Oddities of geography (linear, cities, cemetery)

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

The Southernmost point of NJ (Cape May) is further South than Baltimore and basically the exact same latitude as the Washington Monument in DC

I closest city borders of NYC and Philadelphia are less than 47 miles apart (Staten Island to NE Philly)

i was going to post this one

[Kar54]

1. Colorado, Wyoming and Utah are the only states which have no natural political borders. Their boundaries are defined solely by lines of latitude and longitude.

2. The San Luis Valley in south central Colorado is approximately 8,000 square miles, larger than the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined (6,757 sq. miles).

[brent6969]

Atlanta is west of Cleveland and Detroit, yet those ares are considered the "Midwest"??

[GunnerTHB]

Originally Posted by GunnerTHB

Cairo is also 30 miles farther south than Richmond, VA

You can travel from Benton, MO to Northeastern Louisiana and never go up or down a natural hill.

Both the highest and lowest points in the state of Missouri are in Southeast Missouri.

Both Missouri & Tennessee border 8 states including each other.

Kentucky is only one state away from Canada.

The capitol of Missouri (Jefferson City) is not served by an interstate.

Reelfoot lake (Near Tiptonville, TN) is one of the only naturally created lakes in the South. It was created by an earthquake (New Madrid earthquake of 1812).

Adding to this, while Missouri has both of it's highest and lowest points in the state in the Southeast part, the neighboring state of Illinois is the opposite. The highest point in Illinois is on the northern border of the state while the lowest point is at Cairo, at the southern tip of the state. They are separated by 477 miles and the drive between the two would take 8 and a half hours.

Brownsville, TX is only 50 miles closer to Dallas than it is to Mexico City.

The Missouri Bootheel is part of Missouri because of the lobbying of one man.

[Pine to Vine]

Pittsburgh is closer to Detroit than to Philadelphia.

El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than to Beaumont.

New York is roughly as far south as Rome.

The US and Russia are 2.5 miles apart.

The smallest county in the world is Vatican City at 0.2 square miles. The largest is Russia with 6,591,027 square miles.

Newfoundland sets its clocks 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of NYC.

[cBach]

The whole state of Florida is south of of the southernmost point of California.

The southern tip of Louisiana is further south than Daytona Beach, FL.

Dallas and Atlanta are about the same latitude as Los Angeles.

[kidphilly]

[quote=jm02;22924381]Pittsburgh is closer to Detroit than to Philadelphia.

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This one surprised me.

More on Detroit, you can head south from the city into Canada


All the Texas ones are interesting, what a large state

[kidphilly]

Also, The northernmost part of WV is further North than DT Manhattan


Also DC is further west of NYC than it is South.

Boston is ~200 miles east of DC, considerably further east than it is North of DC

DC is also 75 miles west of Philadelphia while only about 48 miles South

Also on DC, the closest point of WV to DC is less than 20 miles from the district border

One other thing that I find interesting is that the Philadelphia and the Norfolk MSAs both share the Chesepeake Bay as part of their metro (Along with DC and Baltimore)

[brent6969]

Atlanta is closer to Chicago than it is Miami.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by brent6969

Atlanta is closer to Chicago than it is Miami.

Wow, never would have thought this in a million years, interesting

In looking at a map quickly Atlanta appears closer to Chicago than NYC, possibly Philly as well, though is close