# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/121 "2003-12-12T23:32:03Z")
I know I won’t win anything, but what the hey. North: Portland vicinity, Oregon approx. 45:30N South: San Antonio, TX 29:24N East: Cape Cod Bay area, MA roughly 7:30W West: Bandon, OR 124:25W > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ataraxy22 \* > **Hell, Norway** Is that where [this photo](http://www.daveocean.com/tac/images/fun/finallyhappened.jpg) came from? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/122 "2003-12-13T00:00:11Z")
North:somwhere in Scotland South:don’t know … looking at a world map it’d be Indiana maybe? East:Rome West:Seattle I need to get out more often ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/123 "2003-12-13T06:55:15Z")
All in North America, but in the spirit of partcipation, here they are anyway… North and West: Murphy Dome AFS, AK 65.08222° N 148.28182° W South: Crystal River, FL 28.90359° N 82.59436° W East: Virginia Beach, VA 36.85500° N 75.98630° W -mdf ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/124 "2003-12-13T07:26:44Z")
Looking at a map and recalling what little travel experience I’ve had…I rarely leave the state of New York and the only time I’ve ever traveled a considerable distance was when I was very young on a trip to Florida. North: Montreal, Quebec South: Fort Lauderdale, Florida East: somewhere in New Hampshire (can’t remember where exactly) West: Jacksonville, Florida ---
**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/125 "2003-12-13T08:07:59Z")
Hmm. I’m not well travelled, but… North: Yellowknife, NWT South: Chicago, USA East: Halifax, NS West: Victoria, BC ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/126 "2003-12-13T08:46:22Z")
49:03:33N, 88:02:55W - North of Nipigon Bay, in Ontario Canada 43:08:20S, 147:51:09E - Port Arthur, Tasmania 33:49:21S, 151:18:07E - Manly, NSW 33:57:15N, 118:20:28W - LA, CA Traveled West to reach my farthest East location. The farthest east I have traveled, is to Madras, India, 12:59:56N, 80:10:29E. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/127 "2003-12-13T11:16:10Z")
North- Does flying over the pole count? Then The Netherlands East- That would be The Netherlands as well. In the US I’ve been to all the Eastern seaboard. West- Somewhere in the pacific ocean just west of Hawaii on a cruise ship. South- Bogota, Colombia ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898/128 "2003-12-13T19:02:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cityboy916 \* > **Cape Cod Bay area, MA roughly 7:30W** :smack: That should be 70:30W. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-north-south-east-and-west-youve-been/217898.md?page=6)