This is based on a conversation Mrs. Rastahomie and I had one night. We were trying to determine who had been the furthest North, East, South and West. The rule was, they had to be places we had driven (or been drivn to); flights didn’t count.
For example, Mrs. Rastahomie:
NORTH: LaCrosse, WI.
EAST: New York, NY
SOUTH: Orlando, FL
WEST: Spokane, WA
Me:
NORTH: Madison, WI
EAST: New York, NY
SOUTH: Miami, FL
WEST: Wichita, KS
So, what are yours?
North: Inuvik, NWT, Canada (above the arctic circle)
East: Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
South: Kalmath, California, USA
West: Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
I loved the trip north the best, and I plan on going again ASAP.
North: Quebec City, Quebec
South: Key West, Florida
East: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
West: San Antonio, Texas (not sure if that counts - I’ve driven to Houston and I’ve driven from Houston to San Antonio, but I flew on the trip to Houston when I drove to San Antonio)
North: Circle, AK (the Northern Circle, Alaska–this is when I lived in AK), from L.A. (where I’ve lived most of my life) I once drove to San Luis Obispo to go to a Renaissance Faire.
South: San Diego, CA
West: Santa Monica, CA (c’mon, I live in L.A. county, can’t go much farther west!)
East: Silver Dollar City, MS (during a family vacation with my grandparents from OKC)
I’m not sure I understand what is meant by “flights don’t count”? If you flew part of the way and then drove, does that count? Because I have “homes” on two continents, and the only reasonable way to get from one to the other is to fly…
Furthest north: North Cape, Norway
Furthest east: I think Tornio, Finland.
Furthest south: Houston, Texas, USA
Furthest west: tricky. We flew to San Francisco once, rented a car and drove around (outside the city). If that doesn’t count, then Houston again.
If you absolutely insist on only counting places I’ve been driven to from my place of birth, then furthest north and furthest east are both in Maine, but i’m not sure exactly where.
North: Montreal, Canada
South: Brownsville, Texas
West: Honolulu, Hawaii
East: Miami, Florida
These are all in Canada:
North: Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan
South: Windsor, Ontario
West: The west coast of Vancouver Island
East: Montreal, Quebec
Sadly, mine aren’t very far from home, except for south…
North: Cold Lake, AB
South: Los Angeles, CA
East: Battleford (was that the name of it?), SK
West: Vancouver, BC
I would love to travel and see the Canadian east coast. Probably when my kids are older. I have no desire to go any farther north.
North: Quebec City, Quebec
East: Halifax, NS
South: Los Angeles, CA
West: San Francisco, CA
North: Toronto, Canada
South: Clearwater Beach, Florida
East: Hard to judge, but without looking at a map, I’d say Myrtle Beach, SC
West: Indianapolis, Indiana (yes, that’s lame–especially considering I live in Ohio)
If you change it so that flights are allowed, both South and East become Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Spooje, do you live in Hawaii? If not, how the hell did you drive there?
North: Niagara Falls
South: Daytona Beach, FL
East: Buffalo,NY
West: Utah
I’ve got a pretty good spread, and it’s all been driven.
North: Riviere-du-loup, New Brunswick, Canada
South: Kissimee, FL
East: Fredrickton, New Brunswick, Canada
West: San Fancisco, CA
On a side note, if you have the chance to drive across country - do it. I drove from Portland, ME to SF by myself in my wife’s Honda Civic, loaded with everything we owned (my wife’s company flew her out so she could start early, that’s why I was going solo).
I live in West Hartford, CT
East: Somewhere in Germany
North: Edinburgh, Scotland
West: Somewhere in Arizona
South: Orlando, Florida
For starters, I personally don’t drive. These are places I have been to in a car, with my family (ugh) or taken a bus to. The OP was kind of confusing though, I think it assumed there was only one possible starting point.
North: Somewhere in southern Montana. Unless you count my bus ride from Paris to Calais, which is farther north than Montana.
South: Nuweiba’, Sinai, Egypt. I got there from J’salem by bus. If that doesn’t count, San Diego.
East: Well, Sinai is pretty far east. But if I answer the question they way I THINK it was meant, the farthest east I have ridden in a car is from the coast of California to Yellowstone Park.
West: Uhhh…well, I started out in San Francisco, not very far to go.
All via road:
North–either Southern Maine (see East) or Traverse City, Michigan. (I’m not sure which is further north.)
South–Tijuanna, Mexico.
East–Southern Maine (some beach I don’t recall the name of).
West–San Francisco, California. (I believe that’s west of Tijuanna.)
North: vicinity of Ely, Minnesota (47.9º North lattitude)
East: Machias, Maine (67.5º West longitude)
South: vicinity of Crab Orchard, West Virginia (38.7º South lattitude)
West: Banks, Idaho (116.1º West longitude)
but if flying doesn’t count…
NORTH: Helena, MT
SOUTH: Tucson, AZ
EAST: Lincoln, NE
WEST: Sea Lion caves, Oregon coast.
I exist in my own very small corner in the big bad world.
NORTH:
Anchorage, Alaska (By ship, courtesy of the Navy.)
Seattle, Washington (By bus.)
Rocky Mountain National Park (By motorcycle.)
WEST:
Honolulu, Hawaii (By ship, courtesy of the Navy.)
San Francisco (By bus and by motorcycle.)
SOUTH:
Kahoolawe Island, Hawaii (By ship. Actually, the waters just south of the island. It’s uninhabited, and the Navy uses it as a firing range.)
Key West, FL (By motorcycle.)
EAST:
Baltimore, MD (By bus.)
Kennedy Space Center (By motorcycle.)
North - Jasper, Aberta
South - Key West, Florida (no fly rule precludes Hawaii and Caracas)
East - Sydney or Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, whichever is farther East (no fly rule precludes Vienna, Austria)
West - U.S. 101 between Forks and Queets, Washington (on the Pacific coast of the Olympic Peninsula (no fly rule precludes Hawaii)
North: Boston, MA
South: Key West, FL
East: Probably Boston, MA
West: Las Vegas, NV (flew to San Francisco, though)
Dr. J