# What Are Farthest Compass Points You've Been To? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761 "2006-06-15T02:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/41 "2006-06-15T19:10:39Z")
Oops, sometimes I forget how far north Europe is. Gotta revise my list: North: London, UK. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/42 "2006-06-15T19:20:01Z")
North: Prince George, British Columbia South: Mexico City East: Boston, MA West: Maui, HI ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/43 "2006-06-15T19:32:37Z")
North: Bath, England South: Hawaii West: Hawaii East: Jerusalem ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/44 "2006-06-15T19:38:32Z")
North: Vancouver, BC South: Rotorua, New Zealand East: Barcelona, Spain West: Moorea, French Ploynesia ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/45 "2006-06-15T19:53:13Z")
North: Anchorage, Alaska South: Maui, but Hong Kong is close East/West: N/A, I’ve flown around the world. ---
**Author:** ![Stentor\_2.5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Stentor\_2.5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor_2.5)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/46 "2006-06-15T20:04:14Z")
North: Helsinki, Finland South: Rosie Roads, Puerto Rico East: Narva, Estonia West: San Fransisco, California ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/47 "2006-06-15T20:39:01Z")
North: London, United Kingdom South: Cape Town, South Africa West: Enid, Oklahoma, United States East: Johannesburg, South Africa ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/48 "2006-06-15T20:47:08Z")
North: Hull, England East: Amsterdam West: Olympia, WA, US South: Pinellas Park, FL, US ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/49 "2006-06-15T20:48:50Z")
Whoops… North should be York, England ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/50 "2006-06-15T21:00:14Z")
N: Somewhere in Canada, just north of Michigan (I was too young to ask exactly where in Canada we were) S: Key West, FL E: Somewhere in NC, swimming in the Atlantic Ocean W: San Francisco, CA ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/51 "2006-06-15T21:02:29Z")
North and East: London, England South: Rawson, Argentina West: Medocino, California, US ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/52 "2006-06-15T21:05:23Z")
If you do this by longitude and latitude, it would be: North - Loch Lomond, Scotland South - Canberra, NSW, Australia East - Fiji (don’t remember the town) West - San Francisco, California, USA (I did get to Hawaii once, but never got out of the airport, so that doesn’t count) If it’s based on distance from where I am now, it would be: North - Loch Lomond South - Canberra East - Vienna, Austria West - Canberra ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/53 "2006-06-16T01:25:47Z")
North: Fairbanks, Alaska, US South: Santiago, Chile (The airport only. If that doesn’t count, then Iquique, Chile) West: Fairbanks or Anchorage, Alaska, US (Uncertain which is further to the west) East: Freeport, Maine, US ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/54 "2006-06-16T01:39:49Z")
North: Amsterdam, The Netherlands South: Sarasota, FL East: Szeged, Hungary West: Seattle, WA ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/55 "2006-06-16T04:00:26Z")
> [@Seren](#): > > South: Pinellas Park, FL, US Really? Huh. Not used to seeing it mentioned in any thread, much less a thread with extremes. I grew up here, as did at least one other doper. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/56 "2006-06-16T04:09:42Z")
West: Hawaii East: Copenhagen, Denmark South: Hawaii again North: New Hampshire, I think. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/57 "2006-06-16T06:20:35Z")
East and West are relative, but I’m basing it on where I live. **North:** Anchorage, Alaska **South:** Sydney, Australia **East:** London, England **West:** Bathurst, Australia ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/58 "2006-06-16T06:24:11Z")
From the Prime Meridian: East: Sand Island, Midway Atoll West: Cam Ranh, Vietnam North: Anchorage, AK., USA South: Sidney, NSW, Aus. ---
**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 16, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/59 "2006-06-16T06:37:16Z")
North: Isle of Skye, Scotland (beat out Thompson, Manitoba) East: Figueres, Catalonia South: San Diego, California West: Desolation Sound, British Columbia ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761/60 "2006-06-16T06:52:53Z")
> [@A.R. Cane](#): > > From the Prime Meridian: > East: Sand Island, Midway Atoll > West: Cam Ranh, Vietnam > North: Anchorage, AK., USA > South: Sidney, NSW, Aus. OK, reverse my “East” and “West”. Sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-farthest-compass-points-youve-been-to/360761.md?page=4)