A while back I drove from Key West to Mobile and was surprised at how long of a drive you could take in Florida. It doesn't seem like a big state, but from Key West to the I-10 border crossing it's 840 miles. That's taking the straight and fast Google Maps way with no sidetracks.
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Southernmost+Point,+South+Street,+Key+West,+FL&daddr=I-10&hl=en&sll=24.567108,-81.760254&sspn=0.156434,0.216637&geocode=FcCMdgEdnd4f-yHdS9mchdNd2inrsw5O3LbRiDHdS9mchdNd2g%3BFbGE0gEdYTLK-g&oq=southernmost+Key+West,+FL&t=h&mra=ls&z=6
That got me thinking about what's the longest Google Mappable A to B route you could take within a state. Is it possible to drive straight within one state for more than a day?
Here's what I came up with in CA...
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=I-8+W&daddr=Hwy+101+N%2FUS-101+N%2FOregon+Coast+Hwy&hl=en&sll=40.199855,-74.696045&sspn=0.525503,0.866547&geocode=FT1m8wEdVRIr-Q%3BFU_YgAIdY7uY-A&oq=key+west&t=h&mra=ls&z=5
You can probably do longer in CA if you play around with the end points. Or maybe you can get even longer in TX or MT. For the sake of directness, I'd say if there are multiple suggested routes, it should be the first suggestion. What do you guys think?
I asked it for directions from Deadhorse, Alaska, to Homer and it returned 1,072 miles and 26 hours: http://goo.gl/maps/XUfFS
If I change it to end in Unalaska it becomes 1,864 miles and 77 hours, but there's a lengthy ferry transit so I'm not sure that should really count.
Massachusetts: 4 hours and 47 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/zTECL)
Rhode Island: 1 hour and 25 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/fUc63)
You will probably be able to get slightly longer.
From Pocomoke City, MD to the Cumberland Gap is about 586 miles via US 13 & 58, and almost all through Virginia.
I can push the FL one to 873 miles: https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Southernmost+Point,+South+Street,+Key+West,+FL&daddr=Jakes+Rd&hl=en&ll=28.149503,-83.188477&spn=11.532792,19.753418&sll=30.980258,-87.579403&sspn=0.043858,0.077162&geocode=FcCMdgEdnd4f-yHdS9mchdNd2inrsw5O3LbRiDHdS9mchdNd2g%3BFWLi2AEdUpTH-g&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=14&z=6.
In Texas we all heard about I-10 being well over 800 miles. In addition over one third of I-10 national routing is in the Lone Star State. El Paso is closer to the beach at Santa Monica, CA then it is to the TX/LA border on I-10, and the four states of FL, AL, MS, and LA that I-10 travel through with the mileage being totaled there is still less than all of I-10 in Texas.
In Florida, I have to agree that from Key West to Pensacola in Florida is like driving I-10 in Texas.
In Delaware, believe it or not its longest route (US 13) does exceed 100 miles despite that it would to appear not.
Here's one I got for New Jersey: http://goo.gl/maps/GIyvv
3 hours, 207-211 miles. (yours may differ)
Quote from: 1 on October 15, 2013, 04:18:24 PM
Massachusetts: 4 hours and 47 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/zTECL)
Rhode Island: 1 hour and 25 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/fUc63)
You will probably be able to get slightly longer.
Three miles more for MA (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Province+Lands+Rd&daddr=NW+Hill+Rd&hl=en&ll=42.256984,-71.586914&spn=2.423119,4.938354&sll=42.753063,-73.149719&sspn=0.15025,0.308647&geocode=FQ_OgQIdMJHQ-w%3BFaw-jAIdhl2i-w&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=12&t=m&z=8). The RI one doesn't count, it goes thru MA :P.
Quote from: MrDisco99 on October 15, 2013, 04:07:56 PM
A while back I drove from Key West to Mobile and was surprised at how long of a drive you could take in Florida. It doesn't seem like a big state, but from Key West to the I-10 border crossing it's 840 miles. That's taking the straight and fast Google Maps way with no sidetracks.
I fell into that trap once. I was in Mobile at 2 and figured I'd be in Tampa for dinner. Florida is, by that measure, larger than Texas. I-10 goes up to the 820s in exit numbers, IIRC.
I once tried to see if any US route in any state was once over 1000 miles. given that routes tend to get shorter due to realignments going through, as opposed to around, terrain, I would imagine that there are some. US-101 in California is currently 790 miles. add in the 131 from San Ysidro to East LA and you're up to 921, so it is a distinct possibility that the very first US-101 alignment was over 1000.
the overall California picture (Oregon at Brookings, to Arizona at Yuma) suggests 1011 to me, as opposed to 1016, but we may have gotten our endpoints slightly wrong. it is the logical longest A-B in the state.
the logical Montana span is 763 miles: US-212 at the eastern Wyoming crossing, to US-2 entering Idaho. this does not span the state completely (tripoint to tripoint) but the western end is definitely unserved by major roads, and the eastern end may be as well.
as for Texas, Anthony (exit 0 on I-10) to Texarkana or Anthony to the Louisiana line on I-10 would be logical. this gives rise to the possibility that the very first routing of TX-1 (El Paso to Texarkana via DFW) may have been over 1000 miles.
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 15, 2013, 04:13:40 PM
I asked it for directions from Deadhorse, Alaska, to Homer and it returned 1,072 miles and 26 hours: http://goo.gl/maps/XUfFS
If I change it to end in Unalaska it becomes 1,864 miles and 77 hours, but there's a lengthy ferry transit so I'm not sure that should really count.
Yeah I didn't bother with AK since I didn't have much time to play around with this and don't know how much of that state has actual mappable roads through it. Nice find.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on October 15, 2013, 04:21:29 PM
I can push the FL one to 873 miles: https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Southernmost+Point,+South+Street,+Key+West,+FL&daddr=Jakes+Rd&hl=en&ll=28.149503,-83.188477&spn=11.532792,19.753418&sll=30.980258,-87.579403&sspn=0.043858,0.077162&geocode=FcCMdgEdnd4f-yHdS9mchdNd2inrsw5O3LbRiDHdS9mchdNd2g%3BFWLi2AEdUpTH-g&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=14&z=6.
Yeah I just posted the actual route I drove. Yours is tweaked probably about as well as it can be.
PS- sorry about the long links in the OP. My office network blocks short URLs.
Maryland: South of Ocean City (Although the road goes further if you have 4WD) to US-219 south of Oakland: 331 Miles: http://goo.gl/maps/NE5qr
I assume the intent of this thread is that normally you don't enter another state but that situations where the only way in or out is via another state (either an actual exclave or a situation where the only roads go to another state even though the area isn't a true exclave) are a valid exception born of necessity.
Doing that, I got 646 miles from a point in extreme southwestern North Carolina to a street in the village of Ocracoke. It requires driving into Tennessee for less than a mile since there's a tiny little area of North Carolina that's connected by road only to Tennessee and Georgia. http://goo.gl/maps/vjYbY
Quote from: Thing 342 on October 15, 2013, 04:20:05 PM
From Pocomoke City, MD to the Cumberland Gap is about 586 miles via US 13 & 58, and almost all through Virginia.
I beat that one by dropping the destination pin a short ways south of there at Chincoteague. The map shows a road going onto the beach, although the satellite view suggests there's no real road there. It gave me 615 miles via the first option, although that route does go into Tennessee for a short time. If I drag the Tennessee part north to keep it entirely in Virginia, it becomes 616 miles.
http://goo.gl/maps/6xqh7
QuoteI-10 goes up to the 820s in exit numbers, IIRC.
880 at the Sabine River Turnaround.
Can't get to Google Maps out here, but theoretically for Minnesota, the longest would either be New Albin, IA (MN 26 at the Iowa line) to Noyes (US 75 at the Canadian border) or the MN/SD/IA tri-point to Grand Portage.
Virginia's would most likely be Cumberland Gap to Greenbackville.
Vermont's would likely be Pownal to Canaan (and for the latter, specifically where River Rd crosses the NH line).
Quote from: froggie on October 15, 2013, 04:50:00 PM
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Virginia's would most likely be Cumberland Gap to Greenbackville.
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I just tried that and it listed the distance as being one mile shorter than the distance to Chincoteague I noted above, but as I also mentioned, I'm not sure you can actually drive to the point it offered me. Still, following a strict interpretation of the original post compels me to note the difference between "Google Mappable" and "driveable"!
