Robert Zemeckis route map

Forrest Gump map, route, chapters, and distances

This page collects the full Mapped Fiction route for Forrest Gump. The interactive map follows the journey from Greenbow, Alabama to Greenbow, Alabama, while the notes below make the route crawlable and easy to audit.

Route overview

The mapped route uses Road, Military air, Air, Shrimp boat, Running, Bus. Distances are either explicit in the source, geodesic between known locations, or estimated from the route notes where the title gives a fictional or approximate path.

• Greenbow to University of Alabama: Greenbow, Alabama to University of Alabama, 58 km by Road.
• College years to Memphis leave: University of Alabama to Memphis, Tennessee, 510 km by Road.
• Deployment to Vietnam: Memphis, Tennessee to Vietnam combat zone, 17,112 km by Military air.
• War hero return to Washington: Vietnam combat zone to Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool, 18,068 km by Military air.
• Ping-pong diplomacy outbound: Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool to China ping-pong diplomacy, 11,794 km by Air.
• Return celebrity circuit to New York: China ping-pong diplomacy to New York City, 12,116 km by Air.
• New York to Watergate: New York City to Watergate Hotel, 329 km by Air.
• Discharge home to Greenbow: Watergate Hotel to Greenbow, Alabama, 1,176 km by Air.

View the complete route table for Forrest Gump.

Chapter maps

1. Chapter 1: Scene 1: Savannah bus bench
2. Chapter 2: Scene 2: Greenbow childhood
3. Chapter 3: Scene 3: University of Alabama football
4. Chapter 4: Scene 4: Memphis leave and Army service
5. Chapter 5: Scene 5: Vietnam ambush and rescue
6. Chapter 6: Scene 6: Medal of Honor and Washington rally
7. Chapter 7: Scene 7: Ping-pong diplomacy and New York
8. Chapter 8: Scene 8: Watergate and discharge home
9. Chapter 9: Scene 9: Bayou La Batre shrimping
10. Chapter 10: Scene 10: Hurricane Carmen and Bubba Gump success
11. Chapter 11: Scene 11: Return home to Mrs. Gump
12. Chapter 12: Scene 12: Jenny returns and leaves
13. Chapter 13: Scene 13: Running to the Pacific
14. Chapter 14: Scene 14: Running to the Atlantic
15. Chapter 15: Scene 15: Running until Monument Valley
16. Chapter 16: Scene 16: Savannah reunion with Jenny
17. Chapter 17: Scene 17: Greenbow wedding and school bus

Primary source

The map is grounded in Paramount Pictures official film page. Source links on route and chapter pages point to the relevant chapters or scenes where available.