# NSEW: How far have you been in each cardinal direction? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135 "2011-06-28T14:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/21 "2011-06-28T15:13:15Z")
N: Bremen, Germany S: The southern part of the Indonesian island of Bali Then using my native US as a base: E: Halenkovice, Czechoslovakia (Iron Curtain days) W: Pokhara, Nepal ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/22 "2011-06-28T15:14:20Z")
I originally read the question as “NSFW” (Not Safe For Work) and was wondering why. North: Portland Maine South: Clearwater, Florida East: Boston, MA West: San Diego CA ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/23 "2011-06-28T15:18:35Z")
North: Toronto South: Bahamas East: Paris, France West: Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/24 "2011-06-28T15:18:59Z")
N: Missoula, MT S: Tulum, Mexico E: Boston, MA W: Spokane, WA ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/25 "2011-06-28T15:19:13Z")
You can cross off three extremes by going to either the north or south pole and walking in a small circle. I’m not very well travelled. Outside the UK, my limits are close to the borders of the mediterranean. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/26 "2011-06-28T15:29:17Z")
My North and East are the same city. Vuokatti, Finland is a small town most people have never heard of that is slightly north of [Kajaani, Finland](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/finland/map_of_finland.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/finland/&usg=__bbnZeNYU6nza09oq4xG1ETkGbBs=&h=350&w=466&sz=57&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=V2bs9-l0l4LEZM:&tbnh=137&tbnw=182&ei=vPIJTtOfNovAgQfH_MyNAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmap%2Bof%2Bfinland%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D886%26bih%3D502%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=137&vpy=123&dur=6265&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=123&ty=108&page=1&ndsp=9&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0) and that is where I went for my honeymoon. The furthest west I’ve been is Las Vegas, NV and the furthest south I’ve been is Corpus Christi, TX. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/27 "2011-06-28T15:31:36Z")
North: Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland. South: Grand Cayman (Barely beating out Maui) East: Dublin, Ireland West: Maui, HI ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/28 "2011-06-28T15:35:05Z")
North: Vancouver, Canada South: Rarotonga, Cook Islands West: Middle of the Andaman Sea, off the west coast of Thailand East: Rome, Italy These travels are all from the US… ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/29 "2011-06-28T15:37:32Z")
North (in an airplane): Somewhere just north of Iceland. However the Great Circle runs between New York and London. North (on land): Edinburgh, Scotland South: Phillips Island, NSW, Australia. East: Venice, Italy. - Not counting anywhere in Australia, because I traveled west to get there. West: Honolulu, Hawaii - Not counting anywhere in Australia, because it’s so far west, it’s east. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/30 "2011-06-28T15:38:58Z")
N: Reykjavik S: Isla Del Sol, in the Bolivian part of Lake Titicaca E: Zanzibar W: Acapulco ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/31 "2011-06-28T15:39:29Z")
North - Mile 1, Alaska pipeline, north of the arctic circle (I got a certificate and everything) West - Hawaii South - Mexico East - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/32 "2011-06-28T15:42:35Z")
North: Winnipeg South: Cancun East: Tokyo West: San Francisco Of course, I’m not counting air travel. ---
**Author:** ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/33 "2011-06-28T15:46:06Z")
North: Amsterdam South: St. Martin East: Venice, Italy West: Phoenix, AZ ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/34 "2011-06-28T15:47:37Z")
on land: N: Vancouver, British Columbia S: Cusco, Peru E: Beijing W: Victoria, British Columbia ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/35 "2011-06-28T15:54:54Z")
N and W: Alaska S: Costa Rica E: Austria ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/36 "2011-06-28T16:09:06Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > North: Winnipeg > South: Cancun > East: Tokyo > West: San Francisco > > Of course, I’m not counting air travel. Hmm, turns out Bremerhaven, Germany is farther North than Winnipeg. That’s my new Northernmost location. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/37 "2011-06-28T16:11:46Z")
North: Glams Castle, Scotland South: Singapore (Still haven’t crossed the equator, dagnabbit) East: (defined in my mind as “Europe”) somewhere in either Hungary or Slovakia West: (Asia) looks like Kuala Lumpur, which is a little wester than Singapore. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/38 "2011-06-28T17:27:07Z")
North: Thule, Greenland (~3213 miles from current location\*) South: Santo Thomas de Castilla, Guatemala (1287 miles) East: Karlskrona, Sweden (5134 miles) West: San Francisco, California, US (1483 miles) \*It’s also about 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and a little over 900 miles from the North Pole. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/39 "2011-06-28T17:32:47Z")
Thanks mainly to the Department of Defense: Arabian Sea and east to Cape Cod, Mass. Never been to Europe or Africa. Vancouver (B.C.) most northerly. Never been to Central or South America. Perth, Australia, most southerly. ---
**Author:** ![kim\_jung\_il](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kim\_jung\_il](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kim_jung_il)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/40 "2011-06-28T17:57:41Z")
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