New Hampshire:
New Hampshire: 5 hours 9 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/uRPqy)
Here's my best for Louisiana: http://goo.gl/maps/3Xp5J
Venice, LA to a place near Springhill, LA
483 miles, 7 hours and 33 minutes
Cape May, NJ to Port Jervis, NY is 214 miles. This being all in New Jersey naturally, but for a very small state it is surprising. I lived there all my life up until age 25 and never knew you can drive over 200 miles in close to a straight line as by way of the crow its 166 miles long from the tip of Cape May to the NW corner near High Point Monument.
In Illinois, it's from Cairo to East Dubuque or Zion.
Cairo -> East Dubuque 486 mi, 7.75 hours (faster to go via Iowa)
Cairo -> Zion 418 mi, 6.5 hours
In Michigan, another deceptively large state, it's from New Buffalo or Luna Pier to Copper Harbor or Ironwood.
Luna Pier -> Copper Harbor 635 mi, 10.5 hours
New Buffalo -> Copper Harbor 657 mi, 11 hours (faster to go via Wisconsin)
Luna Pier -> Ironwood 662.5 mi, 10 hours
New Buffalo -> Ironwood 656 mi, 10.75 hours (much faster to go via Wisconsin)
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 15, 2013, 04:47:20 PM
I assume the intent of this thread is that normally you don't enter another state but that situations where the only way in or out is via another state (either an actual exclave or a situation where the only roads go to another state even though the area isn't a true exclave) are a valid exception born of necessity.
Actually my original intent was measuring mileage strictly within state boundaries. However, it would be interesting to see what some of those results would look like.
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 15, 2013, 04:56:12 PM
Still, following a strict interpretation of the original post compels me to note the difference between "Google Mappable" and "driveable"!
I'd said Google Mappable for the sake of settling any disputes about "straightness" but that is a fair point. ;)
Quote from: MrDisco99 on October 15, 2013, 05:04:21 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 15, 2013, 04:47:20 PM
I assume the intent of this thread is that normally you don't enter another state but that situations where the only way in or out is via another state (either an actual exclave or a situation where the only roads go to another state even though the area isn't a true exclave) are a valid exception born of necessity.
Actually my original intent was measuring mileage strictly within state boundaries. However, it would be interesting to see what some of those results would look like.
In that case, the North Carolina example I linked would be one mile shorter. :-D
Metaline Falls, WA to Cape Flattery Lighthouse, Clallam, WA: 567 miles, 10 hours 19 minutes.
One thing to consider is that texas is really tall too. typing in texline tx to brownsville tx on the google gives me a distance of 899 miles
Quote from: corco on October 15, 2013, 05:49:36 PM
One thing to consider is that texas is really tall too. typing in texline tx to brownsville tx on the google gives me a distance of 899 miles
Is not US 83 almost 900 miles?
As far as Indiana is concerned, from the Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area in southern Posey County up to Clear Lake in northeastern Steuben County it is 381 miles (6 1/2 hours) along I-69 or the future I-69 corridor, plus SRs 69, 62 and 120.
Speaking solely in terms of unedited routes between populated places (which is what I assume we're doing), the longest I could come up with in South Dakota distance-wise was 562 miles from Dakota Dunes in the jut near Sioux City to Camp Crook near the northwestern corner of the state (link (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Dakota+Dunes,+SD&daddr=Camp+Crook,+SD&hl=en&ll=44.040219,-100.228271&spn=4.619673,10.821533&sll=44.158563,-100.019531&sspn=4.610445,10.821533&geocode=FcdOiAId7Ls_-ikn1vPKfQaOhzFGORk9TDW-yw%3BFcEKtwIdAHnN-SnZ1eg27hAuUzGzjIRU7I2nQQ&oq=Camp+Crook,+sd&mra=ls&t=m&z=7)). Time-wise, this route (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Ardmore,+SD&daddr=White+Rock,+SD&hl=en&ll=44.472991,-100.118408&spn=4.585832,10.821533&sll=44.040219,-100.228271&sspn=4.619673,10.821533&geocode=FZVskAIdhlTS-SnNHP1gklZjhzFL1FY1B1zYUg%3BFdOhvAIdqG4--imVESeiYPnLUjHX2w4cG8RdEg&oq=White+Rock&mra=ls&t=m&z=7) from Ardmore in the southwest to White Rock in the northeast seems to be the longest, at 8 hours and 39 minutes.
For North Dakota, the longest in terms of both distance and time is from Marmarth in the southwest to Pembina at the Canadian border in the east. It is 545 miles long and takes 7 hours and 39 minutes thanks to the inconvenient northwest-to-southeast direction of US 12 through the southwestern corner of the state (link (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Marmarth,+ND&daddr=Pembina,+ND&hl=en&ll=47.376035,-100.733643&spn=4.352143,10.821533&sll=46.293578,-103.909636&sspn=0.034694,0.084543&geocode=Fd5nwgIdhkvO-SnTaq8Ab5gvUzGsGZhOmUnJjQ%3BFegq6wId5C00-imrIAIQJmXBUjFfcjoUx9NjhQ&oq=Pembina,+ND&mra=ls&t=m&z=7)).
Quote from: roadman65 on October 15, 2013, 06:11:48 PM
Quote from: corco on October 15, 2013, 05:49:36 PM
One thing to consider is that texas is really tall too. typing in texline tx to brownsville tx on the google gives me a distance of 899 miles
Is not US 83 almost 900 miles?
According to my not-so-quick Google Maps figuring, it is 894 miles (14 hours, 49 minutes).
Here's 1 hour 34 min for Rhode Island, staying within state borders.
https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!4m18!3m17!1m5!1sSakonnet+Point+Club%2C+11+Bluff+Head+Ave%2C+Little+Compton%2C+RI+02837!2s0x89e5a8033ab79505%3A0x87af0bde844cfe98!3m2!3d41.464709!4d-71.195867!1m1!1swatch+hill!3m8!1m3!1d366045!2d-71.7105106!3d41.7641415!3m2!1i1280!2i738!4f13.1&fid=0
I dropped a pin in far southwestern Kentucky, near the Tennessee state line and the Mississippi River (but not in Kentucky Bend to keep the route all in the state) and I dropped another pin at the easternmost route I could find in Pike County near the Virginia state line.
Results here: http://goo.gl/maps/jlnjQ
I first tried dropping a pin up in northeastern Kentucky in Greenup County, where the Ohio River makes a big bend, but the distance was shorter than the Pike County location.
Georgia: Shorter than I thought I'd be able to get, honestly. From the east end of SR 40 in St. Mary's to the end of Bible Gulf Rd in Menlo is 464 miles (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d208242!2d-85.398621!3d34.7201087!4m22!3m21!1m4!3m2!3d34.7080069!4d-85.5015349!6e2!1m5!1sSt+Marys+St+E%2C+St+Marys%2C+GA+31558!2s0x88e50225876aa257%3A0x16a53bcf1005872d!3m2!3d30.7203351!4d-81.5485712!2e0!3m8!1m3!1d3243!2d-85.5695263!3d34.9838178!3m2!1i1238!2i762!4f13.1&fid=0). The northwest end is actually a couple miles away from the state line; trying to go any farther resulted in the preferred route going through either Alabama or Tennessee (usually I-24 through Chattanooga).
Idaho: Eastport (northern border) to Henrys Lake (borders Montana, near Targhee Pass and Yellowstone NP) 892 miles thru Idaho, only 483 miles thru Montana.
For Ohio, i get roughly 330 miles from Oh 7/Ohio 531 in Conneaut to US 50 where it crosses I-275 just before both duck into Indiana (west side of Cincinnati) as the longest distance in the same state
How do you get 892? The most, I guess, direct way would be via the interstates, which coems to 864. Going what I would use as the fastest way, knowing Idaho, via US 20, comes to 839, and then the shortest and most scenic way comes to 828. Add 5 to those because I was calculating to Porthill instead of Eastport.
Ohhh wait, did you use I-84 to US 95 instead of 84->55->95? I guess that's valid since in New Meadows from US 95 south at the 95/55 junction, you're directed to stay on 95 to get to Boise for some (deprecated) reason, but I think most folks would take 55. In that case I think your 892 number uses Oregon 201- 889 is using US 95 on the Idaho side of the river, though Oregon 201 is faster for going from Weiser to the freeway.
