In your state, how long does it take

[Yavin4]

to travel from the farthest point North to the farthest point South and from the farthest point East to the farthest point West.

Choose the most efficient mode of travel.

[Major Nikon]

1. Most efficient can mean many things

The fastest mode of travel I own is my airplane in which I normally cruise at about 135 knots true airspeed. Texas is 686 nautical miles in length and 672 nautical miles in width. Assuming no winds (and that's never the case), it would take a little over 5 hours to fly north to south and a little under 5 hours to fly east to west.

[Scuba]

2. Well, walking is the most efficient mode of travel, so ...

Kenosha, Wisconsin to Superior is ~420 miles. At 4MPH that means a 105 hour walk.


From Manitowoc to Hudson is ~300 miles, so about a 75 hour walk.

[WinkyDink]

3. PA has no train service to speak of, so car: N-S, about 4-5 hours; E-W, maybe 8-9.

[LiberalEsto]

6. You mean there is no rail link between Philly and Pittsburgh?

There should be, IMHO.

[WinkyDink]

14. Amtrak, see link below. HOWEVER, there's a heckuva lot of PA that isn't either city!

http://keystonepolitics.com/2013/02/philly-pittsburgh-amtrak-is-price-competitive-with-the-turnpike/

[pipi_k]

4. Travel time in my state

Using the most efficient mode of travel...less than two seconds

[antiquie]

12. +

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. By "efficient" do you mean the fastest? Or the most energy-saving?

Or the best combination of both?

An airplane would be the fastest, and a small airplane, while not as fast as a jet, would be both fast and fuel-efficient. I could probably travel the length of my state (MN) in less than two hours that way.

[handmade34]

7. to through-hike the Long Trail?

(273 miles) average time estimated is 26 to 30 days

to drive I-91 (173 miles) Derby Line to Guilford, approx. 2 3/4 hours (longer after a snowstorm)

[csziggy]

8. To get from the most north western corner to the southernmost tip of Florida

According to Google Maps takes 13 hours 16 minutes by road for the 856 mile distance.

To fly from Pensacola to Key West takes $431 and 3 hours and 15 minutes.

I couldn't get Google Maps to tell my how long it would take by boat.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. 11 hours, from Erie, MI to Iron Mountain, MI

Unless you make pit stops, then it takes longer.

[rurallib]

10. Iowa's @ 300 miles X 250 miles

So figure about 5 hours east => west and 4+ north => south.

your choice here is pretty much auto or to ask some farmer if he has a plane.

edit to add - in the year before the caucus you might be able to hitch a ride in the Republican clown car - it is all over the state right now.

[olddots]

11. a very long pogo stick journey thru California

Allow a few months and many massages .

[tabbycat31]

13. Per Google Maps

North (Montague Township, NJ) to south (Cape May, NJ)

3 hours 24 minutes (205 miles)

East to west I'm going to use the route that's by me (it's the most narrow part of the state but conveniently is an interstate highway). Trenton to Belmar takes about an hour (I've driven it God knows how many times). (The highway cuts the state in half and is unofficially known as NJ's Mason Dixon line).

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. In our state there's really no good reason to do that.

[A HERETIC I AM]

16. 813 from Key West to Pensacola, FL.

That is just 20 or so miles shorter than the distance from Pensacola to Chicago.

The route via highways is basically US-1 to I-95 to the FL Turnpike to I-75 to I-10 West.

I-10 from the Alabama line to where it ends at the junction of I 95 near downtown Jacksonville is 362 miles.

A little interstate/state trivia;

It is almost exactly the same distance across Tennessee via I-40 as it is across Nebraska via I-80.

It is 4/100ths of a mile farther across Nebraska! (455.28 vs 455.32)

The most efficient mode of travel in FL depends on the terrain. In some areas it is via Airboat!