There may be easier sites to use than Distance Calculator and if you have a better one, please share its address. But at least this one works for what I had in mind.
As a matter of curiosity I wanted to know which of the major large bodies of water in the USA was closest to my home. Here’s what I learned:
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From **Nashville ** to closest point in miles on
** Gulf**: 394
** Atlantic**: 440
** Lake Michigan**: 386
** Pacific**: 1749
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I didn’t do anything fancier than clicking on two points at a time on the map there and reading off the calculated distances. I used miles and as the crow flies measures since all I wanted was a rough idea.
Well, I knew the mileage to the Gulf because I’ve driven it before… same with the Pacific Ocean. The Great Lakes was a guess (but an educated one), and the same with the Gulf of California. I used to do routing for my family’s old business so got pretty good at estimating this stuff.
About 30 miles to the Mississippi River, 365 miles to Lake Michigan, 450 miles to the Gulf of Mexico, 630 miles to Atlantic Ocean, and 1450 Miles to the Baja California. 1575 miles to the Pacific Ocean at San Diego.
Cool site, Zeldar!
I spent most of my first 44 years less than 43 miles from Lake Michigan- in northern Indiana, western Michigan and eastern Wisconsin. I finally said “I’ve seen enough lake-effect snow to last a lifetime.”
So I moved to just outside Albuquerque. Now I live 1,130 miles from Lake Michigan. I like the weather here much better.
Distance to the Pacific Ocean- 622 miles
To the Gulf of Mexico- 758 miles
To the Atlantic Ocean- 1,490 miles
To the Gulf of California- 463 miles
To the Rio Grande- 4.5 miles
I’m ~1 mile from the North Sea, and ~85 miles from Loch Ness. The nearest ingress of the North Atlantic is probably Kinlochleven at the end of Loch Leven at ~110 miles and it’s ~440 miles to Dover and the English Channel.
4 miles to Long Island Sound (Atlantic)
229 miles to Lake Ontario
2528 miles to Pacific Ocean
3583 to the Mediterranean
6925 miles to Indian Ocean
about 200,000 miles at closest to Mare Insularum
.70 miles to Puget Sound
83 miles to Pacific Ocean
1427 to Lake Superior
1442 to Hudson Bay
1996 to Gulf of Mexico
2433 to Atlantic Ocean
7743 to Indian Ocean
I’ve spent all but the first two years of my life within 3 miles of Puget Sound in various locations. My baby years were spent within 16 miles of Lake Erie.
50 miles to the Pacific
1275 miles to the Gulf of Mexico (but only 197 to the Sea of Cortez)
2081 miles to the Atlantic
69 miles to the Salton Sea
8.45 miles to Mystic Lake, the nearest body of water
6 inches to the bottle of water on my desk
76 miles to the Pacific (the Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA)
1591 miles to the Gulf of Mexico (just north of Corpus Christi, TX)
2313 miles to the Atlantic (mouth of the Ogeechee River, south of Savannah, GA)
2033 miles to the Arctic (just east of Kugluktuk, NU)
11,534 miles to Bluest Glail Lake, Grande Terre, French Southern & Antarctic Lands
