# What borders (or state lines, etc) have you crossed on foot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644 "2011-07-11T17:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/1 "2011-07-11T17:06:08Z")
What borders (e.g. international borders, US state lines, Canadian provincial lines, etc.) have you crossed on foot? Note that this requires that you cross the line UNAIDED by a vehicle. This is not a question about border crossings in general. Being on a train or a bus and taking a token step forward as the vehicle crosses the line DOESN’T COUNT! I will also permit swimming across a border, such as swimming across the Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. Walking over a bridge is fine. Bicycles are a gray area. If you want to put a border that you crossed by bicycle, you can list it, just state that you crossed it by bicycle. County or city lines are another thing, and for the purpose of this question, don’t count unless the crossing was somehow very significant (e.g. if you braved a dangerous cave system to cross a county line by foot in order to get something substantial done, it’s ok to list. Me: Crossed with a specific purpose in mind: VA-DC VA-MD Crossed for the fun of it, or just as part of a stroll or for excercise: VA-WV DC-MD ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/2 "2011-07-11T17:21:14Z")
In the U.S.: DC-MD DC-VA IN-OH KY-VA ([here’s a picture that I took](http://www.flickr.com/photos/75905404@N00/2922575467/)) KY-OH MD-PA OH-WV In Australia: NSW-QLD (We once stayed for a week at a hotel in Coolangatta about a block from the border. The nearest supermarket was in Tweed Heads. What made in interesting was that it was summer, so the two towns were in different time zones.) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/3 "2011-07-11T17:27:25Z")
ME-NH NH-VT I had a parent aided (I was a baby) trip through the four corners, AZ-UT-NM-CO. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/4 "2011-07-11T17:30:48Z")
One of the golf courses in the Myrtle beach area is actually spread out over both North and South Carolina. When you play it you will criss-cross both states during your round. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/5 "2011-07-11T17:31:07Z")
Tennessee-North Carolina border in Smoky Mountain National Park. I was on my honeymoon with my ex-husband and we decided to hike up to Clingman’s Dome. We stopped for a while to rest at Newfound Gap (I think that’s the name) since neither of us were really in shape for hiking. The state line runs right through Newfound Gap. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/6 "2011-07-11T17:31:54Z")
Interesting question. Since crossing the DC-MD border as a child, I don’t recall a single one. Right now I live half a mile from the RI-MA border, but never crossed it on foot. Maybe I’ll do it just to double the number. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/7 "2011-07-11T17:36:38Z")
I have walked over the US-Canada border several times, on both the Rainbow Bridge and the Whirlpool Bridge (when it was open to pedestrian traffic). ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/8 "2011-07-11T17:40:25Z")
Wow I can’t think of any. I think all of my border crossings have been vehicle assisted. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/9 "2011-07-11T17:41:46Z")
I’d have to think about it some to give a complete answer, but here’s a fun one: I have crossed the Pennsylvania-Maryland, Maryland-Virginia and Virginia-West Virginia borders all on the _same_ walk. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/10 "2011-07-11T17:45:02Z")
My home town is right on the Louisiana-Texas border. The border is a not so huge river at that point so we used to swim back and forth from one state to another. I walked across the bridge many times as well. I went to grad school right on the New Hampshire-Vermont border. Same thing. There has to be a few more but I can’t think of them right now. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/11 "2011-07-11T17:48:59Z")
U.S. - Canada U.S. - Mexico California - Arizona California - Nevada Nevada - Arizona Arizona - New Mexico - Colorado - Utah (simultaneously!) Nebraska - Kansas Italy - Vatican City U.S. - UK (OK, it was going in and out of the U.S. embassy) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/12 "2011-07-11T17:50:22Z")
ME-\>NH - Hiking in the Mahoosuc Range along the AT NH-\>VT - Lived in Hanover, NH, crossed the border on foot and by bike several times a week MA-\>NH - Lived in Nashua, NH and worked close to the MA border, crossed many times AZ/NM/UT/CO - 4 Corners trip US-\>CA - Several times, some near Niagara Falls, once in the Boundary Waters by canoe I’m sure there are others, I’ll think about it a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/13 "2011-07-11T17:52:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > … Italy - Vatican City … I’d forgotten about that. In fact, the only way to enter or leave the Vatican City is on foot, unless you get to go by helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/14 "2011-07-11T17:54:13Z")
Walked across the bridge to Canada at Niagara Falls. Stopped the car at the Texas-Oklahoma border (on Rte. 66) and walked back and forth. Same thing in Texas-New Mexico. Walked over the G.W. Bridge to New Jersey. Walked across the Arlington Memorial Bridge from DC to VA. Never realized how many borders I crossed on foot. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/15 "2011-07-11T17:54:49Z")
Georgia - Florida We were traveling by car, and immediately after we crossed the border, we pulled off the road, walked back a few steps, took a picture at the state line, and then went back to the car and continued. Iowa - Minnesota Same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/16 "2011-07-11T17:57:05Z")
Having hiked the Appalachian Trail from Maine to New York, (not having an affair in Argentina), I must have crossed the following: Maine to New Hampshire, New Hampshire to Vermont Vermont to MA MA to Conn Conn to NY I also walked from El Paso Texas into Mexico once for a day excursion. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/17 "2011-07-11T17:58:15Z")
I’ve walked across the George Washington Bridge a lot, and I do the annual Lincoln Tunnel Walk. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/18 "2011-07-11T17:59:34Z")
VA-DC DC-MD VA-MD (actually waded across the Potomac) VA-TN (strolling through Bristol) CA-NV NH-VT NH-ME ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/19 "2011-07-11T18:01:58Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Tennessee-North Carolina border in Smoky Mountain National Park. I was on my honeymoon with my ex-husband and we decided to hike up to Clingman’s Dome. We stopped for a while to rest at Newfound Gap (I think that’s the name) since neither of us were really in shape for hiking. The state line runs right through Newfound Gap. I’ve done this one several times and at least twice at the junction of TN-VA-KY at Cumberland Gap. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644/20 "2011-07-11T18:04:41Z")
First thought is Four Corners where one can walk from CO to UT to AZ to NM in about 8 seconds, or reach into them all at the same time. For true border crossings though; US \> Mexico, walked across shallow Rio Grande at Presidio, US \> Mexico, shallow Rio Grande at Lajitas US \> Mexico, bridge at Laredo \> Nuevo Laredo. England \> Wales, walk across Severn Bridge. Utah \> Idaho, walked across during geology summer field course. Tennessee \> Arkansas, walked across Mississippi River at Memphis. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-borders-or-state-lines-etc-have-you-crossed-on-foot/588644.md?page=2)