# How far do you live from Lebanon, Kansas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763 "2012-04-14T15:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/22 "2012-04-14T20:02:26Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > 1670.8 miles her in South Florida. > It’s hard to get further away and still be in the continental 48. > > ..waiting for someone from Miami or the Keys to stop by. > -D/a Good plan. What’s going to be neat is when we see people from: Bellingham, WA Tijuana, CA Caribou, ME join with the one(s) from Key West so we can see how much leeway there really is in the “center of the Lower 48” concept. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/23 "2012-04-14T20:16:56Z")
1569.8 miles from Portland Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/24 "2012-04-14T20:44:10Z")
199.8 miles. We might as well round that up to 200. If **baker** stays out of this thread I might be the winner. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/25 "2012-04-14T20:48:35Z")
From SJ, CA to Lebanon, KS: 1610.7 miles, 22 hrs 4 min. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/26 "2012-04-14T20:50:04Z")
269.5 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/27 "2012-04-14T20:56:19Z")
688.7 miles 10 hrs 13 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/28 "2012-04-14T21:01:18Z")
I figured “why wait?” so here are some max distance readings: ==================================== A Bellingham, WA B Lebanon, KS Mileage 1732.2 miles Time 1 day 1 hrs 27 min ==================================== A Caribou, ME B Lebanon, KS Mileage 2048.7 miles Time1 day 6 hrs 43 min ==================================== A Chula Vista, CA B Lebanon, KS Mileage 1440.5 miles Time 21 hrs 7 min ==================================== A Key West, FL B Lebanon, KS Mileage 1854.6 miles Time 1 day 6 hrs 44 min ==================================== I guess this speaks either to the status of roads or to the measurement techniques in calculating the “center point.” ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/29 "2012-04-14T21:33:49Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I figured “why wait?” so here are some max distance readings I had the same thought..but then I decided to do laundry. But I’m still the furthest for people who actually checked in, I think.. So I have that going for me. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/30 "2012-04-14T21:40:50Z")
> [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](#): > > 199.8 miles. We might as well round that up to 200. > > If **baker** stays out of this thread I might be the winner. > > 😃 No, you still have me beat. I uses my ZIP code, and entered Lebanon as the ending point. I came up with 203.8. So MED is still in the lead? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/31 "2012-04-14T21:44:46Z")
> [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](#): > > 225 miles. > [@Zeldar](#): > > The mileage to beat! > [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](#): > > 199.8 miles. We might as well round that up to 200. > > If **baker** stays out of this thread I might be the winner. > > 😃 > [@Baker](#): > > No, you still have me beat. I uses my ZIP code, and entered Lebanon as the ending point. I came up with 203.8. > > So MED is still in the lead? Seems so. Anybody under 200 from there? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/32 "2012-04-14T22:20:26Z")
Google Maps tells me 24,059 km. But it also suggests 3 kayak trips across the Pacific, via Japan and Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/33 "2012-04-14T23:23:54Z")
1264.7 miles And 969.5 miles from Plato, Missouri which is the population center of the United States. Those of you wishing to find my location may now commence triangulating. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/34 "2012-04-14T23:56:21Z")
89.6 miles for me according to Google. Holdrege, NE. ZIP 68949 ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/35 "2012-04-15T00:14:08Z")
1,576 mi, 1 day 1 hour via I-80 E 1272.51 mi as the crow flies San Francisco ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/36 "2012-04-15T00:19:59Z")
Mileage 791.5 miles Time 11 hrs 40 min ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/37 "2012-04-15T00:20:09Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Seems so. Anybody under 200 from there? > [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > 89.6 miles for me according to Google. > > Holdrege, NE. > ZIP 68949 You’re the one to beat! How often do you visit Lebanon? ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/38 "2012-04-15T00:28:43Z")
170.7 miles, from Lincoln. Can’t beat Alpha, though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/39 "2012-04-15T00:42:42Z")
Mapcrow says 9046mi/14558km. Google maps gives me a 14971mi/24095km route with about 16000km by kayak, but all those toll roads through the Japanese leg are a bit offputting. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/40 "2012-04-15T00:55:33Z")
14,800 km ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/41 "2012-04-15T00:58:07Z")
You don’t want to be close to Lebanon, KS right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763.md?page=3)