This distance calculator comes in handy if you want to compare the relative scales of Europe and the U.S.
It’s a trip of 2795 km from Cecil’s home in Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington. That’s further than the trip from London to Moscow, 2508 km, and about the same as the 2835 km London to Ankara jaunt.
The trip from New York to L.A. at 3961 km is nearly as long as that from London to Baghdad, 4103 km.