# 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:** 6
**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, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/101 "2011-06-29T17:35:41Z")
> [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](#): > > **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! Nifty! It never occurred to me that the bottom of the USA and the north of Africa share latitudes. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/102 "2011-06-29T18:38:11Z")
North: Bellingham WA West: LaPush WA South and East: St Kitts & Nevis ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/103 "2011-06-29T18:42:02Z")
Based from the UK, and so far as I can work out (sometimes being GMT makes life easy) : North: Tampere, Finland, South: Stewart Island/Rakiura, NZ East: I think Hastings, NZ West: Costa Rica, somewhere or other. Fairly broad… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/104 "2011-06-29T19:12:29Z")
North: somewhere in Ireland. We drove from Dublin to Galway, so it’d be the northernmost point on that route. South: Ocho Rios, Jamaica East: Vienna, Austria West: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/105 "2011-06-29T19:44:16Z")
North: Portland, ME S: Orlando, FL E: Boston, MA W: no clue. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/106 "2011-06-29T22:13:41Z")
N: St. Mary, MT barely beats out Kootenai Natl Wildlife Refuge (a couple miles NW of Bonner’s Ferry, ID) S: Orlando, FL E: L’Escala, Spain W: Neah Bay, WA (NW corner of the Olympic peninsula) I’ve spent most of my life in the DC area (MD side), but I recently moved to the Central Valley (CA). ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/107 "2011-06-30T01:18:34Z")
N: London, England S: Cayey, Puerto Rico E: Baalbeck, Lebanon (almost tied with Amman, Jordan) W: Eureka, California ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/108 "2011-06-30T02:27:36Z")
North: Arlanda airport, Stockholm, Sweden. East: Stadion metro station, Stockholm, Sweden. South: San Diego, California. West: Desolation Sound, British Columbia. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/109 "2011-06-30T03:01:42Z")
N: North Shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada E: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada W: Lincoln, Nebraska (kick the stupid American who’s never been to the West) S: Tampa, Florida ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/110 "2011-06-30T05:07:19Z")
North: Lulea, Sweeden (on the ground; in the air, well above the arctic circle) South: Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean West/East: many around-the-world trips, going both east and west, in a lot of countries, so not sure how to answer that. ---
**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 30, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/111 "2011-06-30T09:52:47Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > How far have you been in each cardinal direction? Wrath: nah, been bitchy, but never Rambo Greed: again, nope Sloth: yup, I procrastinate Pride: occasionally (see below) Lust: and proud of it Envy: no Gluttony: yes ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/112 "2011-06-30T11:44:59Z")
North - Inverness, Scotland South - Cape Agullus, South Africa West - Florence, Oregon, USA East - Lake Malawi, Malawi Who’s winning? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/113 "2011-06-30T13:10:43Z")
North – Moncton, New Brunswick, though I just drove through. Actually getting out of the car was Fredericton, NB South – Miami Beach, FL West – Honolulu, HI East – Paris ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/114 "2011-06-30T13:14:10Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Incidentally, earlier threads on this topic are: > > [Your geographical extremes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=534075) (2009) > > [What Are Farthest Compass Points You’ve Been To?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=375768) (2006) At the time I clicked “Quote” on this post the first mentioned had had 104 posts and the other had had 65. As you can see, this thread has had more posts, and I’m wondering who posted in either or both of the other two threads. I could go copy the “Who Posted?” data on the three threads and build a list of the multi-posters, but I thought I’d just ask. Just for fun. Do we need a spinoff thread that debates the East-West issue as mentioned in this thread any more than the one that **indian** already has? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/115 "2011-06-30T13:17:25Z")
North: Portland, OR (I was surprised that it’s north of Toronto) South: Key West, FL East: Boston, MA West: also Portland. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/116 "2011-07-01T15:21:12Z")
N - London, England S - Key West, FL, USA E - Bratislava, Slovakia W- Seattle, WA, USA ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/117 "2011-07-01T16:46:59Z")
Within the US… N to Duluth, MN S to Miami W to San Francisco East to Bath, ME ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/118 "2011-07-02T03:26:36Z")
North: London, UK South: Orlando, Florida East: Paris, France West: Michigan City, Indiana ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/119 "2011-07-02T04:25:16Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I originally read the question as “NSFW” (Not Safe For Work) and was wondering why. I read it as NSFW: How far have you been in each carnal direction? 😃 Um, to answer the actual question: North: Slave Lake, Alberta East (and South really): Lamu, Kenya Alternate South: Costa Rica West: Maui ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/120 "2011-07-02T13:22:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I originally read the question as “NSFW” (Not Safe For Work) and was wondering why. > [@Implicit](#): > > I read it as NSFW: How far have you been in each carnal direction? 😃 It’s too obvious, isn’t it? And yet it didn’t even cross my mind. My only thought was to avoid NEWS. Have any others of you heard that that is the source for the word “News”? It sounds as phony to me as some of the acronyms for our favorite words like [http://wiki.lawguru.com/index.php/Carnal\_knowledge](http://wiki.lawguru.com/index.php/Carnal_knowledge) I always assumed “news” related to “new events and stories” and not the compass. On the other hand, I have seen many TV logos for their news shows employ a weathervane or similar device to spell out NEWS as if the UL were true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135.md?page=7)