# What's the furthest north, south, east and west you've been? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898 "2003-12-09T12:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/1 "2003-12-09T12:49:32Z")
I did a search and this doesn’t appear to have been asked before. If it has, my apologies. Post the furthest north, south, east and west you have been. If possible, give the relevant co-ordinate ([this site](http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong.html) might be useful). If you can’t, don’t worry about it. Air travel doesn’t count and don’t post it if you haven’t been further than the airport. We’ll see which doper has been furthest in each direction. I won’t be a contender for that accolade but I’ll start. North - Edinburgh, Scotland (55°55’N) South - Sydney, Australia (33°52’S) East - Cape Byron, Australia (153°38’E) West - Vancouver, Canada (123°10’W) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/2 "2003-12-09T12:59:22Z")
North - Kupio, Finland South - Jakarta, Indonesia East - Seoul, Korea West - island of Oahu, Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/3 "2003-12-09T13:02:51Z")
I think I ought to post just to show how pathetic my experience of the world has been. North: Denver, Colorado West: San Diego, California East: Austin, Texas South: Austin, Texas That is really sad. Oh, well. I’m still young, and now I have a goal for when I someday have money: TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/4 "2003-12-09T13:08:48Z")
Looking over my above post, two other shocking things came to mind. 1. I think my current location (Arlington, in the middle of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex) is farther east than Austin. :smack: 2. **I have never seen the FUCKING OCEAN in my entire life**. I was young, but I don’t recall seing it when we were in San Diego, so I honestly think I have never laid eyes on the ocean. Sad… sad… ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/5 "2003-12-09T13:17:26Z")
North - Sioux Narrows, Ont. South - Orlando FL East - Boston MA West - Pt. Mugu CA Pretty pathetic, isn’t it? I’ve never left the continent (not counting vertically) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/6 "2003-12-09T13:26:03Z")
North: John O’Groats, Scotland ( **58:38N** , 2:59W) South: Singapore ( **1:19N** , 103:49E East: Tokyo, Japan (35:45N, **139:48E** ) West: Portland, OR, USA (45:27N, **122:33W** ) [This site](http://www.multimap.com/map/home.cgi?client=public&db=w3&overviewmap=w3) is very useful, as it’s visual as well as giving you the coordinates. ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/7 "2003-12-09T13:33:37Z")
North= Orkney Islands, Scotland (59 N or thereabouts) South= Invercargill, New Zealand (46:24 S) East= Suva, Fiji (178:25 E) West= Wahiawa, Hawaii, USA (158:01 W) If only I’d taken them up on that trip to Reykjavik… ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/8 "2003-12-09T13:46:55Z")
North: Just north of the Idaho-Canada line (49° 0’ N) South: Mexico City, Mexico (19° 24’ N) East: Merida, Mexico (89° 38’ W) East (within US): Wichita, Kansas (97° 25’ W) West: Crescent City, California (124° 12’ W) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/9 "2003-12-09T13:52:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CaptBushido \* > \*\* > > 1. **I have never seen the FUCKING OCEAN in my entire life**. I was young, but I don’t recall seing it when we were in San Diego, so I honestly think I have never laid eyes on the ocean. Sad… sad… \*\* Dude, drive to the Gulf of Mexico (qualifies as Ocean for me, although technically it’s not). North: Edinburgh 55° 55’N South: Buenos Aires 34° 35’ S Um, also what would be considered the extremes for East and West? Is it in relation to my current location, the Prime Meridian, or the International Dateline? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/10 "2003-12-09T13:54:31Z")
Furthest north: Helsinki, Finland (60n10, 24e58). Furthest west: Tofino, BC, Canada (49n09, 125w54) Furthest south: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, south of Big Sur, California, USA (which is 36n16, 121w48). Furthest East: Helsinki (again). Would like to go to: Australia and New Zealand. Among other places. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/11 "2003-12-09T13:59:44Z")
North: Bellingham, WA 48° 48’ N South: Honolulu, HI 21° 20’ N East: Bangor, ME 68° 50’ W West: Wahiawa, HI 158° 2’ W ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/12 "2003-12-09T14:01:05Z")
North: Bangor, Maine, USA South: Tegucigalpa, Honduras East: Somewhere along the Maine coast, USA, but I don’t know a city or town name to check. West: Just over the Texas state line after driving west from Lake Charles, LA. I have no idea where I chose to turn around, but that is likely it. I don’t win. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/13 "2003-12-09T14:16:56Z")
Not going to win either, but: North: Brora, Scotland: 58.01° N South: Tampa, FL (near the Westshore Plaza area): 27.94° N West: Pacifica, CA: 122.49° W East: Noisy-le-Sec, France: 2.46° E No, I don’t know what I was up to in Brora, either. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/14 "2003-12-09T14:25:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\* > Um, also what would be considered the extremes for East and West? Is it in relation to my current location, the Prime Meridian, or the International Dateline? \*\* It’s in relation to the prime meridian - the highest number wins. Of course some will be at an advantage due to their location but thems the breaks. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/15 "2003-12-09T14:39:26Z")
North - Point Barrow, Alaska South - Machu Picchu, Peru East - Izmir, Turkey West - Twelve Disciples, Australia ---
**Author:** ![pipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/16 "2003-12-09T14:40:47Z")
North: Prince Rupert, Canada 54:35:42N South: Lumsden, NZ 45:43:06S East: Taveuni, Fiji 180 E West: Taveuni, Fiji 180 W I guess I’m at least assured a tie in the East/West sub-category… ---
**Author:** ![The13thUnicorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@The13thUnicorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The13thUnicorn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/17 "2003-12-09T14:45:11Z")
North: Wabasca-Demerais, AB Canada West: Tofino, BC, Canada South and East: Cancun, Mexico Though I was also in La Baie, PQ Canada and it’s almost the same east as Cancun. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/18 "2003-12-09T14:55:19Z")
Nice one **pipper**. It must have been fun jumping back and forward from today to yesterday and back to tomorrow (my head hurts). I presume that the line itself dodges around land. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/19 "2003-12-09T14:55:49Z")
Mine’s not great either. North: Inverness, Scotland 57 South: Ixtapa, Mexico 17 East: Stuttgart, Germany 9 West: Bodega Bay, California -123 ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/20 "2003-12-09T14:57:59Z")
Seattle, WA = N Somewhere in Puerto Rico = S Cape May, NJ = E Seattle WA = W [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898.md?page=2)