Hatfield-McCoy Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Hatfield-McCoy Marathon is a point-to-point road race through the Tug Fork valley on the Kentucky and West Virginia border, held on a Saturday in mid-June. The Tug Valley Road Runners Club organises it, and the 2027 race will be the 28th annual running. The marathon starts at 7:00am at the Food City in South Williamson, Kentucky, and finishes in downtown Williamson, West Virginia, on 2nd Avenue. Runners pass sites from the Hatfield and McCoy feud, including Randolph McCoy's birthplace, the Hog Trial Cabin, the Paw Paw Trees, Aunt Betty's House and Rosanna's baby gravesite. At mile 6.5 the course climbs Blackberry Mountain and drops down the other side to the Hog Trial Cabin. Later it follows the Matewan flood wall path, Route 49 and River Road, takes a golf cart path past the swinging bridge, and re-enters Kentucky for the last six miles into Williamson. Because the Tug Fork bends along the state line, the race crosses between Kentucky and West Virginia several times. The organiser sets no time limit. The same morning there are two half marathons, the Blackberry Mountain course from South Williamson to Matewan and the River Road course from Matewan to Williamson, as well as a 5K and a kids' run.