Marathon New York Map
Explore Marathon, New York, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Marathon, New York
How to Use This Marathon, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Marathon, New York. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New York or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Marathon.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Marathon |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Cortland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.441739 |
| Longitude | -76.032147 |
| Population | 892 |
| Density | 304.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 13803 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Cortland |
| School District | Marathon Central School District |
About Marathon, New York
Marathon is a locality in Cortland County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 892. The population density is 304.8 people per km². Marathon is located at 42.4417°N, 76.0321°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Marathon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 13803.Marathon occupies a quiet crease in the landscape where the steady, rhythmic pulse of Hunts Creek defines the local geography. It lies 13.4 miles southeast of Cortland, NY (from Cortland, NY: bearing 146°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-northwest of Lisle. The air here holds the crisp, thin quality of the high interior, carrying the scent of damp earth and cooling stone long before the sun dips below the horizon. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land rises into subtle, verdant swells that lead the eye toward the distant, hazy outline of the Appalachian Mountains, visible only when the sky clears of its heavy, inland clouds. A short distance away, the still waters of Dean Pond reflect the changing seasons, providing a muted contrast to the persistent, low-voiced movement of the nearby waterway. Within the immediate village limits, Marathon Village Of Land offers a modest, open expanse of green that serves as the quiet center of the local topography.
Agriculture and the slow, deliberate pace of rural industry have shaped the character of Marathon since its earliest days of settlement. The economy remains tethered to the land and the surrounding woods, with the dense growth of Robinson Hollow State Forest providing a backdrop that influences the way the daylight lingers over the fields during the late afternoon. Life here moves with a certain gravity, marked by the changing colors of the foliage that blanket the nearby Quail Hollow and the steady, unpretentious labor of those who manage the local harvests. There is a distinct, understated beauty in the way the shadows stretch across the porch fronts and the quiet roads, a visual record of a place that values the weight of its own history over the rapid, shifting demands of the outside world.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Marathon Village Of Land (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 249° W
- Hoxie Gorge State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 345° N
- Upper Lisle County Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 133° SE
- James Kennedy State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 307° NW
- Whitney Point Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 142° SE
- Papish Pond Multiple Use Area (State Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 051° NE
- Nanticoke Lake Multiple Use Area (State Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 203° SW
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop) (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 160° S
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller (Historic Ruins) — 7.5 mi, 247° SW
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 308° NW
- Turkey Hill State Forest (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 233° SW
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 143° SE
- Snyder's Maple (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 143° SE
- 1890 House (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 324° NW
- New York State Grange Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 328° NW
- Stadium Red (Stadium) — 13.4 mi, 320° NW
- Stadium White (Stadium) — 13.4 mi, 319° NW
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 324° NW
- All Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 120° SE
- Castle Creek Memorial (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 158° S
- Chenango Valley State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 145° SE
- Bowman Lake State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 073° E
- Cortland Repertory Theatre (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 342° N
- 6 On the Square (Arts Centre) — 22.2 mi, 090° E
- Risley Theater (Theatre) — 22.9 mi, 272° W
- Cornell Cinema (Cinema) — 23.1 mi, 271° W
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 270° W
- Finger Lakes National Forest (National Forest) — 36.0 mi, 277° W · 16k acres
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About This Marathon Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marathon, New York. Coordinates: 42.441739, -76.032147. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Marathon includes the ZIP code (13803), telephone area code (315), county seat of Cortland County (Cortland), and school district assignment (Marathon Central School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
