The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade route is about 2.5 miles long.

Route overview

  • The parade starts in Manhattan around West 77th Street and Central Park West and finishes at Macy’s Herald Square on West 34th Street.
  • The full distance from the Upper West Side down to Herald Square is consistently described as approximately 2.5 miles.

Quick viewing context

  • As the parade moves downtown, it passes major midtown spots like Columbus Circle, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, and Bryant Park before reaching Herald Square.
  • Historically, older versions of the parade route were longer (around 6 miles), but the modern route in use today is the shorter 2.5‑mile stretch.

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