Also, why does the Goog hate Idaho 33 through INL so much? That's wide open 65 zone in about as middle of nowhere as you can get.
Idaho is weird though- it's such a disconnected state from end to end- there's a reason Northern Idaho hates Boise.
Alabama: Dauphin Island (S of Mobile) to Stevenson in the NE corner of the state, 421 miles
https://www.google.com/maps/preview?ie=UTF-8&hl=en#!data=!4m18!3m17!1m1!1sDauphin+Island%2C+AL!1m5!1sStevenson%2C+AL!2s0x8861b95b6cb31eb7%3A0xb250968f43d90d40!3m2!3d34.8686932!4d-85.8394199!3m8!1m3!1d2907414!2d-86.9440251!3d32.636081!3m2!1i1152!2i649!4f13.1&fid=0
Connecticut: 151 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/ha3sF), 2 hr 29 minutes (11 hours in traffic :-)
New York: 548 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/5m5Gh), 8:57
Hawaii: 122 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/o6vV9), 2:36
Quote from: kurumi on October 16, 2013, 01:18:47 AM
New York: 548 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/5m5Gh), 8:57
554 if you make the minimum change to force it to stay in New York (i.e. adding a point on the Tappan Zee).
Though frankly the exactness of the start point is rather silly IMO, taking advantage of details of the Goog's algorithms.
Here's the longest I could find in Texas: http://goo.gl/maps/J7EMc
It's 942 miles, 14 hours and 26 minutes
NE of El Paso to East of Burkeville
I tried north to south. From a spot near TX/NM/OK border to Boca Chica Beach east of Brownsville:
930 miles, 14 hours and 24 minutes
Quote from: ctsignguy on October 15, 2013, 10:26:51 PM
For Ohio, i get roughly 330 miles from Oh 7/Ohio 531 in Conneaut to US 50 where it crosses I-275 just before both duck into Indiana (west side of Cincinnati) as the longest distance in the same state
As far as longest top Google suggested route in the same state goes, I played around with that basic route and found one that's 350 miles from a point on US 52 southeast of Cincinnati to the OH/PA border on US 20. This is due to Google preferring to take 52 back to Cincinnati before heading northeast.
5 hours, 35 minutes (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=US-52+W&daddr=E+Main+Rd&hl=en&ll=40.128491,-82.067871&spn=4.409495,9.459229&sll=41.94749,-80.517898&sspn=0.016757,0.03695&geocode=FcjhTwId0qH--g%3BFRYDgAIdPV4z-w&oq=conn&gl=us&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=15&t=m&z=7)
Oklahoma is a state almost as wide as Texas from end to end, thanks to the Panhandle.
From Kenton, OK (at the foot of Black Mesa in the Panhandle) to Tom, OK (in the SE corner) is 629 miles, all but about 25 of it along OK-3. From the New Mexico border to the Arkansas border makes it 636 miles along this route.
Teh Googles also takes you along better roads through Oklahoma (US 412, Indian Nation Turnpike, etc.) which stretches the mileage from border to border to 660 miles. A third suggested route gets you there almost exclusively through Texas via Amarillo and Wichita Falls. All three routes will take you about 10 1/2 hours, plus or minus a few minutes.
Wow, I managed to squeeze a 400 mile route within a single region of Spain. Thanks, Andalusia (https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=RM-333&daddr=37.2381678,-1.894177+to:Carretera+desconocida&ll=37.317752,-4.273682&spn=5.206661,9.876709&sll=37.37824,-1.631749&sspn=0.005081,0.009645&geocode=FSBVOgIdIRTn_w%3BFZc1OAId3xjj_ylLJ1zqYdR6DTH4W2RR0veCJw%3BFWsMPQIdjTaN_w&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=17&t=m&z=7&via=1).
I tried to do Chile, but even where there is a connection without ferries (say, the corner at the Bolivia border, down to Puerto Montt), Google Maps refuses to do the routing.
Forget that and go to China. This route is all within Tibet (https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=214%E5%9B%BD%E9%81%93&daddr=219%E5%9B%BD%E9%81%93&ie=UTF8&ll=31.578535,89.187012&spn=11.145554,19.753418&sll=34.875088,79.986477&sspn=0.041968,0.077162&geocode=FbwXugEdov3gBQ%3BFWEuFAIdOLXEBA&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=14&t=m&z=6), and falls 22 miles short of the 2,000 mark.
Edit: Whoa, This route (https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=Carretera+desconocida&daddr=42.09368685459105,114.36301812529564+to:%E4%BC%8A%E5%A5%87%E6%AE%B5&ie=UTF8&ll=47.576526,112.983398&spn=17.681422,39.506836&sll=52.858352,120.414276&sspn=0.49419,1.234589&geocode=FZa5hwIdNdfNBQ%3BFXZMggIdigrRBinrN6cCJbj4NTH9XZzO42I7Lw%3BFftFJQMdC6UnBw&mra=luc&via=1&t=m&z=5) peaks at almost 2,400 miles long all the way in Inner Mongolia. I had to modify the route in order to avoid entering Hebei.
this is approximately the longest you can drive on the planet, period.
http://goo.gl/maps/ExY4J
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, to Magadan, Russia. nearly 24000 kilometers.
there is a ferry across the Red Sea, because it appears the Egypt/Israel border is closed - at least, Google refuses to route through it. the all-land "political concerns get fucked" distance probably tips it over 24000.
there may be other ferries across rivers which I wasn't paying too close attention to.
btw, Google Maps is astonishingly useless in South America.
7392 miles from Deadhorse to the north end of the Darien Gap in Panama. calculating from the south end of that gap (Turbo, Colombia) to even Santiago, Chile is not possible for whatever reason. I know it can be done on the Pan-Am, but I am too lazy to figure out how.
Quote from: Road Hog on October 17, 2013, 08:09:46 AM
From Kenton, OK (at the foot of Black Mesa in the Panhandle) to Tom, OK (in the SE corner) is 629 miles, all but about 25 of it along OK-3. From the New Mexico border to the Arkansas border makes it 636 miles along this route.
You can add another mile if you ditch OK-3 at Idabel, then take US-259 south, then OK-87 east to the Arkansas line.
Quote from: Zeffy on October 15, 2013, 04:25:21 PM
Here's one I got for New Jersey: http://goo.gl/maps/GIyvv
3 hours, 207-211 miles. (yours may differ)
You cheated with a reroute! Here's 215 with no reroute: http://goo.gl/maps/hzQ0T
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 17, 2013, 05:45:15 PM
this is approximately the longest you can drive on the planet, period.
http://goo.gl/maps/ExY4J
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, to Magadan, Russia. nearly 24000 kilometers.
there is a ferry across the Red Sea, because it appears the Egypt/Israel border is closed - at least, Google refuses to route through it. the all-land "political concerns get fucked" distance probably tips it over 24000.
there may be other ferries across rivers which I wasn't paying too close attention to.
+2 hours, +127 kilometers. Not yet at 24000 though.
http://goo.gl/maps/bgVOq
Quote from: 1 on October 18, 2013, 03:10:38 PM
+2 hours, +127 kilometers. Not yet at 24000 though.
http://goo.gl/maps/bgVOq
still uses that ferry.
for some reason, Google maps refuses to route across certain borders. Jordan-Iraq for example. in fact, it doesn't even show the
existence of particular border crossings: I cannot find any between Israel and Jordan, even though other sources clearly state that they exist.
I think, given the size of Egypt, you can probably get the Cape-Magadan run over 25000 if you avoid the ferry. you just have to go through several states which Google Maps apparently refuses to give full diplomatic recognition to. in conclusion: go fuck yourself, Google Maps.
I got it to 24,006 using that ferry by moving the start point around the Cape Town area and by moving the end point to what Google Maps shows as the west end of a coast road that may or may not actually run out of Magadan only to dead-end to the west. (I have no idea whether it really exists and am construing it from the standpoint of what is "Google Mappable.")
http://goo.gl/maps/l00Je
Edited to add: The OP said we're not allowed to drag the route around to extend the route, which is fair for the "within a state" distance. In terms of South Africa to Magadan I decided to see if I could push it over 40,000 km, however, subject the proviso of not doubling back for any significant distance (which prevented a side trip to the UK). I came up with this route of 40,773 km:
http://goo.gl/maps/eMTcr
Surely I could make it a whole lot longer without too much difficulty, but I didn't see much point. It refused to let me drag the route around to the east from Pakistan without going all the way back. I guess the Himalaya obstacle is simply too severe. There is a road from Nepal to Tibet, but I read somewhere the Chinese do not allow vehicles to cross.
