# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**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, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/101 "2012-04-15T23:36:15Z")
Using your radius tool above, I get a 525 mile straight line distance from Madison to Lebanon. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/102 "2012-04-16T11:04:52Z")
> [@Little\_Bird](#): > > 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. I went to UW - Platteville, so I have a good idea where Little Bird lives. I’m ~ 3 miles from Wisconsin, ~25 miles north of Iowa, and a few houses I live in are in the county to the north Brian ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/103 "2012-04-16T11:23:42Z")
1,442 miles to the South Australian border. ---
**Author:** ![bahimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/104 "2012-04-16T13:24:09Z")
Only 50 km to Slovakia (crow flight) 73 km to the nearest European capital. ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/105 "2012-04-16T18:27:52Z")
I’m in Boston. I think technically the closest border is actually the edge of international waters 12nm out from the coastline. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/106 "2012-04-16T18:54:21Z")
Driving for about half an hour would bring me to three different points in Maine. An hour and ten minutes, Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682/107 "2012-04-16T19:43:59Z")
I’m about 40 miles from Pennsylvania, and about five from the Atlantic Ocean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-nearest-state-country-line/618682.md?page=5)