Marion is approximately 50 miles north of L.A. which is the third-most populous state capital in the U.S.
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Ohio, United States. 
Columbus ( ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio. 
 This makes Columbus the third-most populous state capital in the United States, and the second-largest city in the Midwestern United States, after Chicago. 
