# Fun with Driving Directions (Google Maps) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072 "2007-06-07T01:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/61 "2007-06-12T00:09:07Z")
[up to something](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=up&daddr=Something+St,+Eminence,+Shannon,+Missouri+65466,+United+States&sll=46.496035,-42.874045&sspn=76.257589,175.078125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=44.465151,-44.824219&spn=78.214466,175.078125&z=3&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/62 "2007-06-12T00:12:57Z")
[sinners to saints](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=sinners&daddr=Saints,+Seine-et-Marne,+Ile-de-France,+France&sll=44.465151,-44.824219&sspn=78.214466,175.078125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=45.706179,-43.945312&spn=76.997349,175.078125&z=3&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/63 "2007-06-12T00:17:25Z")
[nerts to you](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=nerts+&daddr=You+Rd,+Kane,+McKean,+Pennsylvania+16735,+United+States&sll=45.706179,-43.945312&sspn=76.997349,175.078125&ie=UTF8&cd=2&z=4&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/64 "2007-06-12T01:25:53Z")
Next time someone tells you “my way or the highway”, take the highway; [it’s much eaiser](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=here&daddr=My+Way,+Uxbridge,+Worcester,+Massachusetts+01569,+United+States+to%3AThe+Hwy,+Tower+Hamlets,+London+E1W,+United+Kingdom&sll=42.997485,-39.504975&sspn=79.646414,175.078125&ie=UTF8&cd=3&z=4&om=1). ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/65 "2007-06-12T17:26:16Z")
Or, if you happen not to be from the Bronx, [Nuts to you!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=nuts&daddr=You+Rd,+Kane,+McKean,+Pennsylvania+16735,+United+States&sll=46.55886,-38.496094&sspn=38.707503,82.265625&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=1) [Man from Laramie](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=laramie&daddr=man&sll=37.74347,-81.87441&sspn=0.041469,0.080338&ie=UTF8&z=5&om=1) [Went to BED](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=went&daddr=bed&sll=42.469953,-71.28903&sspn=0.154733,0.32135&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=1) Go to Pennsylvania if you have [Time to lose](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Time,+Morris,+Greene,+Pennsylvania,+United+States&daddr=Lose+Ave,+Williamsport,+Lycoming,+Pennsylvania+17701,+United+States&sll=40.61144,-78.67825&sspn=2.547852,5.141602&ie=UTF8&z=8&om=1). Or take a longer trip, if you have [time to waste](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Time,+Morris,+Greene,+Pennsylvania,+United+States&daddr=waste&sll=40.61144,-78.67825&sspn=2.547852,5.141602&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=1). [Nine to Five](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=nine&daddr=Five,+Station+Rd,+Sibsey,+Boston,+Lincolnshire+PE22,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.035098,0.022323&sspn=0.007884,0.020084&ie=UTF8&z=5&om=1) [Just too much](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=just&daddr=much&sll=50.905409,7.407824&sspn=0.264563,0.6427&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/66 "2007-06-12T19:41:11Z")
[a compeltely different 25 or 6 to 4](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=25,+Kielce,+Kielce,+Swietokrzyskie,+Poland&daddr=6,+Denmark+to%3A4,+Finland&sll=58.063315,18.681155&sspn=16.643817,39.155273&ie=UTF8&cd=2&z=5&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/67 "2007-06-12T21:00:46Z")
From [Zero to Bitch](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Zero,+Iowa,+United+States&daddr=bitch&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,82.265625&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=3&om=1) in 30 days, 4 hours. Wow, that’s pretty tame compared to some women I know. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/68 "2007-06-12T21:06:35Z")
[Balls to this](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=balls&daddr=this&sll=46.32047,-45.65235&sspn=83.33065,185.625&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=1). ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/69 "2007-06-12T21:08:24Z")
[Hard to Kill](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Hard,+Uninc+Holmes+County,+Holmes,+Ohio,+United+States&daddr=kill&sll=43.05274,-44.51053&sspn=119.575456,223.945313&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=3&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/70 "2007-06-12T21:10:15Z")
[QUOTE=stolichnaya] [Hard to Kill](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Hard,+Uninc+Holmes+County,+Holmes,+Ohio,+United+States&daddr=kill&sll=43.05274,-44.51053&sspn=119.575456,223.945313&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=3&om=1) [/QUOTE] [Cling to life](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Cling&daddr=life&sll=42.695785,-36.700175&sspn=44.886842,92.8125&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/71 "2007-06-12T21:14:57Z")
