Course Information
Start / Finish:
All the races start and finish at the Point of Rocks Boat Ramp area and follow the same direction. The entire course is an out & back on the C&O Canal Towpath following the Potomac River. There will be three different turn around points, one for each distance. The course is a wide semi-paved/gravel towpath, flat and mostly covered by trees.
Course Map - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/custom-routes/run-on-the-rocks-20-miler-99266bf?u=i&sh=ctqbhl
Turn Around Check-Ins:
All runners MUST know your turn around point and check-in with the volunteer before turning around. Make sure that the volunteer heard your number. It doesn’t matter what your watch or phone says about the distance. You have to get to the turn around and check-in. If your number isn’t there on the list, that means you haven’t ran the distance so we can’t consider you as an official finisher.
- 10 Milers: Turn around at Mile 5 marker
- Half Marathoners: Turn around at Mile 6.55 marker
- 20 Milers: Turn around at Mile 10 marker.
Aid Stations
There are three aid stations along the course. Depending on the distance you run, you will get to either one, two or all three of them.
- Noland’s Aid Station
- All runners will get to this Aid station twice.
- Approximately 3.75 miles on the way out on course at the Noland's Ferry Parking Lot
- Location URL: https://goo.gl/maps/4Z9zokkbF8Rbm6L88
- Monocacy Aid Station
- Half Marathoners and 20 Milers will get to this Aid Station twice.
- Approximately 6.25 miles on the way out on course at the Monacacy Aqueduct area. The Aid Station will be on the left side after the stone bridge, on the way out.
- Location URL: https://goo.gl/maps/WNqrvo2ujAA9B4aJ6
- Dickerson Aid Station
- Only 20 Milers will get to this Aid Station.
- Approximately 8.35 miles on the way out.
- Location URL: https://goo.gl/maps/2DVVsoSgSM2vH1n49
