Mount Marathon

Mount Marathon
View of Mount Marathon from Downtown Seward
Highest point
Elevation	4,124 ft (1,257 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	60°06′55″N 149°30′15″W / 60.11528°N 149.50417°W / 60.11528; -149.50417Coordinates: 60°06′55″N 149°30′15″W / 60.11528°N 149.50417°W / 60.11528; -149.50417 ^[1]
Geography
Mount Marathon Location in Alaska
Location	Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Parent range	Kenai Mountains
Topo map	USGS Seward A-7
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown
Easiest route	Scramble

Mount Marathon or Marathon Mountain is a mountain directly west of Seward in the Kenai Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska. The namesake of the mountain is the Mount Marathon Race held every Fourth of July.^[1]

References

Seward, Alaska

Historic sites	Ballaine House Brown & Hawkins Store Lowell Creek Diversion Tunnel Government Cable Office Hoben Park Jesse Lee Home for Children St. Peter's Episcopal Church Seward Depot Swetmann House Van Gilder Hotel

Geography	Bear Creek Exit Glacier 1964 Alaska earthquake Kenai Fjords National Park Lowell Point Mount Marathon Resurrection Bay

Transportation	Alaska Marine Highway Alaska Railroad Seward Airport Seward Highway

Other	Mount Marathon Race Alaska SeaLife Center Alaska Vocational Technical Center Spring Creek Correctional Center

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