Quote from: kurumi on October 16, 2013, 01:18:47 AM
Connecticut: 151 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/ha3sF), 2 hr 29 minutes (11 hours in traffic :-)
New York: 548 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/5m5Gh), 8:57
Hawaii: 122 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/o6vV9), 2:36
The New York one goes through New Jersey and Pennsylvania. If you start at Montauk Point and follow the Thruway (I-87/I-90) all the way to the Pennsylvania border, it's 615 miles.
Quote from: dgolub on October 18, 2013, 07:29:30 PM
The New York one goes through New Jersey and Pennsylvania. If you start at Montauk Point and follow the Thruway (I-87/I-90) all the way to the Pennsylvania border, it's 615 miles.
But the Goog doesn't route you along the Thruway all the way (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=I-90+E&daddr=42.016401,-76.575509+to:42.0095319,-76.5048325+to:41.0700411,-73.8947302+to:Montauk+Point+State+Pkwy&hl=en&ll=41.360319,-75.915527&spn=6.686221,14.512939&sll=42.002175,-76.554365&sspn=0.051728,0.113382&geocode=FZu4hAId0-4--w%3BFZEegQId64xv-ymtdkEaQAzQiTG7syQMAvSHdA%3BFbsDgQIdAKFw-yl1xwTbtAvQiTGQxHGXH59MGQ%3BFdmtcgIdtnSY-yk7MmeHRurCiTHTR4Qdp3FzFg%3BFUKwcgId94O3-w&mra=dpe&mrsp=2&sz=14&via=1,2,3&t=m&z=7) (minimally modified to avoid PA and NJ). Still, this gives you 558, vs. 554 for starting on NY 18.
Trying to figure out which is the longer diagonal in Arkansas: Gravette to Eudora or St. Francis to Ravanna. The former is the faster because it's mostly interstate or expresway, hands down.
Quote from: dgolub on October 18, 2013, 07:29:30 PM
Quote from: kurumi on October 16, 2013, 01:18:47 AM
Connecticut: 151 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/ha3sF), 2 hr 29 minutes (11 hours in traffic :-)
New York: 548 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/5m5Gh), 8:57
Hawaii: 122 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/o6vV9), 2:36
The New York one goes through New Jersey and Pennsylvania. If you start at Montauk Point and follow the Thruway (I-87/I-90) all the way to the Pennsylvania border, it's 615 miles.
The Thruway isn't the most direct route between NYC and Syracuse though (both points within the route) - NY 17 to I-81 is. I'm sure we can get any state into the 1000s with enough zig-zags.
http://goo.gl/maps/LlR4U
I noticed this on Kurumi's CT route. Very close to his start point in Thompson, CT, is Gore Road in neighboring Douglas, MA. The road briefly crosses into the northeast corner of Thompson, hence the small stone marker shown here. It's also along the very brief CT/MA border which goes N/S like this. ---> |
As for Maine's longest intrastate route, it would undoubtedly have to start in Kittery, with either I-95 or US Route 1. Perhaps the entire run of US Route 1 itself would be the winner at 527 miles/848 km? :hmmm:
US 1 also goes out of the way; the longest direct I can come up with is 432 miles, from Kittery to Estcourt Station, using a modification to keep the route in the US.
http://goo.gl/maps/VCmmK
Might be fun to do Canadian provinces. Those distances can be pretty big, but Nunavut's is probably surprisingly small due to the lack of roads up there.
Chihuahua: 13 hours 2 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/rncdH) for time
964 km for distance by changing the endpoint to the border on Mexico 2
Nova Scotia: 809 km, 9 hours 29 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/NyGYh)
It is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE to beat 809 miles for Nova Scotia.
Looks like I got 2,386 km for Ontario: http://goo.gl/maps/CgJbA
Quote from: vdeane on October 19, 2013, 05:25:20 PM
Looks like I got 2,386 km for Ontario: http://goo.gl/maps/CgJbA
Found a road that is further away (2489 km): http://goo.gl/maps/ilml5
Quote from: 1 on October 19, 2013, 04:18:06 PM
Nova Scotia: 809 km, 9 hours 29 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/NyGYh)
It is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE to beat 809 miles for Nova Scotia.
No shit? Since that's only 503 miles, there's no way to get 809.
Quote from: Steve on October 17, 2013, 09:21:53 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on October 15, 2013, 04:25:21 PM
Here's one I got for New Jersey: http://goo.gl/maps/GIyvv
3 hours, 207-211 miles. (yours may differ)
You cheated with a reroute! Here's 215 with no reroute: http://goo.gl/maps/hzQ0T
Where did I cheat? I can't find it...
Quote from: Zeffy on October 19, 2013, 11:35:00 PM
Quote from: Steve on October 17, 2013, 09:21:53 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on October 15, 2013, 04:25:21 PM
Here's one I got for New Jersey: http://goo.gl/maps/GIyvv
3 hours, 207-211 miles. (yours may differ)
You cheated with a reroute! Here's 215 with no reroute: http://goo.gl/maps/hzQ0T
Where did I cheat? I can't find it...
See the dot? That means it was rerouted.
Quote from: Zeffy on October 19, 2013, 11:35:00 PM
Where did I cheat? I can't find it...
QuoteVia NJ-23 S/State Rte 23 S - remove
All of Panama: 913 km, 11 hours 53 minutes
http://goo.gl/maps/jK1pE
All of the Dominican Republic: 496 km, 6 hours 20 minutes
http://goo.gl/maps/EinjT
All of China: 4,221 miles (6,793 kilometers), 67 hours: https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=314%E5%9B%BD%E9%81%93&daddr=109%E5%8E%BF%E9%81%93&ie=UTF8&ll=39.368279,105.292969&spn=40.188532,79.013672&sll=48.260856,134.672599&sspn=0.017028,0.038581&geocode=FatNMgId-wR_BA%3BFXhu4AIdWxIHCA&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=15&t=m&z=4
And why not, all of Russia! From Finnish border near the Norway/Russia/Finland to Ola near Magadan: 7,294 miles (11,739 km), 145 hours: https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=%D0%A010&daddr=%D0%A0482&ie=UTF8&ll=59.355596,85.605469&spn=56.176654,158.027344&sll=59.583892,151.345596&sspn=0.103594,0.308647&geocode=FW5XGwQdTgSyAQ%3BFSYljQMd5W4ECQ&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=12&t=m&z=3. Does include a ferry in the road to Magadan, though.
Quote from: kurumi on October 16, 2013, 01:18:47 AM
Connecticut: 151 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/ha3sF), 2 hr 29 minutes (11 hours in traffic :-)
New York: 548 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/5m5Gh), 8:57
Hawaii: 122 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/o6vV9), 2:36
New York
551 miles, 9 hours 4 minutes
http://goo.gl/maps/CaAgz
Here is the longest i could find for New South Wales:
http://goo.gl/maps/cS2ZO (http://goo.gl/maps/cS2ZO)
For Western Australia:
http://goo.gl/maps/8sqkT (http://goo.gl/maps/8sqkT)
Quote from: national highway 1 on October 20, 2013, 08:46:08 PM
Here is the longest i could find for New South Wales:
http://goo.gl/maps/cS2ZO (http://goo.gl/maps/cS2ZO)
For Western Australia:
http://goo.gl/maps/8sqkT (http://goo.gl/maps/8sqkT)
Better for New South Wales, and no cheating (which you did): http://goo.gl/maps/1Hs9r
Quote from: Thing 342 on October 15, 2013, 04:38:40 PM
Maryland: South of Ocean City (Although the road goes further if you have 4WD) to US-219 south of Oakland: 331 Miles: http://goo.gl/maps/NE5qr
You can do even longer if you start from Md. 12 or U.S. 13 at the Md./Va. border. But you have to cheat (as Steve put it) to stay inside the state.
Google maps wants you to take the Capital Beltway, I-66 in Virginia to I-81 to U.S. 48 (!) all the way to Scherr, then W.Va. 93 to W.Va. 42 to U.S. 50 at Mount Storm, then back into Maryland, across Backbone Mountain to U.S. 219 then south to the W.Va. border near Silver Lake, W.Va.
