon

San Diego, CA · Sunday, June 6, 2027

Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Sunday, June 6, 2027
Climb
1166 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
60°F to 70°Ften-year normals, 2% of days wet

Route statustraced from the course file the race itself publishes. Google My Maps 'Rock n Roll San Diego 2026-community' embedded on the official runrocknroll.com/events/san-diego/traffic-impact page. KML placemark 'San Diego RnR 2025 Marathon- Colleen Version 2/17 with DT Edits' measures 26.66 mi (421 pts), start 32.7367,-117.1593 (Sixth & Quince), end 32.7199,-117.1657 (Ash & Union) — the organizer's own course line, reused unchanged for 2026.

Accuracy check: drawn line is within 1.3% of the certified 26.2 miles; no part of the line passes through a building; 95% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 0.4 m.

The elevation profile

-40 10 60 110 160 210 260 310 360 410 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: +0.6% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: -0.0% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: +1.3% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: -1.0% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: -0.0% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: +0.7% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: -0.3% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: +2.3% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: -6.5% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: +3.4% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: +0.1% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: +2.6% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: +0.6% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: +0.4% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: -0.1% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: +0.8% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: +0.7% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: -0.2% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: +0.5% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: -0.0% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: +0.6% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: -0.5% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: +0.2% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: +0.0% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: +0.2% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: +0.3% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: +0.0% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: -1.3% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: +0.7% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: +0.7% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: -0.2% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: -0.3% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: -0.3% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: +0.9% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: -0.1% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: -0.6% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: -0.6% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: -0.4% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: -1.1% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: -0.3% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: +0.7% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: -0.2% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: -0.9% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -2.8% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: -3.1% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: +1.9% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: +5.5% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: +0.2% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: -1.5% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: -1.9% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: +0.1% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: -1.0% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +0.2% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: +0.5% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: -0.6% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -0.8% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: +0.2% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: +0.1% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: +0.6% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: -0.2% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: -0.2% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: -0.9% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: -1.0% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: -1.8% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -4.7% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: -1.8% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -8.4% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: -3.4% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: +1.3% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: +0.0% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: -0.1% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: -0.4% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: +0.1% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: -0.4% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.0% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: +0.3% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: -0.4% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: -0.6% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: +0.2% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: +0.5% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: +0.3% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: +1.2% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: -0.8% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: -0.2% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: -0.1% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: -0.3% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +0.0% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: +0.6% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: +0.4% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: -0.6% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: +0.4% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: -0.0% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: +1.0% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +0.1% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: -0.6% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: -0.2% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: +0.0% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: +0.2% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: +1.2% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: +0.2% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +1.3% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: +0.3% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: -0.1% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: +1.1% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: -1.6% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: +1.2% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.6% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: +1.0% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: -0.7% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: +0.2% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: -0.5% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: +0.9% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: +2.0% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: +4.3% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: +5.4% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: +4.1% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: +1.1% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: -2.6% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: -2.8% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: -1.8% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: -1.1% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -1.2% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: -0.5% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: -0.7% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: -0.3% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: -2.6% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: -0.4% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: -1.5% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: -0.8% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: +0.6% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: -2.0% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +87 ft +61 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

1166 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 0 and 406 feet of elevation. The biggest climb runs from mile 2.1 to 3.54, 87 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 ft293 ft+1.0%6th Avenue, Robinson Avenue
2+23 ft317 ft-5.7%Robinson Avenue, University Avenue, Park Boulevard
3+56 ft374 ft+2.4%University Avenue, 30th Street
4+22 ft397 ft+0.9%30th Street, West Mountain View Drive, Adams Avenue
5+7 ft403 ft-0.5%North Mountain View Drive, West Mountain View Drive, East Mountain View Drive
6+3 ft402 ft-1.6%East Mountain View Drive, Adams Avenue
7-3 ft398 ft+0.9%Adams Avenue, 33rd Street, Monroe Avenue
8-38 ft359 ft-1.3%32nd Street, El Cajon Boulevard, Orange Avenue
9-76 ft284 ft-3.1%University Avenue, 32nd Street
10+23 ft298 ft+5.7%Georgia Street, Park Boulevard, Robinson Avenue
11-13 ft286 ft-1.1%Robinson Avenue, University Avenue, 6th Avenue
12-2 ft282 ft-0.7%West University Avenue, Fort Stockton Drive, West Lewis Street
13-99 ft184 ft-5.5%Presidio Drive, Hickory Street, Fort Stockton Drive
14-154 ft25 ft-8.4%Presidio Drive, Morena Boulevard, Cosoy Way
15-7 ft16 ft-0.7%Ocean Beach Freeway, Mission Valley Freeway
16+5 ft18 ft+0.7%Sunset Cliffs Boulevard
17+3 ft18 ft+0.8%Sea World Drive, Sunset Cliffs Boulevard
18+3 ft21 ft+0.7%Sea World Drive
19+3 ft24 ft+1.1%Morena Boulevard, Sea World Drive, Tecolote Road
20+17 ft41 ft+1.1%Friars Road, Napa Street, Morena Boulevard
21+11 ft52 ft-2.3%Friars Road
22-1 ft47 ft-1.3%Friars Road, Cabrillo Freeway
23+164 ft211 ft+6.1%Cabrillo Freeway
24-33 ft191 ft-3.4%Cabrillo Parkway, Cabrillo Freeway
25-61 ft125 ft-1.4%Cabrillo Parkway
26-52 ft83 ft-2.6%Cabrillo Parkway, B Street, Ash Street

The course on a map

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Course geometry traced from the course file the race itself publishes. 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.