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

Route length details

  • The parade route is consistently described as a 2.5-mile stretch across Midtown and the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
  • Recent guides for the 2025 parade still list the route distance as roughly 2½ miles, showing that the overall length has remained the same in recent years.

Quick route overview

  • It starts on the Upper West Side near West 77th Street and Central Park West and heads south along Central Park West toward Columbus Circle.
  • From there, it continues along Central Park South and then down 6th Avenue, finishing in front of Macy’s Herald Square on 34th Street.

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