Road course · Massachusetts, USA
Palmer Motorsports Park
Palmer Motorsports Park is a road course in Massachusetts. OpenStreetMap maps one layout here, 2.28 mi (3.67 km). Below: the map, every corner with a computed line, the elevation, and where to stay and eat.
- 2.28
- Miles
- 14
- Corners
- 180
- Ft of elevation
01Track map
Palmer track map
Full circuit
Name inferred by TRACK from the mapped loops, not an official layout name.
- Mapped length
- 2.28mi
- 3.67 km
- Direction
- Not mapped
- TRACK takes it from your first drive.
- Start/finish line
- Estimated
- Estimated by TRACK from the mapped geometry and not verified on site. TRACK asks you to confirm or move it before timing laps here, when you’re stopped.
- Published length (cross-check)
- 2.30 mi · mapped loop agrees within 3%
- Corners
- 14
- Inferred from curvature, not official turn numbers
- Sectors
- 3
- Estimated, near each third of the lap
Source geometry: OpenStreetMap ↗. Something wrong? Fixing it in OpenStreetMap improves it for everyone.
02Overview
What Palmer is like to drive.
The full circuit layout at Palmer is 2.28 miles with 14 corners worth setting up for and about 180 ft of elevation change. A generic track-day car in our model brakes hard 11 times a lap and is at full throttle for about 31% of the distance; the longest straight runs roughly 1591 ft.
4 of the corners are slow (under 50 mph in the model), 3 are fast (over 75 mph). There are hairpins where exit speed matters more than entry. Some apexes sit on crests, where the car goes light. The corner notes below come from the mapped geometry, not from local knowledge; we’ll add a researched guide for Palmer later.
03Lap at a glance
Where the speed is, and where the hills are.
- Length
- 2.28mi
- Elevation range
- 180ft
- Steepest grade
- 10%
- Braking zones
- 11model
- Full throttle
- 31% model
- Longest straight
- 1591ft
The speed trace is a model, not a real lap: a generic track-day car (about 1.1 g of cornering grip, 1 g braking, 150 W/kg) driven on the computed line through an assumed 12 m wide track. Use it to see where the braking zones and flat-out sections are, not to predict your speeds. Elevation: USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (NED 10 m) via OpenTopoData, sampled every 25 m along the mapped centerline.
04Corner by corner
The corners at Palmer.
TRACK’s own corner numbering (C1, C2…), found from the curvature of the mapped centerline. It isn’t the official turn numbering. Each diagram shows the computed line: the minimum-curvature path through an assumed 12 m wide track. It’s a geometric starting point. Your instructor’s line comes first.
- C1
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumkinkTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand kink that turns about 17°, tightening to a radius of roughly 38 m (125 ft). It climbs through the corner (about 6% grade). The model car brakes for about 65 m (213 ft), from 103 to 69 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 17° right
- Tightest radius
- 38 m
- Model speed
- 103 → 69 mph
- Braking (model)
- 65 m
- Grade
- +5.7%
- C2
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumessesTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand esses that turns about 102°, tightening to a radius of roughly 49 m (161 ft). It climbs through the corner (about 5% grade) and goes over a crest, so the car goes light at the apex. The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 59 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 10 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 102° left
- Tightest radius
- 49 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 59 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- +4.6% · crest
- C3
Fast left-hander
↰ LeftfastcornerTRACK numbering
A fast left-hand corner that turns about 117°, tightening to a radius of roughly 73 m (240 ft). It drops through the corner (about 3% grade). The model car brakes for about 135 m (443 ft), from 97 to 80 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 117° left
- Tightest radius
- 73 m
- Model speed
- 97 → 80 mph
- Braking (model)
- 135 m
- Grade
- -3.2%
- C4
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand corner that turns about 46°, tightening to a radius of roughly 86 m (282 ft). It climbs through the corner (about 6% grade). The model car brakes for about 70 m (230 ft), from 97 to 61 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 30 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 46° left
- Tightest radius
- 86 m
- Model speed
- 97 → 61 mph
- Braking (model)
- 70 m
- Grade
- +5.6%
- C5
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowhairpinTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand hairpin that turns about 131°, tightening to a radius of roughly 33 m (108 ft). It climbs through the corner (about 7% grade). The model car brakes for about 150 m (492 ft), from 97 to 49 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 65 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 131° right
- Tightest radius
- 33 m
- Model speed
- 97 → 49 mph
- Braking (model)
- 150 m
- Grade
- +7.3%
- C6
Slow left-hander
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 122°, tightening to a radius of roughly 33 m (108 ft). It climbs through the corner (about 9% grade). The model car brakes for about 50 m (164 ft), from 64 to 47 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 25 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 122° left
- Tightest radius
- 33 m
- Model speed
- 64 → 47 mph
- Braking (model)
- 50 m
- Grade
- +9.1%
- C7
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand chicane that turns about 127°, tightening to a radius of roughly 45 m (148 ft). The model car brakes for about 55 m (180 ft), from 94 to 73 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 75 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 127° left
- Tightest radius
- 45 m
- Model speed
- 94 → 73 mph
- Braking (model)
- 55 m
- Grade
- +0.9%
- C8
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumhairpinTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand hairpin that turns about 199°, tightening to a radius of roughly 38 m (125 ft). It drops through the corner (about 7% grade). The model car brakes for about 155 m (509 ft), from 81 to 50 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 70 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 199° left
- Tightest radius
- 38 m
- Model speed
- 81 → 50 mph
- Braking (model)
- 155 m
- Grade
- -6.9%
- C9
Fast left-hander
↰ LeftfastcornerTRACK numbering