Quote from: froggie on October 15, 2013, 04:50:00 PM
Can't get to Google Maps out here, but theoretically for Minnesota, the longest would either be New Albin, IA (MN 26 at the Iowa line) to Noyes (US 75 at the Canadian border) or the MN/SD/IA tri-point to Grand Portage.
The MN-SD-IA tripoint to the end of Sag Lake Trail (a spur of the Gunflint Trail) is actually longer at 576 miles, versus the tripoint to Grand Portage at 562 miles (the quick and dirty way of just using the interstates). Noyes to New Albin, at 547 miles if you route it all in MN, is out of the question.
Here's the longest possible route in Minnesota, unless someone can think of something longer. http://goo.gl/maps/jJX1Y
Quote from: 1 on October 20, 2013, 09:49:29 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on October 20, 2013, 08:46:08 PM
Here is the longest i could find for New South Wales:
http://goo.gl/maps/cS2ZO (http://goo.gl/maps/cS2ZO)
For Western Australia:
http://goo.gl/maps/8sqkT (http://goo.gl/maps/8sqkT)
Better for New South Wales, and no cheating (which you did): http://goo.gl/maps/1Hs9r
Your starting point is in Victoria! :ded:
The link you posted starts in Victoria and crosses the border into NSW... :meh:
Quote from: hbelkins on October 15, 2013, 08:44:56 PM
I dropped a pin in far southwestern Kentucky, near the Tennessee state line and the Mississippi River (but not in Kentucky Bend to keep the route all in the state) and I dropped another pin at the easternmost route I could find in Pike County near the Virginia state line.
Results here: http://goo.gl/maps/jlnjQ
I first tried dropping a pin up in northeastern Kentucky in Greenup County, where the Ohio River makes a big bend, but the distance was shorter than the Pike County location.
Yours dips into Tennessee, though.
I tried a variation on that (the short URL is broken for me for some reason), starting from KY 971 at the Tennessee state line a couple miles east: https://www.google.com/maps?saddr=State+Hwy+971&daddr=Lower+Elk+Creek&hl=en&ll=36.490869,-89.132767&spn=0.247309,0.628967&sll=37.503913,-82.018658&sspn=0.001907,0.004914&geocode=FZ_zLAIdqSqs-g%3BFQFBPAIdb38c-w&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&t=m&z=11
Decided to try this as to the District of Columbia. The furthest I could get was 17.5 miles, although the route Google gave me is not possible at all times because it uses a reversible portion of Rock Creek Parkway.
http://goo.gl/maps/0HFAZ
Quote from: national highway 1 on October 21, 2013, 03:15:06 AM
Quote from: 1 on October 20, 2013, 09:49:29 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on October 20, 2013, 08:46:08 PM
Here is the longest i could find for New South Wales:
http://goo.gl/maps/cS2ZO (http://goo.gl/maps/cS2ZO)
For Western Australia:
http://goo.gl/maps/8sqkT (http://goo.gl/maps/8sqkT)
Better for New South Wales, and no cheating (which you did): http://goo.gl/maps/1Hs9r
Your starting point is in Victoria! :ded:
The link you posted starts in Victoria and crosses the border into NSW... :meh:
I didn't see a dashed line separating them.
Quote from: Molandfreak on October 20, 2013, 11:42:26 PM
Here's the longest possible route in Minnesota, unless someone can think of something longer. http://goo.gl/maps/jJX1Y
http://goo.gl/maps/gPRrA : changed starting point: +9 miles, +12 minutes
Quote from: 1 on October 21, 2013, 03:32:39 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on October 20, 2013, 11:42:26 PM
Here's the longest possible route in Minnesota, unless someone can think of something longer. http://goo.gl/maps/jJX1Y
http://goo.gl/maps/gPRrA : changed starting point: +9 miles, +12 minutes
Nice!
(plus, don't pay any attention to the fact that goog says Sag Lake Trail is a private road. I've driven it)
Quote from: vdeane on October 19, 2013, 03:29:04 PMMight be fun to do Canadian provinces. Those distances can be pretty big, but Nunavut's is probably surprisingly small due to the lack of roads up there.
The three largest provinces :
Québec : 1,450 miles/31 hours
http://goo.gl/maps/6qMG2
Ontario : 1,305 miles/23 hours
http://goo.gl/maps/B4YdX
British Columbia : 1,251 miles/25 hours
http://goo.gl/maps/Hryma
Quote from: webfil on October 21, 2013, 04:29:09 PM
Ontario : 1,305 miles/23 hours
http://goo.gl/maps/B4YdX
Up to Windigo Lake via Pickle Lake is a lot further than straight to Manitoba.
Quote from: 1 on October 19, 2013, 05:40:11 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/ilml5
Are ice roads allowed? I can add about 20 miles onto Ontario using the Weagamow Lake Ice Road.
Quote from: webfil on October 21, 2013, 04:29:09 PM
Ontario : 1,305 miles/23 hours
http://goo.gl/maps/B4YdX
Beat by over 200 miles:
Quote from: 1 on October 19, 2013, 05:40:11 PM
Quote from: vdeane on October 19, 2013, 05:25:20 PM
Looks like I got 2,386 km for Ontario: http://goo.gl/maps/CgJbA
Found a road that is further away (2489 km): http://goo.gl/maps/ilml5
Note: it's not cheating if it's the minimum necessary to stay in state/province.
Quote from: 1 on October 19, 2013, 04:18:06 PM
Nova Scotia: 809 km, 9 hours 29 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/NyGYh)
It is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE to beat 809 km for Nova Scotia.
Fixing your quote (miles->km)
QuoteLITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE
I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.
http://goo.gl/maps/mfxZx
I got 907 miles for Manitoba. 19 hours, 10 minutes. http://goo.gl/maps/wTjEf
Again, ice roads?
Quote from: Steve on October 21, 2013, 09:05:51 PM
Quote from: 1 on October 19, 2013, 04:18:06 PM
Nova Scotia: 809 km, 9 hours 29 minutes (http://goo.gl/maps/NyGYh)
It is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE to beat 809 km for Nova Scotia.
Fixing your quote (miles->km)
QuoteLITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE
I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.
http://goo.gl/maps/mfxZx
It may be possible to beat 809 km, but it actually is literally impossible to beat 809 miles.
For Wisconsin, the longest distance in as straight a line as possible using county, state, us and interstate highways is from Russell Rd (IL State Line) at Wis 32 in Pleasant Prairie to US 2 Bong Bridge in Superior.
Quickest route (via I-94, I-894, I-94, US 53, US 2) - 436 miles, 6 hrs 32 min
Quote from: 1 on October 22, 2013, 03:58:49 PM
It may be possible to beat 809 km, but it actually is literally impossible to beat 809 miles.
That's fair. It is also literally impossible to beat 50,000 miles for longest A to B anywhere on this planet.
Since you guys started looking at other countries, I took a shot at Britain. It could be longer if ferries to Scilly or Orkney were allowed, but I decided to stop at the beaches. This clocks in at 843 miles, 13h 55m... about the same as Florida :D
http://goo.gl/maps/XJfzL
And here's Ireland: 589km, 8h 20m.
http://goo.gl/maps/n94EI
Moving the northerly endpoint just across the Lough to the east adds another 100km or so, but not only does it route through "the north" but also through motorways via Dublin which seems to me a silly diversion off course, regardless of how narrow the westerly route may be.
Also I like the idea of a Cape Town-Magadan road trip. It may be useful to have multiple spare tires, months off, and passports for that one.
I don't think the OP ever actually prohibited ferries. I was the one who first mentioned a ferry. I had measured out a distance in Alaska of over 1,000 miles and said I could push it to 1,800-some miles over 70-something hours by moving the endpoint to Unalaska, but that it probably shouldn't count because it uses a very long ferry ride. The reasons I thought it shouldn't count were that (a) the time factor is clearly out of whack on a ferry like that because it doesn't take 77 hours to drive 1,800 miles and (b) the ferry ultimately takes you to a dead end (can't go further than Unalaska) that requires you to turn around and ride the same lengthy ferry right back where you started from.
