Louisa May Alcott route map
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy map, route, chapters, and distances
This page collects the full Mapped Fiction route for Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. The interactive map follows the journey from March house, Concord to Plumfield, while the notes below make the route crawlable and easy to audit.
Chapters
1-47
Route segments
6
Mapped distance
12,634 km
Travel media
3
Route overview
The mapped route uses Concord local movement, Rail and ocean travel, Road journey. 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.
- March house to Laurence house: March house, Concord to Laurence house, 0.4 km by Concord local movement.
- Concord to Boston: March house, Concord to Boston, 26 km by Rail and ocean travel.
- Jo leaves for New York: March house, Concord to New York, 294 km by Rail and ocean travel.
- Amy to Europe: March house, Concord to Paris and European tour, 6,156 km by Rail and ocean travel.
- Return from Europe to Concord: Paris and European tour to March house, Concord, 6,156 km by Rail and ocean travel.
- Concord to Plumfield: March house, Concord to Plumfield, 1.2 km by Road journey.
View the complete route table for Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.
Chapter maps
- Chapter 1: Chapter I: Playing Pilgrims
- Chapter 2: Chapter II: A Merry Christmas
- Chapter 3: Chapter III: The Laurence Boy
- Chapter 4: Chapter IV: Burdens
- Chapter 5: Chapter V: Being Neighborly
- Chapter 6: Chapter VI: Beth finds the Palace Beautiful
- Chapter 7: Chapter VII: Amy's Valley of Humiliation
- Chapter 8: Chapter VIII: Jo Meets Apollyon
- Chapter 9: Chapter IX: Meg goes to Vanity Fair
- Chapter 10: Chapter X: The P. C. and P. O
- Chapter 11: Chapter XI: Experiments
- Chapter 12: Chapter XII: Camp Laurence
- Chapter 13: Chapter XIII: Castles in the Air
- Chapter 14: Chapter XIV: Secrets
- Chapter 15: Chapter XV: A Telegram
- Chapter 16: Chapter XVI: Letters
- Chapter 17: Chapter XVII: Little Faithful
- Chapter 18: Chapter XVIII: Dark Days
- Chapter 19: Chapter XIX: Amy's Will
- Chapter 20: Chapter XX: Confidential
- Chapter 21: Chapter XXI: Laurie makes Mischief, and Jo makes Peace
- Chapter 22: Chapter XXII: Pleasant Meadows
- Chapter 23: Chapter XXIII: Aunt March settles the Question
- Chapter 24: Chapter XXIV: Gossip
- Chapter 25: Chapter XXV: The First Wedding
- Chapter 26: Chapter XXVI: Artistic Attempts
- Chapter 27: Chapter XXVII: Literary Lessons
- Chapter 28: Chapter XXVIII: Domestic Experiences
- Chapter 29: Chapter XXIX: Calls
- Chapter 30: Chapter XXX: Consequences
- Chapter 31: Chapter XXXI: Our Foreign Correspondent
- Chapter 32: Chapter XXXII: Tender Troubles
- Chapter 33: Chapter XXXIII: Jo's Journal
- Chapter 34: Chapter XXXIV: A Friend
- Chapter 35: Chapter XXXV: Heartache
- Chapter 36: Chapter XXXVI: Beth's Secret
- Chapter 37: Chapter XXXVII: New Impressions
- Chapter 38: Chapter XXXVIII: On the Shelf
- Chapter 39: Chapter XXXIX: Lazy Laurence
- Chapter 40: Chapter XL: The Valley of the Shadow
- Chapter 41: Chapter XLI: Learning to Forget
- Chapter 42: Chapter XLII: All Alone
- Chapter 43: Chapter XLIII: Surprises
- Chapter 44: Chapter XLIV: My Lord and Lady
- Chapter 45: Chapter XLV: Daisy and Demi
- Chapter 46: Chapter XLVI: Under the Umbrella
- Chapter 47: Chapter XLVII: Harvest Time
Primary source
The map is grounded in Project Gutenberg #37106. Source links on route and chapter pages point to the relevant chapters or scenes where available.