# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/161 "2021-05-26T13:15:12Z")
N: Tromsø, Norway S: Cancha Carrera border crossing, Argentina-Chile E: Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt W: Campeche, Mexico, or Mexico City if we are counting walking through an airport to change planes. Need to do some more eastward travelling… ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/162 "2021-05-28T13:26:13Z")
I remember replying to this in 2011, and looking back, I managed to get 3 of my cardinal directions wrong. East, I said Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, when I should have said New Zealand. West I said Bagan, Myanmar when I should have said Fiji. South I said Punta Arenas, Chile, when it is actually Ushuaia, Argentina. The only one I got right was North being Helsinki. ---
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> [@jtur88](#): > > Since the OP said “cardinal” points, that would mean due east,west, north and south from a chosen point of reference, alomg those four meridians and parallels. > > For me, from birthplace: > > N – Calumet, Michigan > S ---- Siguatepeque, Honduras > E – Russe, Bulgaria > W — Almaty, Kazakhstan You went to Calumet but didn’t continue to Copper harbor? You missed some great scenery. For me: N: Just over the Border on the White Pass Railway north of Skagway S: Falmouth Jamaica E: Rodanthe (Outer Banks), NC W: Somewhere on the inner passage cruise from Seattle to Juneau/Skagway/Victoria lowest elevation: probably about -20’ (just past Stovepipe Wells – Death Valley – definitely went below sea level) highest elevation (while on the ground) probably Pikes Peak (14,115’) Brian ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/164 "2021-06-26T21:28:14Z")
North - About 10 miles north of Carcross, Yukon, Canada. South and West - Dunedin, New Zealand. East - Chicago, Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/165 "2021-06-27T05:55:51Z")
Elevatio: High – 4,654 m, 15,260 ft Los Cumbres, LaPaz Bolivia 4,556 m, 14,947 ft, Chungara Lake Chile. Access road higher, but unknown Low – Shore of Dead Sea, Jordan, 430 m, 1,412 ft below SL Diff: 16,672 feet ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/166 "2021-06-27T08:49:38Z")
North would be Glasgow, Scotland. South would be Invercargill, New Zealand Westward travel total would be Austria - 194° from start in New Zealand Eastward travel would be Cabo, Mexico ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/167 "2021-06-27T20:50:44Z")
N - Hamburg E - Vienna W - Probably Fort Bragg, CA. I’ve also been to Arena Point, which falsely claims to the westernmost extreme within the contiguous US, but is a degree or two east of Fort Bragg S - Puerto Vallarta ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/168 "2021-06-27T20:59:43Z")
South and East: Nassau, Bahamas, or thereabouts. Perhaps a little farther out, because I was on a cruise ship. West: The Santa Monica Pier; Santa Monica, California. North: Delaware. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/169 "2021-06-28T05:56:33Z")
Only counting where I’ve been on land: North: Oulu, Finland South: Dangriga, Belize East: Tel Aviv, Israel West: Xi’an, China ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/170 "2021-06-28T15:15:51Z")
North: Rovaniemi, in Finland (66°30’ or thereabouts latitude North). South: Bluff, in New Zealand (46°36’ or thereabouts latitude South). East: Rotorua, in New Zealand (176°15’ or thereabouts longitude East) West: Bangor Base, Washington State, USA (122°42’ or thereabouts longitude West) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/171 "2021-06-28T15:26:34Z")
Eastmost for me is the Tower of London. A couple miles further east and it would have been difficult since it would be across the Prime Meridian. North: Honeybourne rail station in England, north of the Cotswolds. Also a few miles south of Stratford Upon Avon but I didn’t go in that direction. South: The Southmost Mile buoy in Key West. West: Somewhere on the west coast of Oregon, but we visited plenty of places on the coast and I can’t remember each one by name to remember which one I’ve been to. It may actually be Tunnel Beach unless I made it to Cape Meares. ---
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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I’ve also been to Arena Point, which falsely claims to the westernmost extreme within the contiguous US, but is a degree or two east of Fort Bragg Neither are not even close to being the western most point. It is Cape Alava in Washington. There is a marker there placed by the USGS. ---
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Man, I really haven’t been anywhere. North: York, UK South: Miami, FL, U.S.A. East: Golan Heights, Israel (disputed) West: Seattle, WA, U.S.A. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135/174 "2021-06-29T00:05:10Z")
North: 63 deg Reykjavik South: 67 deg Comodoro Rividavia (argentina) East : 117 deg Tanguu (china) West : 123 deg Vancouver Working on some business trips to get up to hammerfest N , Ancorage W Sakhalin E and maybe a personal trip to Ushuaia and then Antartica. ---
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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > N - Hamburg > E - Vienna > > W - Probably Fort Bragg, CA. I’ve also been to Arena Point, which falsely claims to the westernmost extreme within the contiguous US, but is a degree or two east of Fort Bragg > > S - Puerto Vallarta Correction: W - Florence, OR ---
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North - North Shore South - South Boston East- East Boston West - West Medford. ---
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Do you like it there, or are you trapped in a maniac’s cellar? One thump on the ceiling for “yes,” two for “no.” ---
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North: King Christian Island, Canadian high Arctic South: Cape Town, South Africa Travelling east : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Travelling west : Bangkok, Thailand My east and west overlap… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsew-how-far-have-you-been-in-each-cardinal-direction/587135.md?page=8)