i’m curious to know how far everyone has traveled.

what is the most eastern, western, northern and southern place youve been in the US

Potentially 4 places. Or maybe less if you haven’t travelled and have repeats. ideally list the towns or maybe share something behind the visit


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  2. Most southern would be down the street from the Bunghole Liquor Store in Key West. (Is that place still there?)

    Northern would be in Alaska near Denali.

    EDIT-Western would be the tip of the Kenai Peninsula probably

    Eastern I think would be Salem Mass

  3. Canadian border in North Dakota

    Washington DC

    Mexican border at Del Rio, TX

    Pacific Ocean in Oregon

  4. Eastern: Bar Harbor, Maine

    Western: Cannon Beach, Oregon

    Northern: Fargo, North Dakota 

    Southern: Downtown Miami, Florida

  5. Northern Most: Burlington, Washington

    Southern Most: Newport Beach, California

    Eastern Most: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Western Most: Port Orford, Oregon

  6. Western- Kauai 

    Eastern- Boston 

    Northern- North Cascades NP

    Southern- Everglades NP

    Had no clue Kauai was as south of Florida TIL

  7. West – Honolulu, HI

    North – Driven across the border of WA/Canada so 49 N

    South – Sarasota, FL

    East – Boston, MA

    Too bad I haven’t made it to Alaska yet! that’d be more North and West.

    Edit: South is actually southern tip of the big island of HI.

  10. Boston, Ruby Beach (WA), Whitefish Point (or maybe also Ruby Besch), Ft. Meyer’s (FL)

  11. North: Bayfield, Wisconsin (Wisconsin Lake Superior coast)

    South: Sanibel Island, Florida

    East: NYC

    West: LA

  13. Let’s see here…

    Furthest East: mid-coast Maine (my parents live there).

    Furthest West: Redwoods National Park / Trinidad (very-Northern California, almost to Oregon).

    Furthest North: Seattle, Washington

    Furthest South: South Padre Island, Texas (a dump).

  14. Never considered myself super well traveled but now that I think of it I’ve been to Maine, LA, Hawaii, and Florida, so almost the farthest point for each. At least the continental US

  15. Southernmost, Southernmost Point, Key West
    Easternmost, Cape Cod
    Northernmost, likely the US-Canada border in northern Vermont
    Westernmost, San Francisco

    Though on reflection, I suppose I could argue San Juan for both southernmost and easternmost.

  17. I’ve been to anchorage so that’s northern and westernmost, key west farthest south and bar harbor farthest east

    Highly recommend skiing at alyeska resort in anchorage, leaf peeping in Maine and scuba diving in the keys!

  18. East: New York City

    West: Los Angeles

    North: technically it’s Minneapolis but I was a kid and don’t remember it so I’m going with Nauvoo, Illinois

    South: New Orleans

  19. Southern and western are both somewhere on Oahu in Hawaii. Northern would be Seattle. Eastern would be Boston.

  20. South: South Point Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. Allegedly this is the southernmost point of the US – i5 has a beautiful green sand beach, but you just first traverse a desert to get there (or hitch a ride on a jeep).

    West: Honolulu. I moved to Hawaii on a one way ticket, and to be honest seeing how expensive everything was in Honolulu, I doubted my choice. But once I landed on the Big Island, I felt a sign of relief at how laid back it was. And then later that day I discovered flying cockroaches exist, when I was hanging out at a friend of a friend’s house.

    North: Northern Vermont, very close to the Canadian border. It was in the mountains and the thermometer read negative 24 degrees.

    East: some lake in Maine, or maybe Provincetown on Cape Cod. Both great childhood vacations.

  21. Northern: New York/Canada border south of Montreal.
    Western: San Francisco
    Southern: Key West Florida
    Eastern: Boston

  22. Most north: Mackinac Island, MI
    Most south: Orlando, FL
    Most east: Emerald Isle, NC
    Most west: Denver, CO

  23. Eastern: Outer Banks of North Carolina (I guess technically Newark, NJ, but I was only there for a connecting flight so I don’t count it)

    Southern: Cape Canaveral, Florida

    Western: The length of US101 between Astoria, Oregon and Redwood NP, California

    Northern: Seattle, Washington

    I have also visited the geographic center of the ~~US~~ contiguous 48 states near Lebanon, Kansas.

  24. North – Seattle

    South – Miami

    East – Portland, ME

    West – San Francisco

  25. North is probably Glacier National Park in Montana, technically, but I was a small child and don’t really remember that trip. Furthest west I think was Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho.

    Furthest south is somewhere around Orlando, Florida. Furthest east is Rockland, Maine.

  26. North: Blaine WA (border crossing)

    West: Hawaii (Kauai)

    South: Hawaii or maybe Florida

    East: Boston I guess?

  27. Oregon, New York, Minnesota, Florida (Although I’ve also been to Canada and Mexico.) I’m from Illinois.

  28. I’ve swam in Lake Eerie, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic, and the Pacific. Weird flex but I’m proud of having swam on the border at all four cardinal directions.

    Honolulu is the furthest south and west. Missoula, Montana is probably the furthest north. Maybe Detroit, I’d have to look at a map but I think Missoula is further north. East is Washington, DC.

  29. Northern Most: San Juan Islands, Washington

    Western Most: Coos Bay, Oregon

    Eastern Most: Bronx, NYC

    Southern Most: Tampa, Florida

  30. East: Bar Harbor, Maine.
    West: Honolulu, Hawaii.
    North: Stowe, Vermont
    South: Key West, Florida

    The only state I’ve not been to is Alaska.

  32. Northern: Derby VT

    Eastern: Lubec ME

    Southern: Jacksonville FL

    Western; Minneapolis MN – I know I need to do some traveling out west.

  35. I’ve been to West Quoddy Head the easternmost point in the U.S.

    The furthest south I’ve been is Orlando.

    The furthest west I’ve been is Chicago.

    The furthest north I’ve been is Fort Kent, Maine.

    I probably have most people beat on east and north.

  38. Eastern: the border of Maine and New Hampshire, on a canoe trip.

    Southern: Grand Isle, Louisiana – or San Juan, Puerto Rico, if you consider a territory of the US to be part of the US.

    Western: San Francisco, California

    Northern: Ely, Minnesota

    I look well traveled by that list, but I have been to very few places in between these four spots!

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