The ferry across the Red Sea others have mentioned is far more direct, for example, and I think it'd be reasonable to count something like that. I suppose it might be reasonable to count the Euroshuttle (or whatever the current name is for the auto train that uses the Chunnel) and the ferry from North Sydney to Port-aux-Basques that connects Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. All of those are major through routes and you can keep on going after riding them.
Someday, when the Bering Strait is bridged and the Darien Gap is filled, you'll be able to drive from Cape Town to Ushuaia. :sombrero:
Quote from: MrDisco99 on October 24, 2013, 05:14:42 PM
Since you guys started looking at other countries, I took a shot at Britain.
Similarly, from the southern tip of Sweden to the northernmost point on its highway network (E10 at the Norwegian border north of Kiruna) is about 1,256 miles and 21 hours of driving. There's a fair amount of Swedish territory north of there, but there are no highways in Sweden (there are some in Norway).
Across the sea in Finland, the longest possible trip appears to be from the southern port city of Hangö, to a small secondary road overlooking Norway at about 875 miles and 16 hours.
Speaking of Norway, from Kristiansand on the North Sea to Kirkenes near the Russian border is about 1,700 miles in 35 hours, using an all-Norway route (mostly E6). A more-direct routing is across Sweden and Finland, which reduces the distance to a little less than 1,400 miles in 27 hours.
Longest I could find for Vatican City was 1.1 mi (1.8 km)
http://goo.gl/maps/Yl2de
:D
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 24, 2013, 05:42:16 PM
I don't think the OP ever actually prohibited ferries.
I didn't. I have no problem with routing via ferry if it's realistic, i.e. you can drive on/off, it's fairly frequent, and it's a route that makes sense.
I never mentioned it because for the most part (the interesting Alaska example notwithstanding) it doesn't really apply to US state routings. However, the Red Sea ferry in the "world" routing saves time and distance, and also manages to avoid some trouble spots as well. Makes sense to me.
Quote from: MrDisco99 on October 25, 2013, 03:56:31 PMI never mentioned it because for the most part (the interesting Alaska example notwithstanding) it doesn't really apply to US state routings.
Taking the ferry for this route for Washington (http://goo.gl/maps/1e9va) saves 50 miles, but adds an hour and a half. (The non-ferry route beats what kkt posted on page 1 of this thread by about twenty miles.)
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 25, 2013, 06:09:19 PM
Quote from: MrDisco99 on October 25, 2013, 03:56:31 PMI never mentioned it because for the most part (the interesting Alaska example notwithstanding) it doesn't really apply to US state routings.
Taking the ferry for this route for Washington (http://goo.gl/maps/1e9va) saves 50 miles, but adds an hour and a half. (The non-ferry route beats what kkt posted on page 1 of this thread by about twenty miles.)
Good. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=48.962737,-117.096859&daddr=48.284564,-124.620391&hl=en&sll=48.282379,-124.619722&sspn=0.011552,0.021372&geocode=FbEc6wIdZT4F-Q%3BFZTD4AIdmXGS-A&mra=ls&t=m&z=7 (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=48.962737,-117.096859&daddr=48.284564,-124.620391&hl=en&sll=48.282379,-124.619722&sspn=0.011552,0.021372&geocode=FbEc6wIdZT4F-Q%3BFZTD4AIdmXGS-A&mra=ls&t=m&z=7) gets up to 592 miles.
I don't think it gets any longer than just sticking to US-89 in Utah (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=U.S.+89+N&daddr=38.3259497,-112.2189443+to:39.6375501,-111.4453951+to:40.1954552,-111.6154907+to:40.2297019,-111.6614324+to:40.289291,-111.6915618+to:40.3682178,-111.7605482+to:40.3849612,-111.8169944+to:40.3981383,-111.8495605+to:40.5266809,-111.889186+to:40.550067,-111.8908596+to:40.5766466,-111.8907616+to:40.6066902,-111.8907533+to:40.6603237,-111.8882314+to:40.6946236,-111.8881915+to:40.7135715,-111.8881751+to:40.7428836,-111.888131+to:40.7671365,-111.8881496+to:40.794979,-111.90414+to:40.8408551,-111.9107343+to:40.8890708,-111.8922171+to:41.0821404,-111.9109323+to:41.275262,-111.981647+to:41.3544755,-112.0357436+to:U.S.+89+N%2FN+Bear+Lake+Blvd&hl=en&ll=39.495563,-110.006104&spn=7.602382,16.907959&sll=41.321267,-112.042866&sspn=0.115642,0.264187&geocode=Fb2ZNAIdRIhZ-Q%3BFb3OSAIdwKxP-SmhAFe_lOdKhzGKE1QY-jngvg%3BFS7SXAIdbXpb-SlnNXfGOz9MhzGuY7lWd4Tfyw%3BFX9VZQId_uFY-Sn77FyDTZZNhzFKoyyE_wYVog%3BFUXbZQIdiC5Y-Sk9Umq7VpdNhzHofTZG-HyeSw%3BFQvEZgId17hX-SnBm-E_wJpNhzGOeXdA5A9_6Q%3BFVn4ZwIdXKtW-Skp9nWVAIRNhzFBHuw-qCTUkg%3BFcE5aAId3s5V-SnF44KKo4FNhzG3_oqTp80dbA%3BFTptaAIdqE9V-SlBFJEmLIBNhzEvebXdNccHKA%3BFVhjagId3rRU-SljS8slEYdShzGnO0z7Cag3Aw%3BFbO-agIdVa5U-Sl1c685pYdShzFBL3ZR4Wa1gQ%3BFYYmawIdt65U-SlHUv6z2YdShzGF8sLAFCrixw%3BFeKbawIdv65U-SlznssQRYhShzEIASNbOcWk1A%3BFWNtbAIdmbhU-SnX2-_nJopShzHyxBymcbXYTw%3BFV_zbAIdwbhU-Sn3I1OVWIpShzG9r5wTdf3ALQ%3BFWM9bQId0bhU-SkFcsii6YpShzHCNGWmj9eI2Q%3BFeOvbQId_bhU-Sm7LC_AMPVShzGxf92uGL5Q8A%3BFaAObgId67hU-Sm7kkqVDvVShzHtFFFitpg-pA%3BFWN7bgIddHpU-SkpXH4zM_RShzF6A6-IE1MPZw%3BFZcubwIdsmBU-SnlTSvl-_ZShzFOwqc3x9JvLw%3BFe7qbwIdB6lU-SkbIjH5J_hShzF_ZD5qw9_LKw%3BFRzdcgId7F9U-SmBdPYDBAFThzGeKAeJHIuw9g%3BFX7PdQIdsUtT-SnfMT25QAxThzE43MfQRA0eqQ%3BFesEdwIdYXhS-Skh0i8ChnJThzGNmn-Wa4yrfQ%3BFQbhgAIduQlc-Q&t=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=23&sz=13&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23&z=7). 502 Miles per Google Maps.
Actually, US-89 from Arizona line to US-6, US-6 to I-15, I-15 to I-84 WB, UT-30 west to Nevada line (http://goo.gl/maps/b4ZSH) is longer (though it is circuitous, going around the Great Salt Lake and all). 577 Miles.
Arizona's seems to be AZ-389 at Utah line to US-89A, 89A to US-89, 89 to US-180 near Flagstaff, 180 to I-40, 40 to I-17, 17 to I-10, 10 to AZ-80, 80 to US-191, and US-191 to Mexican border (AKA Colorado City to Douglas (http://goo.gl/maps/CNPX0)). 603 Miles.
