# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/82 "2012-04-16T15:21:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > … 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. That’s amazing. Since the distances from Lebanon that I got for the four cities nearest the extremes on my atlas map of the Lower 48 were significantly different E-W and N-S I just have to assume roads’ paths account for why the numbers are so much off. Line-of-sight and great circle measures only tell part of the story if you’re planning a trip, especially a long one. It might be fun to know which latitude includes the greatest distance overland from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and which longitude has the greatest distance N-S and all on land (or over small lakes and such). I seem to recall another geography trivia thread where that issue was at least brought up, if not answered. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/83 "2012-04-16T15:22:14Z")
278.8 ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/84 "2012-04-16T15:48:22Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Dunnow, Rand McNally isn’t talking to people who live closer to Lebanon than to Kansas. I’m _pretty_ sure I have you beat in _that_ department 😃 I’ve actually (just barely) been to Lebanon briefly during my military service. Oh wait, you mean Lebanon KS, not Lebanon, Mid-East…? :smack: Oh, and FTR, my distance from Lebanon KS is: Distance: 6654.1 miles, 10708.7 kilometers (according to [http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html](http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html)) My distance from Lebanon, Mid-East\*, OTOH, is a measly 70.5 miles (113.4 km). So I think I’m the closest here to _some kind_ of Lebanon… 😛 - Calculated as my distance to Rosh Haniqra, which is _on_ the Israel-Lebanon border, and almost certainly the closest point on the Lebanese border from where I am) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/85 "2012-04-16T15:54:50Z")
A bit over 1300 miles, and not quite 20 hours of driving time. ETA: my mother grew up in Kansas, but still over 250 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/86 "2012-04-16T16:13:35Z")
7,548 miles, more or less. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/87 "2012-04-17T13:05:06Z")
816.3 miles 12 hrs 12 min ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/88 "2012-04-17T14:00:03Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Amazing! So, will you be heading to the as-yet-to-be-determined **Dopefest at the Center of the USA?** 😃 Depends on whether you have it next year, my vacation plans for this year involve painting my living room and my mother’s windows. > [@Noone\_Special](#): > > I’m _pretty_ sure I have you beat in _that_ department 😃 Only if you aren’t on location. ISTR one of the last times we “talked” you were headed to Poland. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/89 "2012-04-17T14:05:57Z")
Mileage 206.8 miles Time 3 hrs 29 min ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/90 "2012-04-17T14:14:34Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Only if you aren’t on location. ISTR one of the last times we “talked” you were headed to Poland. That would have been a while ago… I think I’ve been back from Poland for (checks fingers), Oh, at least 2 years now…? (and it was a 3 day trip anyway.) I’m at work right now, which is in [Ra’anana](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ra%27anana,+Israel&hl=en&ll=32.134339,34.797821&spn=0.397714,0.617294&sll=32.10497,34.852409&sspn=0.198921,0.308647&oq=ra%27&hnear=Ra%27anana,+Israel&t=m&z=11), about 10 miles NE of where I live. So I’m actually **closer** now to Lebanon than when I wrote the previous post! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/91 "2012-04-17T16:50:49Z")
One thousand miles. Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763/92 "2012-04-17T16:52:06Z")
274.5 miles (I’m in Kansas City, MO). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-lebanon-kansas/618763.md?page=4)