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01The verdict

“The loop every Bangkok runner knows: 2.6 km, flat, car-free and a two-minute walk from the MRT.”

Distance
2.6 km a lap
2 laps 5.2 km · 4 laps 10.3 km
Shape
Loop
Surface
Paved park road
Shade
Some
Traffic
Car-free
Elevation
Flat

A lap of the path around Lumpini Park is about 2.6 km, so laps make any distance. Two MRT stations sit at its corners, water and toilets line the loop, and at dawn you share it with runners, tai chi groups and some of the park's 400-odd monitor lizards.

  • Good
  • +No roads to cross once inside
  • +Two MRT stations at the corners
  • +Water and toilets around the loop
  • +Any distance: just add laps
  • Know before you go
  • –Busy at peak times
  • –Hot after about 8 am
  • –Bikes allowed 10 am – 3 pm

02Go at the right time

  • 5–8 amCoolest, and the loop is at its most social. Busiest around 6.
  • 6–8 pmAfter-work crowd; still warm. Lumpini Running Club sets off from the Rama VI statue after the 6 pm anthem on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  • Hours4:30 am – 10 pm daily

More on Bangkok’s heat, haze and rain in the city notes.

03Start here

Main gate, Rama IV × Ratchadamri corner

Come up at MRT Si Lom Exit 1 and walk through the main gate by the King Rama VI statue. The loop passes just inside.

  • MRT

    Si Lom, Exit 1 · 2 min walk

    Closest to the main gate.

  • MRT

    Lumphini, Exit 3 · 3 min walk

    For the south-east corner on Rama IV Road.

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04The course

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One lap, back to the start. Numbers match the map; water and toilets below the line.
  1. 1

    Rama IV corner 0.7 km

    The loop turns north here. MRT Lumphini Exit 3 is just across the road, the other easy way in.

  2. 2

    Turn left across the park 1.3 km

    The loop cuts west across the park here instead of following the outer edge to the corner.

  3. 3

    North corner 2.0 km

    The loop swings south-west for the long straight back to the gate.

05Water & toilets

  • 0.1 km

    Toilets near the main gate · free

  • 0.3 km

    Drinking water · free

  • 0.7 km

    Toilets, south side · free

    40 m off the route

  • 2.2 km

    Toilets, north side · free

    40 m off the route

06After the run

  • Lumpini Park Hawker Centre — Opened in April 2026 on the Ratchadamri Road side; the morning shift starts at 5 am.

Local etiquette

  • Run anticlockwise, like everyone else.
  • Stop where you are when the anthem plays at 8:00 and 18:00.
  • Give the monitor lizards room; they cross without warning.
  • Bikes share the loop only from 10 am to 3 pm.

Your guide

Jon

Based in Bangkok, runs the world.

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