Quote from: Rover_0 on October 26, 2013, 02:17:24 AM
I don't think it gets any longer than just sticking to US-89 in Utah (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=U.S.+89+N&daddr=38.3259497,-112.2189443+to:39.6375501,-111.4453951+to:40.1954552,-111.6154907+to:40.2297019,-111.6614324+to:40.289291,-111.6915618+to:40.3682178,-111.7605482+to:40.3849612,-111.8169944+to:40.3981383,-111.8495605+to:40.5266809,-111.889186+to:40.550067,-111.8908596+to:40.5766466,-111.8907616+to:40.6066902,-111.8907533+to:40.6603237,-111.8882314+to:40.6946236,-111.8881915+to:40.7135715,-111.8881751+to:40.7428836,-111.888131+to:40.7671365,-111.8881496+to:40.794979,-111.90414+to:40.8408551,-111.9107343+to:40.8890708,-111.8922171+to:41.0821404,-111.9109323+to:41.275262,-111.981647+to:41.3544755,-112.0357436+to:U.S.+89+N%2FN+Bear+Lake+Blvd&hl=en&ll=39.495563,-110.006104&spn=7.602382,16.907959&sll=41.321267,-112.042866&sspn=0.115642,0.264187&geocode=Fb2ZNAIdRIhZ-Q%3BFb3OSAIdwKxP-SmhAFe_lOdKhzGKE1QY-jngvg%3BFS7SXAIdbXpb-SlnNXfGOz9MhzGuY7lWd4Tfyw%3BFX9VZQId_uFY-Sn77FyDTZZNhzFKoyyE_wYVog%3BFUXbZQIdiC5Y-Sk9Umq7VpdNhzHofTZG-HyeSw%3BFQvEZgId17hX-SnBm-E_wJpNhzGOeXdA5A9_6Q%3BFVn4ZwIdXKtW-Skp9nWVAIRNhzFBHuw-qCTUkg%3BFcE5aAId3s5V-SnF44KKo4FNhzG3_oqTp80dbA%3BFTptaAIdqE9V-SlBFJEmLIBNhzEvebXdNccHKA%3BFVhjagId3rRU-SljS8slEYdShzGnO0z7Cag3Aw%3BFbO-agIdVa5U-Sl1c685pYdShzFBL3ZR4Wa1gQ%3BFYYmawIdt65U-SlHUv6z2YdShzGF8sLAFCrixw%3BFeKbawIdv65U-SlznssQRYhShzEIASNbOcWk1A%3BFWNtbAIdmbhU-SnX2-_nJopShzHyxBymcbXYTw%3BFV_zbAIdwbhU-Sn3I1OVWIpShzG9r5wTdf3ALQ%3BFWM9bQId0bhU-SkFcsii6YpShzHCNGWmj9eI2Q%3BFeOvbQId_bhU-Sm7LC_AMPVShzGxf92uGL5Q8A%3BFaAObgId67hU-Sm7kkqVDvVShzHtFFFitpg-pA%3BFWN7bgIddHpU-SkpXH4zM_RShzF6A6-IE1MPZw%3BFZcubwIdsmBU-SnlTSvl-_ZShzFOwqc3x9JvLw%3BFe7qbwIdB6lU-SkbIjH5J_hShzF_ZD5qw9_LKw%3BFRzdcgId7F9U-SmBdPYDBAFThzGeKAeJHIuw9g%3BFX7PdQIdsUtT-SnfMT25QAxThzE43MfQRA0eqQ%3BFesEdwIdYXhS-Skh0i8ChnJThzGNmn-Wa4yrfQ%3BFQbhgAIduQlc-Q&t=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=23&sz=13&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23&z=7). 502 Miles per Google Maps.
Actually, US-89 from Arizona line to US-6, US-6 to I-15, I-15 to I-84 WB, UT-30 west to Nevada line (http://goo.gl/maps/b4ZSH) is longer (though it is circuitous, going around the Great Salt Lake and all). 577 Miles.
Arizona's seems to be AZ-389 at Utah line to US-89A, 89A to US-89, 89 to US-180 near Flagstaff, 180 to I-40, 40 to I-17, 17 to I-10, 10 to AZ-80, 80 to US-191, and US-191 to Mexican border (AKA Colorado City to Douglas (http://goo.gl/maps/CNPX0)). 603 Miles.
Longer for Arizona: http://goo.gl/maps/hZajm : 639 miles.
You cheated with the second Utah one: WAY too many reroutes.
Quote from: 1 on October 26, 2013, 01:53:40 PM
Quote from: Rover_0 on October 26, 2013, 02:17:24 AM
I don't think it gets any longer than just sticking to US-89 in Utah (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=U.S.+89+N&daddr=38.3259497,-112.2189443+to:39.6375501,-111.4453951+to:40.1954552,-111.6154907+to:40.2297019,-111.6614324+to:40.289291,-111.6915618+to:40.3682178,-111.7605482+to:40.3849612,-111.8169944+to:40.3981383,-111.8495605+to:40.5266809,-111.889186+to:40.550067,-111.8908596+to:40.5766466,-111.8907616+to:40.6066902,-111.8907533+to:40.6603237,-111.8882314+to:40.6946236,-111.8881915+to:40.7135715,-111.8881751+to:40.7428836,-111.888131+to:40.7671365,-111.8881496+to:40.794979,-111.90414+to:40.8408551,-111.9107343+to:40.8890708,-111.8922171+to:41.0821404,-111.9109323+to:41.275262,-111.981647+to:41.3544755,-112.0357436+to:U.S.+89+N%2FN+Bear+Lake+Blvd&hl=en&ll=39.495563,-110.006104&spn=7.602382,16.907959&sll=41.321267,-112.042866&sspn=0.115642,0.264187&geocode=Fb2ZNAIdRIhZ-Q%3BFb3OSAIdwKxP-SmhAFe_lOdKhzGKE1QY-jngvg%3BFS7SXAIdbXpb-SlnNXfGOz9MhzGuY7lWd4Tfyw%3BFX9VZQId_uFY-Sn77FyDTZZNhzFKoyyE_wYVog%3BFUXbZQIdiC5Y-Sk9Umq7VpdNhzHofTZG-HyeSw%3BFQvEZgId17hX-SnBm-E_wJpNhzGOeXdA5A9_6Q%3BFVn4ZwIdXKtW-Skp9nWVAIRNhzFBHuw-qCTUkg%3BFcE5aAId3s5V-SnF44KKo4FNhzG3_oqTp80dbA%3BFTptaAIdqE9V-SlBFJEmLIBNhzEvebXdNccHKA%3BFVhjagId3rRU-SljS8slEYdShzGnO0z7Cag3Aw%3BFbO-agIdVa5U-Sl1c685pYdShzFBL3ZR4Wa1gQ%3BFYYmawIdt65U-SlHUv6z2YdShzGF8sLAFCrixw%3BFeKbawIdv65U-SlznssQRYhShzEIASNbOcWk1A%3BFWNtbAIdmbhU-SnX2-_nJopShzHyxBymcbXYTw%3BFV_zbAIdwbhU-Sn3I1OVWIpShzG9r5wTdf3ALQ%3BFWM9bQId0bhU-SkFcsii6YpShzHCNGWmj9eI2Q%3BFeOvbQId_bhU-Sm7LC_AMPVShzGxf92uGL5Q8A%3BFaAObgId67hU-Sm7kkqVDvVShzHtFFFitpg-pA%3BFWN7bgIddHpU-SkpXH4zM_RShzF6A6-IE1MPZw%3BFZcubwIdsmBU-SnlTSvl-_ZShzFOwqc3x9JvLw%3BFe7qbwIdB6lU-SkbIjH5J_hShzF_ZD5qw9_LKw%3BFRzdcgId7F9U-SmBdPYDBAFThzGeKAeJHIuw9g%3BFX7PdQIdsUtT-SnfMT25QAxThzE43MfQRA0eqQ%3BFesEdwIdYXhS-Skh0i8ChnJThzGNmn-Wa4yrfQ%3BFQbhgAIduQlc-Q&t=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=23&sz=13&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23&z=7). 502 Miles per Google Maps.
Actually, US-89 from Arizona line to US-6, US-6 to I-15, I-15 to I-84 WB, UT-30 west to Nevada line (http://goo.gl/maps/b4ZSH) is longer (though it is circuitous, going around the Great Salt Lake and all). 577 Miles.
Arizona's seems to be AZ-389 at Utah line to US-89A, 89A to US-89, 89 to US-180 near Flagstaff, 180 to I-40, 40 to I-17, 17 to I-10, 10 to AZ-80, 80 to US-191, and US-191 to Mexican border (AKA Colorado City to Douglas (http://goo.gl/maps/CNPX0)). 603 Miles.
Longer for Arizona: http://goo.gl/maps/hZajm : 639 miles.
You cheated with the second Utah one: WAY too many reroutes.
Wasn't sure about the exact rules. And shoot, why didn't I think of sticking to AZ-80?
You don't even need to cheat to get 575 for Utah. Just minimally keep it out of Nevada by adding a point on SR 30.
