Three start lines
- Marathon: inside Millbrook Resort, on The Avenue.
- Half marathon: Hunter Road.
- 10K: Frankton Reserve, Beach Road, Frankton.
All three finish in central Queenstown.
The Lake Hayes trail
The organisers have rerouted the course around Lake Hayes before, to bypass a submerged 500 m section of the Lake Hayes Trail. In that update the start and finish stayed the same (Millbrook Resort to the Queenstown Recreation Ground). At about 11 km the course carried on along Arrowtown-Lake Hayes Road to the end, past the Lake Hayes Pavilion, then ran the eastern side of the Lake Hayes Trail.
The 2026 route on the official map is labelled "Contingency Course A". If you're running, check the course page in race week for the final route.
Aid stations, in course order
- Nairn Street / Tobins Track. Water and PURE Hydration.
- Aid station 2. Water and PURE Hydration.
- Aid station 3.
- Wakatipu Rowing Club. Water and PURE Hydration.
- Rutherford Road. Water and PURE Hydration.
- Speargrass Flat Road. Water, PURE Hydration and Musashi bars.
- Old Shotover Bridge / Spence Road. Water and PURE Hydration.
- Shotover Delta / Twin Rivers Trail. Water, PURE Hydration and flat cola.
- Riverside Road. Water, PURE Hydration and flat cola.
- Sugar Lane. Water, PURE Hydration and flat cola.
- Jubilee Park, Park Street. Water, PURE Hydration and flat cola. The last one before the finish.
Where to watch
- Wakatipu Rowing Club, by Lake Hayes.
- Shotover Delta.
- Frankton Reserve. Park on the Frankton residential streets.
- Central Queenstown, for the finish.
Roads close on race day. The organisers publish a road closures map and a spectator driving route, so check those before you set off.
Source: the official Queenstown Marathon course and spectator maps, and the organisers' course update notice on queenstown-marathon.co.nz. I make posters independently and I'm not connected to the race.
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I make Queenstown posters for the marathon, half and 10K, each drawn from its own official course line.