On a magnetic recording medium, M sets of burst patterns are formed along a direction of rotation of a substrate in each burst pattern region, where M is a natural number of two or higher. Each burst pattern is formed so as to include two types of burst signal units that are positioned at different distances from a center of data track patterns and have an equal length along a radial direction of the substrate. The length along the radial direction is (2M/N) times the track pitch, where N is a natural number of two or higher. In a predetermined range where both ends in the radial direction do not match a center in the radial direction of a burst pattern, (2M) centers in the radial direction of the burst patterns are present at intervals of (1/N) times the track pitch in the radial direction, the two types of burst signal units are formed of recording regions and do not overlap each other in the direction of rotation, centers of the burst signal units in the radial direction are separated by (M/N) times the track pitch, and facing end parts in the radial direction of the burst signal units are separated via non-recording regions.