Marathon (/ˈmærəθən/)[3] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

As of 2012[update] Marathon services tourists traveling to Big Bend National Park.

[7] In 1927 local rancher Alfred S. Gage commissioned El-Paso architect Henry Trost to build a hotel in Marathon.

[8][9] In 2022 Joe Holley of the Houston Chronicle wrote that Marathon is "proud to be the un-Marfa.

"[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.2 square miles (13 km2), all land.

[29] The town was also a filming location for the movie Paris, Texas directed by Wim Wenders.

US 385 runs north-south, leading 40 miles (64 km) south to the entrance to Big Bend National Park near the Persimmon Gap Visitor Center and 58 miles (93 km) north to Fort Stockton.

Amtrak’s Sunset Limited passes through the town on Union Pacific tracks without stopping, with the nearest station located 30 miles (48 km) northwest in Alpine.