# Google walking directions to Mordor. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017 "2011-12-22T00:03:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/21 "2011-12-24T05:01:58Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > I liked it enough to gank it and post it on Facebook, where it was immediately stolen by somebody else as well. šŸ™‚ Likewise to both halves of that sentence. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/22 "2011-12-24T14:57:16Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > BTW, thereā€™s a snowflake icon on the Youtube video players right now. > > So you click Play, then hit the snowflake, and it makes it snow on the video. > Kinda neat šŸ™‚ If you type ā€˜Let it Snowā€™ into google you get a snow effect too. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/23 "2011-12-24T15:14:59Z")
I have tried the let it snow on Google several times and it doesnā€™t work for me. \>sad\< ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/24 "2011-12-24T15:39:16Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I have tried the let it snow on Google several times and it doesnā€™t work for me. \>sad\< Wonā€™t work for IE. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/25 "2011-12-24T16:29:49Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > Mind you, Iā€™m kind of surprised thereā€™s a Mordor Ln in my town. Middle of a subdivision with no other strange-looking names that I see. Mind you, itā€™s a North Dallas suburb, one does not walk anywhere around here. Iā€™m getting directions from a Rivendell school in VA to Mordor Lane in Severn, MD. Right by Mordor Lane is Aragorn Court, Baggins Road, and Gollum Road, so Iā€™m guessing the city planners were nerds. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/26 "2011-12-25T02:07:16Z")
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! c ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/27 "2011-12-25T03:09:27Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > If you type ā€˜Let it Snowā€™ into google you get a snow effect too. And if you leave it there for a few minutes, eventually your screen gets snowed in until you hit the ā€œDefrostā€ button. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/28 "2011-12-29T06:06:57Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > BTW, thereā€™s a snowflake icon on the Youtube video players right now. > > So you click Play, then hit the snowflake, and it makes it snow on the video. > Kinda neat šŸ™‚ Ha! Yes, and if you leave the page alone, it gradually whites out except for a little blue box that says ā€œDefrostā€. Click it. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/29 "2011-12-29T17:59:16Z")
Didnā€™t work for me, kept getting real places. ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/30 "2011-12-29T19:14:27Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Not sure if this has been posted either but try entering Los Angeles, CA for point A and Tokyo, Japan for B. Look at step 15 (and 28) I tried this, but apparently left the ā€œwalking directionsā€ option checked. The kayak step didnā€™t show up until step 214, and that got me only to Hawaii. Step 237 got me to Japan. Step 239 is ā€œ239. Turn left at ēœŒé“263号ē·šā€. I hope thereā€™s room in the kayak for an Japanese-English phrase book. Can I get one in Hawaii? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/31 "2011-12-29T19:14:48Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Didnā€™t work for me, kept getting real places. Click on the icon for walking directions. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/32 "2011-12-29T19:26:05Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Bah-anyone knows that, to get into Mordor, you [a catapult is your best option, by far](http://www.maximumawesome.com/section2/catapult1.htm). Ha! I love those. ā€œOne does not simply walk into Mordor!ā€ ā€œYes you do. You _totally_ do.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017/33 "2011-12-29T19:47:53Z")
Huh. Turns out Frodo and Sam couldā€™ve gotten to Mordor in 90 minutes if theyā€™d used public transportation. Those movies shouldnā€™t have been _nearly_ as long as they were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017.md?page=1)