Marathon, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marathon, New York, shaded from 990 ft on the south side to 1,600 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,600 ft 490 m1,450 ft 440 m1,370 ft 420 m1,220 ft 370 m1,070 ft 325 m990 ft 305 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Marathon sits at about 1,130 ft (345 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,130 ft 345 m
most residents: 1,020–1,420 ft
Lowest
990 ft 300 m
on the south side
Highest
1,600 ft 490 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,280 ft 390 m
all land inside town boundaries

Marathon spans about 610 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,130 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,600 ft490 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
990 ft300 m
Town center
USGS map point for Marathon
1,020 ft310 m
Average of all land1,280 ft390 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marathon, New York, shaded from 990 ft on the south side to 1,600 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Cortland County, New York, United States
Population
1,970 2024 est.
Land area
24.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
79 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4417° N, 76.0321° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
13803
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Freetown1,520 ft
  2. Virgil1,520 ft
  3. Lapeer1,430 ft
  4. Cincinnatus1,310 ft
  5. Willet1,290 ft
  6. Lisle1,250 ft
  7. Blodgett Mills1,240 ft
  8. Marathon1,130 ft
  9. Village of Marathon1,050 ft
  10. Village of Lisle970 ft
  11. Whitney Point970 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Virgil Mountain2,130 ft
  • Connecticut Hill2,100 ft
  • Snyder Hill, Cortland County1,950 ft
  • Dutch Hill, Cortland County1,720 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.