Quote from: Buck87 on October 24, 2013, 09:16:09 PM
Longest I could find for Vatican City was 1.1 mi (1.8 km)
http://goo.gl/maps/Yl2de
:D
Found 2.2 km: http://goo.gl/maps/5Ai3D
PA: http://goo.gl/maps/URcS6
428 miles using the shortest suggested route by distance (although not the fastest). There are two faster routes that are longer in distance.
Quote from: Molandfreak on October 20, 2013, 11:42:26 PM
Quote from: froggie on October 15, 2013, 04:50:00 PM
Can't get to Google Maps out here, but theoretically for Minnesota, the longest would either be New Albin, IA (MN 26 at the Iowa line) to Noyes (US 75 at the Canadian border) or the MN/SD/IA tri-point to Grand Portage.
The MN-SD-IA tripoint to the end of Sag Lake Trail (a spur of the Gunflint Trail) is actually longer at 576 miles, versus the tripoint to Grand Portage at 562 miles (the quick and dirty way of just using the interstates). Noyes to New Albinat 547 miles if you route it all in MN, is out of the question.
Here's the longest possible route in Minnesota, unless someone can think of something longer. http://goo.gl/maps/jJX1Y
If short jaunts in other states on the route are allowed, the southeast point to the the Northwest Angle is 589 miles.
Quote from: Road Hog on October 24, 2013, 05:51:55 PM
Someday, when the Bering Strait is bridged and the Darien Gap is filled, you'll be able to drive from Cape Town to Ushuaia. :sombrero:
I sure couldn't pay for *that* much gas, I'm doing good to get back and forth to work!
Quote from: webfil on October 21, 2013, 04:29:09 PM
British Columbia : 1,251 miles/25 hours
http://goo.gl/maps/Hryma
Not even close. Try 2,394 km (1,496 mi)/28 hours
http://goo.gl/maps/Y3iSP
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 17, 2013, 05:45:15 PM
this is approximately the longest you can drive on the planet, period.
http://goo.gl/maps/ExY4J
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, to Magadan, Russia. nearly 24000 kilometers.
there is a ferry across the Red Sea, because it appears the Egypt/Israel border is closed - at least, Google refuses to route through it. the all-land "political concerns get fucked" distance probably tips it over 24000.
there may be other ferries across rivers which I wasn't paying too close attention to.
I once did a Cape of Good Hope to Bangkok in Google Earth, and it routed me from Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia west through Sudan, Chad, Cameroon toward Kano, Nigeria, then north through Niger to Algiers, Algeria, then the ferry to Marseille, France, and east through Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India and Myanmar, then finally south into Thailand.
Quote from: Steve on October 21, 2013, 09:05:51 PM
Quote from: 1 on October 19, 2013, 04:18:06 PMLITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE
I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.
http://goo.gl/maps/mfxZx
I can push the route a couple miles more by using either the road West of the endpoint or the one South of it :sombrero:.
Greenland:
http://goo.gl/maps/s0vOa
8.4 km, 19 minutes
Including 8 roundabouts!
Quote from: 1 on December 04, 2013, 04:44:55 PM
Greenland:
http://goo.gl/maps/s0vOa
8.4 km, 19 minutes
Including 8 roundabouts!
And one
golf course, if you make a slight detour.
I am curious to know what the longest A to B is in Rhode Island? I know in Delaware you can travel over 100 miles on US 13 because its long N to S, but the Ocean State is not long nor is it wide either.
Quote from: roadman65 on December 06, 2013, 01:16:19 AM
I am curious to know what the longest A to B is in Rhode Island? I know in Delaware you can travel over 100 miles on US 13 because its long N to S, but the Ocean State is not long nor is it wide either.
Looks like 69.1 miles from NW to SE. The NW corner of RI is surprisingly remote.
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Sakonnet+Yacht+Club,+Sakonnet+Point+Road,+Little+Compton,+RI&daddr=Buck+Hill+Management+Area,+Pascoag,+RI+02859&hl=en&ll=41.735454,-71.464691&spn=0.649714,1.674042&sll=41.72828,-71.485291&sspn=0.649786,1.674042&geocode=Fb60eAIdybLB-yHnsO9gPx_baynfCKX79wfliTHnsO9gPx_baw%3BFYnCgAId4Yq4-yktl-c5wSLkiTGZyGxePryU8g&t=h&mra=ltm&z=10
I-95 is only 43.3 miles crossing RI, according to wiki.
Error: It goes thru MA. However, adjust a bit and you have 69.7 miles (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Sakonnet+Yacht+Club,+Sakonnet+Point+Road,+Little+Compton,+RI&daddr=41.736211,-71.3006439+to:Buck+Hill+Management+Area,+Pascoag,+RI+02859&hl=en&sll=41.735454,-71.464691&sspn=0.662011,1.234589&geocode=Fb60eAIdybLB-yHnsO9gPx_baynfCKX79wfliTHnsO9gPx_baw%3BFRPYfAId3QnA-ynH1ldjL1HkiTE0SJUb9na7RQ%3BFYnCgAId4Yq4-yktl-c5wSLkiTGZyGxePryU8g&t=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=10&via=1&z=10) entirely in RI.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 06, 2013, 05:20:45 AM
Error: It goes thru MA. However, adjust a bit and you have 69.7 miles (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Sakonnet+Yacht+Club,+Sakonnet+Point+Road,+Little+Compton,+RI&daddr=Buck+Hill+Management+Area,+Pascoag,+RI+02859&hl=en&ll=41.735454,-71.464691&spn=0.649714,1.674042&sll=41.72828,-71.485291&sspn=0.649786,1.674042&geocode=Fb60eAIdybLB-yHnsO9gPx_baynfCKX79wfliTHnsO9gPx_baw%3BFYnCgAId4Yq4-yktl-c5wSLkiTGZyGxePryU8g&t=h&mra=ltm&z=10) entirely in RI.
You didn't change it. It's still 69.1, and it's still through MA.
Oops. I have corrected the link.
Interesting that RI could get near 70 miles as I thought it would be more like 50 or even slightly less. However, more interesting that the shorter way is to cut through MA to get from NW to SE.
Quote from: roadman65 on December 06, 2013, 04:51:35 PM
However, more interesting that the shorter way is to cut through MA to get from NW to SE.
It's not, but it's the faster way. Going 77-24-114 gives 68.3 miles. (You need three waypoints to do this, since the Goog wants you to enter 24 from Fish Road for some reason, and it also has you bypass downtown Bristol using 136.)
Also note how the Goog's suggested route takes 146 past Woonie and then angles back down. Its alternate route via Greenville is 3.2 miles and 1 minute shorter.
Anyway, I got 80.8 for RI, since for whatever reason the Goog really doesn't like RI 138. (Waypoints added only where necessary to stay in RI. Remove them if you don't believe me about avoiding RI 138.)
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Shaw+Rd&daddr=41.7365843,-71.2972187+to:41.4463994,-71.7866215+to:Beach+St%2FUS-1+Scenic+N&hl=en&ll=41.52503,-71.279297&spn=0.833811,1.814117&sll=41.692655,-71.228485&sspn=0.207913,0.453529&geocode=FYvjeAIdiDvC-w%3BFYjZfAIdPhfA-ynFrFHDLlHkiTHQS7RaG8w_lA%3BFf9reAIdg5-4-ymFvd7259zliTExCp1Qx9PQHw%3BFYT9dgIdxv-3-w&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1,2&t=m&z=10
The US 1S suggestion it gives me after removing all the points is about 15 miles shorter.
Quote from: vdeane on December 06, 2013, 08:02:18 PM
The US 1S suggestion it gives me after removing all the points is about 15 miles shorter.
But that's not a minimal change from the preferred route. And I make the rules because I have the gold.
Quote from: vdeane on December 06, 2013, 08:02:18 PM
The US 1S suggestion it gives me after removing all the points is about 15 miles shorter.
Yeah, that'd be the RI 138 one. But it's one minute longer (which in reality is completely false). You want something longer that stays inside RI? http://goo.gl/maps/3sndO
Quote from: Steve on December 06, 2013, 10:58:09 PM
Quote from: vdeane on December 06, 2013, 08:02:18 PM
The US 1S suggestion it gives me after removing all the points is about 15 miles shorter.
Yeah, that'd be the RI 138 one. But it's one minute longer (which in reality is completely false). You want something longer that stays inside RI? http://goo.gl/maps/3sndO
http://goo.gl/maps/Wszu2