Farthest North? South? East? West?

“for me, 3 out of the 4 have been backpacking trips (the exception is furthest west)

north: isle royale, michigan

south: ocala national forest, florida

east: katahdin (technically, it would be I-95 on the drive home, but fooey on that)

west: long beach (and vicinity), california (furthest west backpacking is grand canyon national park, arizona)”

“That's a good question.... let's see...

For backpacking,

North - Mt Robson B.C. (just west of Jasper)
East - Beartooths Montana
West - Cape Scott on Vancouver Island, B.C.
South - Sequoia NP in California”

“ha! hodge, your furthest east is almost more west than my furthest west”

“N-Glacier
E-Shenondoah
W-Sequoia
S-Smokies

Been to other places but they were car camping with the ex.”

“General:
North: England
East: Switzerland
West: California
South: Florida

Backpacking:
North: New Hampshire
East: New Hampshire
West: California
South: California”

“Ya CB - I'd have to include other types of vacations to have found myself on the east coast of North America. I really must find some time to reach a bit further in that direction. I can see Colorado nearing the top of my list for a hiking trip
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“ive been on the atlantic ocean in maryland (assateague island), but it was far from the furthest east ive been”

“North: Glacier National Park
South: Great Smoky Mountains NP
East: GSMNP
West: Oregon coast range”

“North: Beartooths, Montana
East: Cumberland Island, Ga.
West: Sequoia NP Ca
South: Ocala NF, Florida”

“hiking trips:
north: moosenee
south: queensland
east: nova scotia
west: arizona”

“Oh yeah, good question Crash.”

“I need a map...”

“North: Coldfoot AK, 50 mi N of the Artic Circle

South: Guantonamo, Cuba

East: Venice, Italy

West: Somewhere in AK I imagine”

“I'll be interested to see just how far west most TTers have come. I suspect that many will have been as far as the continental divide, or the Sierras, and then have stopped before seeing what's out here on the coast”

“i think if i came out to the coast, i would never return home”

“I've been further west and north but it wasn't backpacking.”

“North and East- Cape Spear, Newfoundland Canada
West- Las Vegas, Nevada
South- Antigua”

“west - pacific coast from L.A to NW Olympic Peninsula, mostly car trips with short hikes

south - Floida Keys, car trip with some hikes

north - to beyond Katahdin on a car trip with some hikes

east - job in the Sultanate of Oman which consisted of daily car trips and hikes thru uncharted desert (I was doing the ground charting)
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“West - Tokyo, Japan
South - Jamaica
North - Manitowoc, WI
East - Boston, MA”

“Oh, I forgot about Burmuda. I think it's more Easternly than Newfoundland.

*On second thought, I don't think it is.
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“There's a "West" Coast? I've been to California but I ever saw a Coast.

I'm thinking my "South" is not so South. Is Shenendoah South?

We are talking Backpack, right? GNP & YNP would be North & West. 'Dacks would be East.”

“Well I really didn't backpack Antigua, but I did hike back and forth from the beach bar to the pool bar.........”

“Well if hiking back and forth counts....

N: Isle Royale, MI
E: Roaring Plains W. Va
W: Grand canyon, AZ
S: Drum roll....I think W. Va too. Unless KY is lower.

I also need a map.

It feels so nice to not have anyone around to tear me up for being fuzzy on my geography. Ahhhh. =)”

“i like your style, fwass”

“I got help from Google.”

“N: Isle Royale, MI
S: Frozen Head, TN
W: Sierras, CA
E: WV (can't remember the name, near the Gauley)”

“Hiking? Throw in The Smokys for South, Death Valley, Zion & Bryce for West.”

“North - Adirondack high peaks
South - Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador
East - White Mountains, New Hampshire
West - I've been to Cali, but the farthest West I've backpacked is...hmmm W. Virginia! LOL
Give me a month and it will be Colorado, baby! >:D”

“i belive your furthest east also qualifies as your furthest north, amy”

“Non-backpacking
North & East - Price Edward Island
South - Southern Florida
West - Moline Illinois

Backpacked/hiked
North - Baxter State Park, ME, Davis Pond
East - Baxter State Park, ME, South Turner Mountain
South - Catskill Park, NY, Slide Mountain
West - Taughannock Falls State Park, NY, Taughannock Falls”

“N: Isle Royale, MI
S: Frozen Head, TN
W: Sierras, CA
E: WV (can't remember the name, near the Gauley)”


I just rememberd. My north should probably be Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Ontario. It was a canoe trip, but we did portage a lot.”

“Furthest north visited: 66.373° N
Furthest north backpacked: 64.5099° N (Camp 3 of Yukon trip - Hah! Further north than that Canuck dude Hodgeman!!)

Furthest south visited: about 19.7° N (south of Cancun)
Furthest south backpacked: 36.417° N (upper Mosquito Lake, Sequoia NP)

Furthest east visited: about 70° W long. (Cape Cod)
Furthest east backpacked: about 107.8° (Chicago Basin, CO)

Furthest west visited: Amboise, France (about 0.98° East longitude - trick answer; going as far west toward 0°/360°, right?)
Furthest west backpacked: 138.49° (Camp 2 of Yukon trip)
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“East/West - Can't say - I went around the world so can't tell where one begins and one ends. I did do some hiking in Japan, (climbed Fuji twice) - and some in China (for example: walking along an unmaintained section of the Great Wall).

North - Anchorage. (Farthest North hiking was Nova Scotia).

South: Sydney Australia (did some hiking North of there in Townsville). On this continent it would be somewhere south of Mexico City.”

“ped, if you had to fly westward to get there, then you can count it as your furthest west, and vice versa”