# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/62 "2012-04-15T14:20:38Z")
[distancefromto.net](http://distancefromto.net) ~ 1300 miles however, driving distance (google maps) is ~ 1650 miles ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/63 "2012-04-15T14:34:25Z")
Driving from Madison, WI about 651 miles, more than half of it on I-80. So, have we picked the date for the Lebanon Dopefest? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/64 "2012-04-15T14:52:49Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > So, have we picked the date for the Lebanon Dopefest? Topeka would have more housing options, things to do and see, and isn’t all that far from Lebanon, 203.8 miles.😃 And we would have an onsite organizer! ---
**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 15, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/65 "2012-04-15T15:27:05Z")
If we need other sites to see during the Lebanon Doperfest then just a few miles away one can find the cabin where where the poem that became [“Home On The Range”](http://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/history.php?id=20) was written. The unofficial anthem of the American west began right there. ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/66 "2012-04-15T15:47:18Z")
Since Lebanon, KS, is closer to the North-South borders than to the East-West ones, It might make some sense to draw a big circle around Lebanon to establish “comfortable driving distances” for those wanting to make the trip. It would also be a first step in setting a “close to” and “far from” perimeter. Looking at my map of the Lower 48, I chose two cities as close to Due North and Due South as I could and checked their mileages and times from Lebanon. ========================================== Enter Starting Point A Austin, TX Enter Ending Point B Lebanon, KS Get Mileage Calculating mileage Mileage 739.8 miles Time 10 hrs 50 min ========================================== Enter Starting Point A Grand Forks, ND Enter Ending Point B Lebanon, KS Get Mileage Calculating mileage Mileage 683 miles Time 10 hrs 47 min ========================================== Since you can’t go much farther north than Grand Forks without leaving the states, roughly 60-70 more miles, how does 700 miles sound for the radius of that Big Circle? Or would a 10 hour drive time sound more reasonable? Other ideas? Until we narrow it down more, I’ll gather the posts of those within 700 miles just to have something else to discuss. ---
**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, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/67 "2012-04-15T16:00:15Z")
[QUOTE=Kansas Beekeeper] 225 miles. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Shoeless] 237 for me. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Pai325] 590 miles east. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=NoClueBoy] Mileage 362.2 miles Time 5 hrs 24 min [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=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. 😃 [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Sicks Ate] 269.5 [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=aceplace57] 688.7 miles 10 hrs 13 [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=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? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Alpha Twit] 89.6 miles for me according to Google. Holdrege, NE. ZIP 68949 [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Satchmo] 170.7 miles, from Lincoln. Can’t beat Alpha, though. ☹ [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Tabithina] 351 miles for now. I’m packing for a move to Champaign-Urbana so soon I’ll be much further away. [/QUOTE] > [@Boyo Jim](#): > > Driving from Madison, WI about 651 miles, more than half of it on I-80. > > So, have we picked the date for the Lebanon Dopefest? Who did I miss who is inside 700 miles? ---
**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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/68 "2012-04-15T18:53:51Z")
Here’s a graphical representation of the 700 mile radius from Lebanon, KS: > **[Radius Around a Point on a Map](https://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=39.809734&clng=-98.55561999999997&r=1126.54&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00)** > > Draw a radius on a map to find the area covered To play with it yourself, visit [Radius Around a Point on a Map](http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm) The discrepancy, if any, between distances calculated with the link in the OP and places within the green circle, can most likely be arributed to road mileages differing significantly from line-of-sight mileages. At any rate, it’s fun to see how much of the USA is outside the 700 mile circle. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/69 "2012-04-15T23:55:44Z")
1389.3 miles ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/70 "2012-04-16T13:59:50Z")
13,444 km、112 days 12 hours MT-200 E Note: Not all of the roads allow pedestrians. You think? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/71 "2012-04-16T14:05:38Z")
1,324 mi, 22 hours 47 mins from my little dot in southern Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/72 "2012-04-16T14:29:54Z")
I’m guessing that [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14969227&postcount=101) was intended for this thread (from **Thread: How far do you live from the nearest state (country) line?**) > [@](#): > > #101 Yesterday, 06:36 PM > Boyo Jim > Charter Member Join Date: Nov 2001 > Location: Madison, WI > Posts: 23,853 > > Using your radius tool above, I get a 525 mile straight line distance from Madison to Lebanon. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/73 "2012-04-16T14:33:18Z")
Dunnow, Rand McNally isn’t talking to people who live closer to Lebanon than to Kansas. Google Maps says it can’t give me a route. Is there a way to get it to give me the straight line distance, other than measuring it myself on a piece of paper? I’ve tried searching for other tools but the ones I find don’t work. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/74 "2012-04-16T14:42:04Z")
A few decades at least. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/75 "2012-04-16T14:43:16Z")
698.3 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/76 "2012-04-16T14:49:04Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Dunnow, Rand McNally isn’t talking to people who live closer to Lebanon than to Kansas. > > Google Maps says it can’t give me a route. Is there a way to get it to give me the straight line distance, other than measuring it myself on a piece of paper? > > I’ve tried searching for other tools but the ones I find don’t work. I didn’t test it myself, but this might work for you. [http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html](http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html) If Lebanon, Kansas doesn’t qualify as a large enough town, you could use nearby points of Concordia, Salina, Topeka or Kansas City to get in the ballpark and then use that other link (in the OP) to get from Lebanon to whichever other town worked. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/77 "2012-04-16T14:50:05Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > 698.3 miles. Yo! You slipped in under the 700 mile limit! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/78 "2012-04-16T14:54:58Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I didn’t test it myself, but this might work for you. > > [http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html](http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html) > > If Lebanon, Kansas doesn’t qualify as a large enough town, you could use nearby points of Concordia, Salina, Topeka or Kansas City to get in the ballpark and then use that other link (in the OP) to get from Lebanon to whichever other town worked. Distance: 4955.1 miles 7974.5 kilometers 4305.9 nautical miles I’m impressed, I didn’t even need to pick Barcelona. Both Lebanon, KS and the small town I’m really in are listed. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/79 "2012-04-16T15:02:32Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Distance: 4955.1 miles 7974.5 kilometers 4305.9 nautical miles > > I’m impressed, I didn’t even need to pick Barcelona. Both Lebanon, KS and the small town I’m really in are listed. Amazing! So, will you be heading to the as-yet-to-be-determined **Dopefest at the Center of the USA?** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/80 "2012-04-16T15:03:32Z")
1777 miles - still in the Lower 48. I guess I’m really not in Kansas, Toto. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/81 "2012-04-16T15:06:48Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m guessing that [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14969227&postcount=101) was intended for this thread (from **Thread: How far do you live from the nearest state (country) line?**) Eh, half and half. I got confused as to where the tool came from, but the actual distance I measured was relevant to this thread. > [@Zeldar](#): > > I didn’t test it myself, but this might work for you. > > [http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html](http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html) > > If Lebanon, Kansas doesn’t qualify as a large enough town, you could use nearby points of Concordia, Salina, Topeka or Kansas City to get in the ballpark and then use that other link (in the OP) to get from Lebanon to whichever other town worked. > [@Nava](#): > > Distance: 4955.1 miles 7974.5 kilometers 4305.9 nautical miles > > I’m impressed, I didn’t even need to pick Barcelona. Both Lebanon, KS and the small town I’m really in are listed. Interestingly, the radius tool I got in the other thread, and this latest tool you found, agree very well. the point to point calculator comes out to 525.6 miles, while my drawing a radius centered on Lebanon and stretching out to split Madison showed a distance of 525 miles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763.md?page=5)