Marathon Mountain
Marathon Mountain rises to 1,403 m in Alaska. Andy Simons Mountain stands 1,893 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Race Point, a peak 1.0 miles away. Seward Highway passes 2.0 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Marathon, or officially Marathon Mountain, is a 4,826-foot (1,471 m) mountain summit directly west of Seward in the Kenai Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated in Chugach National Forest, rising above Resurrection Bay, 2.35 mi (4 km) south of Mount Benson, and 2 mi (3 km) north of Bear Mountain. The namesake of the mountain is the Mount Marathon Race held every Fourth of July.
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Wikidata Q6922011, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,403 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 2.5 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 26.8 mi off the Sterling Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Tern Lake · 29 mi
58 named places within 25 miles
- Race Point: 1.0 mi
- Phoenix Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Benson: 1.9 mi
- Bear Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Kenny Baker: 3.7 mi
- Benny Benson Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Good Friday Earthquake Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Seward Mariners' Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Founder's Monument: 2.4 mi
- Fort McGilvray: 9.7 mi
- Two Lakes Park: 1.8 mi
- Kawabe Park: 2.2 mi
- Waterfront Park Playground: 2.4 mi
- Evan Casey Skate Park: 2.4 mi
- Lowell Point State Recreation Site: 3.8 mi
- Caines Head State Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Sandspit Point State Marine Park: 13.9 mi
- Sunny Cove State Marine Park: 15.6 mi
- William H Seward Bust: 2.2 mi
- Jujiro Wada Iditarod Trail Pioneer: 2.3 mi
- North Beach: 8.1 mi
- South Beach: 9.4 mi
- Allen Cliffs: 21.8 mi
- Holgate Glacier Face: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marathon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Simons Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,893 m | 19.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,881 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mt Ascension | N 0° | 1,740 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pestle Peak | N 358° | 1,622 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,606 m | 21.6 mi |
| Madson Mountain | N 6° | 1,606 m | 23.5 mi |
| Axis Peak | N 351° | 1,573 m | 23.5 mi |
| Phoenix Peak | WNW 288° | 1,565 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:17 | 20:13 |
| June solstice | 04:33 | 22:07 | 23:28 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:05 | 20:00 |
| December solstice | 10:02 | 13:39 | 15:52 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 28 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seward AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4557078282
Day trips start here
- Seward · 2 mi
- Kenai Fjords National Park · 22 mi
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