# How far do you live from the nearest state (country) line? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682 "2012-04-13T18:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/61 "2012-04-14T00:36:16Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > About 50 miles north of the IL state line. As the crow flies, 35 miles north of the IL state line for me. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/62 "2012-04-14T00:38:34Z")
About 40 miles from Ohio, but only 30 from Canada. ---
**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 14, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/63 "2012-04-14T01:27:14Z")
I am about 85 miles south of Wyoming. I am 100 yards from Baseline road, which was the boundary between the Kansas territory (slave) and the Nebraska territory (free). I am on the Nebraska side. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/64 "2012-04-14T03:01:01Z")
128 miles to Tijuana, Mexico; 231 miles to Arizona. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/65 "2012-04-14T06:00:09Z")
From my place in the far NW side of Chicago (east of Rosemont): About 40 miles N to the Wisconsin border (driving) About 35 miles E to the Illinois/Michigan border in Lake Michigan (as the crow flies) About 30 miles SE to the Indiana border (driving) ---
**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, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/66 "2012-04-14T06:09:54Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Just 14 miles south to Canada > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Santa? My guess is that **wolfman** lives around Sterling Heights or Troy in Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/67 "2012-04-14T06:22:10Z")
20 miles east of Sichuan. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/68 "2012-04-14T13:17:48Z")
I live in Evansville IN, the southern-most city in Indiana. Give me 15 minutes on a high-traffic day and I can be in Kentucky. ---
**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, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/69 "2012-04-14T13:32:20Z")
For those who have enjoyed the trivia aspect of this thread there’s more fun to be had at [The Degree Confluence Project](http://www.confluence.org/) and (more specifically) [United States (visit information)](http://www.confluence.org/country.php?id=1) for USA Dopers, where you can zoom in on your own state for places where the longitude and latitude are both at integer degrees (no minutes and seconds). In fact their mission statement is > [@](#): > > The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures, and stories about the visits, will then be posted here. There’s an older SDMB thread where we have played around with such things at [Some Geography Trivia Fun: Degree Confluences.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554045) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/70 "2012-04-14T13:39:12Z")
I’m in Ireland. I live 50 miles/80km from the border with Northern Ireland, which is currently part of the UK, currently. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/71 "2012-04-14T13:54:28Z")
150 driving miles to Mexico, or about 230 to either Arizona or Nevada. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/72 "2012-04-14T14:08:29Z")
It’s about 100 miles to the nearest border. Which is Ghana. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/73 "2012-04-14T18:22:07Z")
About 30 miles west of the Missouri state line. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/74 "2012-04-14T19:40:01Z")
I’m in [Mesa County, CO](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_County,_Colorado), just a little east of 29-1/2 Road, which means I’m a little more than 29-1/2 miles from the Utah border. Pretty close for a state in the western US! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/75 "2012-04-14T20:04:04Z")
Straight-line distance: about 23 miles to Indiana; about 233 miles to Canada (Ontario) ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/76 "2012-04-14T20:05:39Z")
I’m in Scotland, the border with England is about 80 miles south of here. I can’t drive directly to a foreign country. The nearest is the Republic of Ireland: two hours by car to Stranraer, two hours by ferry to Belfast, and another, what, hour or so to the border? ---
**Author:** ![Kasper1014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@Kasper1014](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kasper1014)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/77 "2012-04-14T20:09:36Z")
I’m in central Texas. The closet would driving six hours to the east to enter Louisana. Or driving 2 and a half hours to go into Mexico via Eagle Pass. ---
**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, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/78 "2012-04-14T20:18:44Z")
I’m about 530 miles from Georgia, which is the only state I could drive to from here. I could hit the Florida state line in just under 9 miles, though…Atlantic side. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/79 "2012-04-14T20:23:43Z")
I live in Iowa. From where I am sitting in my living room, if I turn my head slightly to the right I can see over the Mississippi to Wisconsin. If I continue my head turn a bit further, I can see Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/80 "2012-04-14T20:29:46Z")
> [@PaulParkhead](#): > > I’m in Scotland, the border with England is about 80 miles south of here. > > I can’t drive directly to a foreign country. The nearest is the Republic of Ireland: two hours by car to Stranraer, two hours by ferry to Belfast, and another, what, hour or so to the border? At most. 45 minutes would probably do it. Didn’t realise the crossing was 2hrs. Had it in my head it was shorter up there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682.md?page=5)