# Atoz Let's Take a Road Trip Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 15, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620 "2023-10-15T22:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/241 "2024-05-26T01:11:06Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/242 "2024-05-26T14:57:09Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Lets make this trip international ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/243 "2024-05-27T02:35:24Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) This includes crossing Lake Michigan on a car ferry. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/244 "2024-05-27T11:21:22Z")
I was hoping we would see Niagra Falls but you have taken us miles in the opposite direction ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/245 "2024-05-27T12:34:35Z")
No problem: Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/246 "2024-05-27T17:45:19Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/247 "2024-05-27T20:14:22Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/248 "2024-05-31T21:54:17Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Starting this one with the town where I grew up: > > Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Have somehow overlooked this thread. For the benefit of those of you who aren’t from Wisconsin, Allouez is a village just outside of Superior, WI, and is the site of the ore dock that filled the _Edmund Fitzgerald_ with _“a load of iron ore – (taconite pellets, actually) – twenty-six thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.”_ before she set off on her final fatal voyage. [![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZbjLdFgbvSGhbh4JVf-nSLjU3EXOlQdRpuIdB9JM5WNxBlAPhK4dHgL4TFGez4d8WXqss3TKS9p9J4aZG-Ab39Q6P1NdH99AWE1yaZExITPbOK3afTXg4yzt9eynlCj-8HRwJw5D0YU/s1600/2019-09-30+13_46_40-Google+MapsP.png) ](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZbjLdFgbvSGhbh4JVf-nSLjU3EXOlQdRpuIdB9JM5WNxBlAPhK4dHgL4TFGez4d8WXqss3TKS9p9J4aZG-Ab39Q6P1NdH99AWE1yaZExITPbOK3afTXg4yzt9eynlCj-8HRwJw5D0YU/s1600/2019-09-30+13_46_40-Google+MapsP.png) It’s the one furthest to the right of the three visible _(there were originally four)_ beneath the words “Great Northern”. In play: Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/249 "2024-05-31T23:57:01Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > For the benefit of those of you who aren’t from Wisconsin, Allouez is a village just outside of Superior, WI, and is the site of the ore dock that filled the _Edmund Fitzgerald_ with _“a load of iron ore – (taconite pellets, actually) – twenty-six thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.”_ before she set off on her final fatal voyage. I was actually unaware of that Allouez; the one I started this series with (the town where I grew up) is located on the other side of the state, and is a suburb of Green Bay. It’s also considerably larger (about 14,000 people, versus about 1,400 in the one near Superior). ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/250 "2024-06-01T19:01:29Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) From there it’s less than 3 miles to the Three Corners Marker: AR/LA/TX. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/251 "2024-06-01T19:05:42Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) Sylacauga, AL (532 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/252 "2024-06-01T20:43:23Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) Sylacauga, AL (532 miles) Tallahassee, FL (253 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/253 "2024-06-01T23:12:14Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) Sylacauga, AL (532 miles) Tallahassee, FL (253 miles) Uvalda, GA (173 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/254 "2024-06-02T07:53:40Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > > > For the benefit of those of you who aren’t from Wisconsin, Allouez is a village just outside of Superior, WI, and is the site of the ore dock that filled the _Edmund Fitzgerald_ with _“a load of iron ore – (taconite pellets, actually) – twenty-six thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.”_ before she set off on her final fatal voyage. > > I was actually unaware of that Allouez; the one I started this series with (the town where I grew up) is located on the other side of the state, and is a suburb of Green Bay. It’s also considerably larger (about 14,000 people, versus about 1,400 for the one near Superior). I should have known it was the one in Brown County too … it’s a lot further than 100 miles from Superior to Beaver Dam. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/255 "2024-06-02T10:52:43Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) Sylacauga, AL (532 miles) Tallahassee, FL (253 miles) Uvalda, GA (173 miles) Vandemere, NC (490 miles) It’s a tiny, friendly town near the mouth of the Bay River at Pamlico Sound. I had a couple of days of great fishing there. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/256 "2024-06-03T01:25:27Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) Sylacauga, AL (532 miles) Tallahassee, FL (253 miles) Uvalda, GA (173 miles) Vandemere, NC (490 miles) Wheeling, WV (593 miles) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/257 "2024-06-03T01:28:43Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) Sylacauga, AL (532 miles) Tallahassee, FL (253 miles) Uvalda, GA (173 miles) Vandemere, NC (490 miles) Wheeling, WV (593 miles) Xenia, OH (186 miles) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/258 "2024-06-03T02:51:40Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) Sylacauga, AL (532 miles) Tallahassee, FL (253 miles) Uvalda, GA (173 miles) Vandemere, NC (490 miles) Wheeling, WV (593 miles) Xenia, OH (186 miles) Youngstown, PA (272 miles) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620/259 "2024-06-17T15:59:25Z")
Allouez, Wisconsin, USA Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA (95 miles) Cedar Falls, Iowa (235 miles) De Smet, South Dakota (389 miles) Ellendale, North Dakota (160 miles) Fargo, ND (144 miles) Glendorado, MN (198 miles) Hannibal, MO (480 miles) Indianapolis, IN (312 miles) Joliet, IL (190 miles) Kalamazoo, MI (157 miles) London, Ontario (260 miles) Milwaukee, WI (372 miles) Niagara Falls of the South aka Cumberland Falls, KY (570 miles) Ozark, MO (595 miles) Pine Bluff, AR (241 miles) Quincy, MS (261 miles) Rodessa, LA (433 miles) Sylacauga, AL (532 miles) Tallahassee, FL (253 miles) Uvalda, GA (173 miles) Vandemere, NC (490 miles) Wheeling, WV (593 miles) Xenia, OH (186 miles) Youngstown, PA (272 miles) Zanesville, OH (160 miles) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620.md?page=12)