A fast left-hand corner that turns about 67°, tightening to a radius of roughly 75 m (246 ft). It climbs through the corner (about 2% grade). The model car brakes for about 75 m (246 ft), from 92 to 76 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 10 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 67° left
- Tightest radius
- 75 m
- Model speed
- 92 → 76 mph
- Braking (model)
- 75 m
- Grade
- +2.3%
- C10
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowhairpinTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand hairpin that turns about 191°, tightening to a radius of roughly 33 m (108 ft). It drops through the corner (about 4% grade). The model car brakes for about 120 m (394 ft), from 94 to 48 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 10 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 191° right
- Tightest radius
- 33 m
- Model speed
- 94 → 48 mph
- Braking (model)
- 120 m
- Grade
- -4.1%
- C11
Fast left-hander
↰ LeftfastchicaneTRACK numbering
A fast left-hand chicane that turns about 96°, tightening to a radius of roughly 69 m (226 ft). The model car brakes for about 40 m (131 ft), from 99 to 86 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 140 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 96° left
- Tightest radius
- 69 m
- Model speed
- 99 → 86 mph
- Braking (model)
- 40 m
- Grade
- -1.1%
- C12
Slow left-hander
↰ LeftslowhairpinTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand hairpin that turns about 178°, tightening to a radius of roughly 34 m (112 ft). The apex sits on a crest, so expect the car to go light. The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 49 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 10 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 178° left
- Tightest radius
- 34 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 49 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- +1.5% · crest
- C13
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand chicane that turns about 106°, tightening to a radius of roughly 34 m (112 ft). It drops through the corner (about 4% grade) and goes over a crest, so the car goes light at the apex. The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 49 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 106° right
- Tightest radius
- 34 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 49 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- -4.4% · crest
- C14
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumessesTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand esses that turns about 67°, tightening to a radius of roughly 60 m (197 ft). It drops through the corner (about 9% grade) and goes over a crest, so the car goes light at the apex. The model car brakes for about 30 m (98 ft), from 66 to 59 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 35 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 67° left
- Tightest radius
- 60 m
- Model speed
- 66 → 59 mph
- Braking (model)
- 30 m
- Grade
- -8.6% · crest
05Time it with TRACK
Drive Palmer. TRACK knows where you are.
No setup and no transponder. Start a session in the paddock and TRACK recognises Palmer and the layout from your GPS trace, then times every lap and sector with a live delta to your best.
- 1DetectTRACK matches your first few hundred metres against every mapped layout at Palmer, including shared pavement between configurations.
- 2Confirm the lineThe start/finish line here is estimated. When you’re stopped, TRACK shows it on the map: accept it or tap to move it. You’re never asked while driving.
- 3Laps, timed retroactivelyLaps you drove before confirming are timed from the recorded trace, so you don’t lose your first session.
- 4Go furtherSync a GoPro for video with telemetry and let TRACK Engineer point out where the time is. External 10–25 Hz GPS receivers for tighter sectors are awaiting hardware validation.
- Venue and layout detection is tested on simulated drives over real OpenStreetMap circuits, not yet in a real car. Compatible GPS receivers
06Plan your trip
Getting there, staying, eating.
Nearby places for Palmer haven’t been loaded yet.
07Track days
Find an open track day at Palmer.
TRACK doesn’t copy event listings. An on-page calendar will come with an organizer data partnership.
Before your first day here
08Nearby tracks
Closest mapped venues.
- Lime Rock ParkConnecticut · 62 mi away
- New Hampshire Motor SpeedwayNew Hampshire · 87 mi away
- Canaan Motor ClubConnecticut · 98 mi away
- Club MotorsportsNew Hampshire · 120 mi away
Straight-line distance between venues. All 96 tracks
FAQ
Palmer, answered.
How long is Palmer?
The mapped centerline of Palmer Motorsports Park is 2.28 mi (3.67 km) in OpenStreetMap, against a published 2.30 mi. Published lengths are measured differently, so small differences are normal.
How much elevation change is there at Palmer?
About 180 ft (55 m) between the lowest and highest points of the full circuit layout, from USGS 3DEP elevation data sampled every 25 m. The steepest stretch is around 10%.
Which direction does Palmer run?
OpenStreetMap doesn’t record a direction for the main layout at Palmer. Venues sometimes run both ways. TRACK takes the direction from your first laps.
Can I time laps at Palmer with my phone?
Yes, with the TRACK iPhone app (beta). It recognises Palmer and the layout you’re driving from GPS, then times laps and sectors. A phone’s GPS is good for lap times; an external 10–25 Hz receiver tightens sector splits.
Where is the start/finish line at Palmer?
TRACK estimates the line from the mapped geometry (usually beside the pit lane, or on the longest straight). It isn’t verified on site, so the app asks you to confirm or move it before timing your first session here.
How do I find track days at Palmer?
Clubs and organizers list HPDE, track days and club races on MotorsportReg. The venue’s own calendar lists its events too. TRACK doesn’t list events itself.
Where can I stay near Palmer?
This page lists hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, fuel and parts stores near Palmer from OpenStreetMap, with straight-line distances. Book early for big event weekends.
Track geometry and nearby places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License 1.0 (via the TRACK Atlas, snapshot 2026-10-17). Elevation: USGS 3DEP (public domain). Lengths are mapped centerlines, not official figures. The computed line and speed trace are a model. No start/finish line has been verified on site.
TRACK is not affiliated with or endorsed by Palmer Motorsports Park, MotorsportReg or any business listed here. The venue name identifies the location only and belongs to its owner. TRACK shows no lap records or official results for this venue. Driving advice is general: your instructor, the event’s rules and the venue’s rules come first.