[win, place, and show](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=start&daddr=win+to%3Aplace+to%3AShow+Pl,+Grand+Prairie,+Dallas,+Texas+75051,+United+States&sll=37.944198,-89.780273&sspn=12.328013,19.577637&ie=UTF8&cd=4&ll=35.191767,-89.868164&spn=12.77175,19.577637&z=6&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/72 "2007-06-12T22:53:33Z")
[coals to Newcastle](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Coals&daddr=Newcastle,+Lincoln,+Maine,+United+States&sll=40.946714,-75.410156&sspn=7.865142,14.941406&ie=UTF8&ll=42.000325,-74.575195&spn=7.738717,14.941406&z=6&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/73 "2007-06-12T23:22:11Z")
Tom hanks sure made a big deal of going to [The Moon and Back](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Moon,+South+Dakota,+United+States&daddr=back&sll=40.09582,-95.189315&sspn=15.006767,29.619141&ie=UTF8&cd=1&safe=on&ll=39.639538,-102.919922&spn=15.109278,29.619141&z=5&om=1), but color me unimpressed. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/74 "2007-06-12T23:49:19Z")
Hee! [boyz II men](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=boyz&daddr=men&sll=46.13207,-37.645915&sspn=77.258159,87.011719&ie=UTF8&ll=45.213004,-37.441406&spn=78.117708,87.011719&z=3&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/75 "2007-06-13T00:10:55Z")
[Over here to over there.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=over+here&daddr=over+there&sll=40.872075,-83.993935&sspn=4.360936,10.283203&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=1) . . . and if you’re trying to get there fast, you might want to go [zero to sixty.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Zero,+Iowa,+United+States&daddr=sixty&sll=53.520975,-1.278025&sspn=0.857279,2.570801&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=6&om=1) Tripler Do not pass go. Go [straight to jail.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=straight&daddr=jail&sll=49.903485,6.18511&sspn=7.048774,20.566406&ie=UTF8&z=3&om=1) [sub]I claim this one as the furthest distance yet![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/76 "2007-06-13T01:03:41Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] [Balls to this](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=balls&daddr=this&sll=46.32047,-45.65235&sspn=83.33065,185.625&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=1). [/QUOTE] [Balls to the wall](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=balls&daddr=the+wall&sll=42.695785,-36.700175&sspn=40.953974,87.539063&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=1). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/77 "2007-06-13T01:06:47Z")
[The road to hell is paved with good intentions](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=the+road&daddr=good+intentions+to%3Ahell&sll=44.527843,-41.396484&sspn=39.81438,87.539063&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=1). ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/78 "2007-06-13T03:01:00Z")
I swear, if we were to copyright some of these routes, we’d find our way from [rags to riches!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Rags+Rd,+Olga,+San+Juan,+Washington+98279,+United+States&daddr=Riches,+Mill+Ln,+Bradfield,+Manningtree,+Essex+CO11,+United+Kingdom&sll=40.065461,-73.322754&sspn=2.093543,5.141602&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=3&om=1) © [sub]6,979 miles, the furthest yet!! w00t! [/sub] Tripler Oh man, my airline miles would love that route. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/79 "2007-06-13T13:51:24Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] [sub]6,979 miles, the furthest yet!! w00t! [/sub] [/QUOTE] [7154 mi](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1287461440043399975&q=mark+roberts+9%2F11&hl=en). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/80 "2007-06-14T19:49:03Z")
Naturally, [invertebrate to vertebrate](http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=228+Psalter+La+(Vertebrate+Graphics)+%4053.363879,-1.503958&saddr=invertebrate&f=d&hl=en&dq=vertebrate&cid=53363879,-1503958,17121280699579612756&ie=UTF8&ll=47.398349,-60.644531&spn=83.676654,156.621094&z=3&om=1) is a longer journey than [ape to man](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Ape,+Latvia&daddr=man&sll=35.9099,-81.29162&sspn=6.334275,9.788818&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=3&om=1). [Man to woman](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Ape,+Latvia&daddr=man&sll=35.9099,-81.29162&sspn=6.334275,9.788818&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=3&om=1), OTOH… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072.md?page=5)