I know that from the top of the World Trade Center you could see New York (duh), New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania (I think). I read there was a fifth state too. What was it? I’m thinking Rhode Island. Also, are there any other factoids like this?
Don’t know the answer to your question, although Rhode Island seems like a reasonable guess.
I remember when i lived in the Lakes District in England, i climbed England’s highest peak, Scafell Pike, on a few occasions. On a very clear day (quite rare), you can see England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales from the top.
Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland?
Northern would make most sense, although i don’t know exactly what part of it.
Also, at one point on the Holyhead-Dublin ferry route you can see Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland.
I don’t believe you could see a fifth state from the top of the WTC. According to Wiki:
It’s more than 150 miles from NYC to Providence, RI. The corner of Massachusetts is closer, but is still 100 miles. Delaware is between 100-150 miles.
In short, there is no fifth state.
By my calculation, the shortest distance from the WTC to RI was around 120 miles, whereas to MA it was around 95 miles. And western MA has a lot more high ground than RI. So if it was possible to see a fifth state, my guess is that it was Massachusetts. (I agree that 100-mile visibility in that area is rare - though, interestingly, 9/11/2001 was such a day.)
Depends.
The top floor of the WTC was 413m (and that’s above ground level; it was probably a few more meters above seas level). The distance to the horizon from such a height is 45 miles.
But this is the distance to the flat horizon. If the object in view has altitude of its own (e.g., a mountain range), the distance at which you can see the object increases.
There is a mountain in southwestern Massachusetts called Mount Everett, which is 2624 feet (800m) tall. I’ve calculated the distance to (flat) horizon for this mountain as 102km, or about 63.3 miles.
To get the combined horizon distance from the top of these two places, we add their distance-to-horizon numbers together. That means that you would be able to see the top of Mount Everett from the top of the WTC if they were within about 108 miles of one another.
Drawing a measured line in Google Earth from the location of Mount Everett to the southern tip of Manhattan gives a distance of 103 miles. So i guess it’s at least theoretically possible.
NY, NJ, solid, liquid, gas. (Mainly gas 
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I think Pennsylvania is a stretch too.
Maybe you are thinking of the Sears Tower in Chicago where on a clear day four states are visible: Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
There’s a similar specious claim (from that paragon of truth-in-advertising, Ruby Falls, no less) that you can see 7 states from Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN. Looking at a map (something the claimant must not have counted upon folks doing) easily disproves the claim.
Either you couldn’t see the sun from WTC, or the sun is only 45 miles from WTC. :dubious:
I’ve been to a place where I could see 4 states Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah simultaneously from one spot.
Yeah, it’s: Sleepy, sneezy, dopey, high, drunken, horny and not. ::d&r:: 
Tripler
Oh, wait, three of those are dwarves. How weird, eh? 
Not much of one. Parts of PA are less than 60 miles from the site of the WTC, and there’s plenty of high ground there. At that distance on a clear day you can definitely see the buildings of NYC from the cockpit of a small plane.
No way to tell the difference, of course.
What about Block Island, RI? A very cursory look makes it appear to be about 130 or so miles. Given mhendo’s point about height (though I don’t know Block Island’s elevation), could it be within range? Are there other RI islands closer?
Your dwarves are high, drunken, and horny?
Aint gonna help much - looks like the highest point is a bit over 200’.
When I went there as a kid, I was told I was looking at a mountain in the corner of MA. People have, however, been known to make stuff up for little kids.
It’s hard to be down where you’re up / Up on top of the world / So, come on up, take a good look around / have some fun at the tahhhhhhp of the world!
</'70s tourist jingle 
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Other than the marker at the Four Corners Monument.