# 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:** 5
**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 29, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/81 "2011-06-29T04:09:55Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > South: Some shitty border town in Mexico. Well, that certainly narrows it down, doesn’t it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/82 "2011-06-29T04:10:47Z")
In an earlier thread, I said > [@](#): > > Using Houston, Tx as my point of origin: > > North: Vancouver, BC > South: Sydney, Australia > East: New York City > West: Singapore That was based on boots on the ground. Technically, I’ve flown over the North Pole, the Great Polar Route. And a correction - East should have been Bermuda. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/83 "2011-06-29T04:30:05Z")
North - Repulse Bay, Nunavut East - Iqaluit, Nunavut South - Felipe Carillo Puerto, Mexico West - Gold River, British Columbia ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/84 "2011-06-29T04:32:17Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Well, that certainly narrows it down, doesn’t it? 😃 Hahaha, exactly! We were driving back to Phoenix from California and said “Hey, let’s go to Mexico!” and so we did. I don’t think I ever knew its name. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/85 "2011-06-29T05:45:22Z")
North - Winnipeg South - San Antonio, Texas East - Ogunquit, Maine in the US, but London, UK as well. West - Half Moon Bay, California ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/86 "2011-06-29T06:51:12Z")
Am I the only one who misread the title as NSFW and wondered what “cardinal direction” was a euphemism for? In any case: North: Armstrong BC or Jasper AB or Edmonton, whichever is furthest up there. East: Toronto or Hamilton or Niagra Falls, whichever is furthest east. South: Seattle or perhaps a little further south. There were some impressive ship locks there. No idea where it was other than in Washington state. West: Tofino BC. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/87 "2011-06-29T10:59:25Z")
North: Lerwick, Shetland. South: Ghana East: Brunei West: Cornwall or Ghana. But Ghana is pretty much the closest you can get on land to (0,0). ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/88 "2011-06-29T11:30:46Z")
North: Sioux Narrows ON South: Orlando FL East: Boston Lighthouse MA West: San Francisco airport CA ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/89 "2011-06-29T11:39:20Z")
North: Amsterdam South: Mount Suswa, Kenya East: Nairobi West: Oregon Coast (due west of Portland) ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/90 "2011-06-29T13:29:51Z")
North: On a boat in the Sonjafjord, Norway South and East: Sydney, Australia West: Maui, Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/91 "2011-06-29T14:29:49Z")
N: Amsterdam S: Martinique E: Vienna W: Oahu, Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/92 "2011-06-29T14:35:16Z")
North: Juneau, Alaska South: Stewart Island, New Zealand East: Jabalpur, India West: Perth, Australia ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/93 "2011-06-29T14:59:28Z")
North – Arctic Ocean – James Bay (canoeing) East – Atlantic Ocean – Halifax (visiting family) West – Pacific Ocean – San Francisco (tourism) South – Ciudad Juárez , Mexico – (tourism – back when it was OK to walk about there) ---
**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 29, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/94 "2011-06-29T15:20:12Z")
Just remembered we took the Inside Passage cruise in Alaska a few years ago, so my revised answers: N: Skagway, Alaska S: Bahamas E: Paris, France W: Just west of Kauai, Hawaii, on a cruise ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/95 "2011-06-29T15:32:56Z")
You’re all amateurs at the EW thing. I’ve actually circumscribed the Sun (292 million miles, give or take stops for gas) more than 40 times! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/96 "2011-06-29T15:54:17Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > You’re all amateurs at the EW thing. I’ve actually circumscribed the Sun (292 million miles, give or take stops for gas) more than 40 times! Gotcha beat: I’m going on 70 times! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/97 "2011-06-29T16:15:31Z")
South- Orlando Florida North- Niagara Falls NY East- Virginia Beach, VA West- About an hour west of St. Louis MO ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/98 "2011-06-29T16:45:20Z")
**North** : Little Langdale, Lake District, England (54° 25’ N) **South** : St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (27° 46’ N) An honorary mention goes to Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria, Spain, which according to Wikipedia’s co-ordinates is only 51 seconds of latitude (approx. 5150 feet) further North! **East** : Paphos, Cyprus (32° 25’ E) **West** : St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (82° 38’ W) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/99 "2011-06-29T16:55:03Z")
North: Orkney Islands; Kirkwall for sure, some ancient village that I can’t remember now which may or may not have been further north. South: Singapore City East: Changi Beach, Singapore West: Soufriere, St Lucia ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/100 "2011-06-29T17:16:27Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > I live in the Midwest (Chicagoland) > > North: Thought it was Toronto, but it turns out it’s London. USA bias going on here - Canada “feels” north, Europe and the UK “feel” east. But London is further north by quite a bit. Hee. Toronto’s south of Minneapolis. (Not by much, to be sure, but it’s still south.) I used to work for a company here that had a branch outside Toronto, and we’d ask them how the weather was down south. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135.md?page=6)