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So I got bored, and decided to make a map showing the furthest I've been in each cardinal direction, as well as highest and lowest elevation. I decided to go by east and west from my place of birth, rather than by coordinates (since using Hawaii and Japan for west and east would imply I've traveled all over the world).

I also found that my trans-Pacific flights took me over the Aleutian islands. While this is interesting, I never saw the Aleutians, so I decided to ignore flying.

So, here are my coordinates for my box:
Furthest north: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada 49.079422, -113.962505
      By air: Unimak Island, Alaska: 54.839253, -163.951450
Furthest south: Ka Lae, Hawaii: 18.911010, -155.681322
Furthest east: Cocoa Beach, Florida: 28.312817, -80.607554
                    By coordinates: Kessenuma Coast, Miyagi, Japan: 38.907024, 141.652085
Furthest west: Iwakuni Station, Yamaguchi, Japan: 34.172019, 132.225311
                      By coordinates: Off the Napali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii: 22.117602, -159.738301
Highest elevation (excluding flights): Pike's Peak, Colorado: 14,115 feet (4,302 m)
Lowest elevation (excluding nothing): Death Valley Furnace Creek Visitor Center: 190 feet (58 m) below sea level

Which gives me this nice little box:



Spent my whole life in that box. :/

So, where are the edges of your box? Leave a comment below, and I'll try to make a map for you!

Well, let's see, the farthest south I've been would be Batam, the farthest north being, depending on your definition, either Bangkok, Thailand or Pine Island, Minnesota (Which would also be my farthest West) and my farthest east would be Penang. I've not had a very.....adventurous life.

P.S should probably specify I live in Singapore.

P.P.S the highest point would probably be Mount Faber at 105M and the lowest point (in my life would be three months ago haha is joke is funny) is I suspect the bottom of Stevens MRT Station, about...40m if I remember correctly?

My home is in or around the Tampa Bay Area of Florida.
The furthest north I've been is Talkeetna, AK
The furthest south I've been is Key West, FL
The furthest east I've been is the beach adjacent to the Lowest Bar in the World, on the northwest coast of the Dead Sea, in the West Bank, and it's also the lowest place I've been.
The furthest west I've been is Homer, AK
The highest place I've been is probably... on a hill just west of Jicarita Peak in New Mexico, so... 11,000 feet approximately.

Well, let's see, the farthest south I've been would be Batam, the farthest north being, depending on your definition, either Bangkok, Thailand or Pine Island, Minnesota (Which would also be my farthest West) and my farthest east would be Penang. I've not had a very.....adventurous life.

P.S should probably specify I live in Singapore.

P.P.S the highest point would probably be Mount Faber at 105M and the lowest point (in my life would be three months ago haha is joke is funny) is I suspect the bottom of Stevens MRT Station, about...40m if I remember correctly?

Not sure how Bangkok is more north than Minnesota under any definition.

Anyhow, here it is:

Well, because I've only been to Pine Island once but I get your point.

Good lord, If I had not been to the States my box would be laughably small.

Huh, my box doesn't intersect any of the ones posted so far.

The northernmost point I have visited is in Inverness, Scotland while the westernmost would be in Paisley (although I can't exclude the possibility of some aircraft maneuvres taking me slightly further west)


The easternmost point I have visited is in Wieliczka, near Kraków in Poland.

The southernmost point is the one I can pinpoint most easily, being on the Italian A4 road just south of Verona.

The highest point I have been is, boringly, the highest point of the Brenner motorway, at about 1340 m, while the highest point I have reached on foot is the peak of the Brocken mountain, at 1141 m. As far as I can tell the lowest I have been so far was around sea level.

I live in the general vicinity of Berlin, Germany.

Farthest north: Trollstigen, Norway
Farthest south: southern coast of Tahiti Nui, French Polynesia
Farthest east: Berlin, Germany
Farthest west: Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Highest elevation: Zugspitze, Bavaria, Germany
Lowest elevation: New Orleans, LA, USA

I think.

(I know that the farthest/furthest distinction is prescriptivist bs but I did it anyway lol)

Edit: and I'm from Los Angeles, CA, USA

Furthest south I've been is Stirling Point. That's just below Bluff, NZ.

East-most would be somewhere in Tonga. I can't recall where, exactly.

The furthest north and west would be around London. I know we went to Cambridge but we were mostly in London.

Highest point I'm guessing is Mount Ruapehu. The High Noon Express goes up to 2,322m and I know I've done that run.

Lowest, I'm assuming was the Chunnel to Paris from London. So that's about 75m below sea level?

My home is in or around the Tampa Bay Area of Florida.
The furthest north I've been is Talkeetna, AK
The furthest south I've been is Key West, FL
The furthest east I've been is the beach adjacent to the Lowest Bar in the World, on the northwest coast of the Dead Sea, in the West Bank, and it's also the lowest place I've been.
The furthest west I've been is Homer, AK
The highest place I've been is probably... on a hill just west of Jicarita Peak in New Mexico, so... 11,000 feet approximately.

Hey, I live pretty close to Jicarta Peak! Never been there though.



Sorry about the wait, I needed a new projection.

Huh, my box doesn't intersect any of the ones posted so far.

The northernmost point I have visited is in Inverness, Scotland while the westernmost would be in Paisley (although I can't exclude the possibility of some aircraft maneuvres taking me slightly further west)


The easternmost point I have visited is in Wieliczka, near Kraków in Poland.

The southernmost point is the one I can pinpoint most easily, being on the Italian A4 road just south of Verona.

The highest point I have been is, boringly, the highest point of the Brenner motorway, at about 1340 m, while the highest point I have reached on foot is the peak of the Brocken mountain, at 1141 m. As far as I can tell the lowest I have been so far was around sea level.

I live in the general vicinity of Berlin, Germany.

Your box doesn't seem to intersect much of anything, but you have a lot of locations for such a small area.

Mine's pretty pathetic:

Farthest north: San Jose, CA
Farthest south: San Diego, CA
Farthest west: pretty sure it's still San Jose, CA
Farthest east: Phoenix, AZ

I mean, to which box are you referring?  I have several boxes sitting around my apartment right now.  Let's see...there's a couple west of me in my bedroom, and I believe there's 1 north of me in my living room (the lights are off and I can't bother to turn them on to check for such a trivial thing).

In all seriousness, mine's a fun one simply because of the eastern part.

Farthest north: Colville, WA
Farthest south: Vista, CA
Farthest West:Newport/Coo's Bay OR
Farthest East: Orlando, FL

Sorry about the wait, I needed a new projection.

Oof, I hope you can get a good map splitting Eurasia.

North - a lighthouse on Unst, Shetland, about 61°N. I've flown over the Canadian arctic, but I gather we're not counting that.
South - near Balclutha, NZ, about 46°15′S
I have been round the world so E-W are slightly moot, but I think Auckland NZ and Sacred Falls HI are the extreme landfall points.

I'm guessing that will intersect with almost everyone.

Interesting concept. I currently live in Austin, Texas.

Furthest north: Essen, Germany
Furthest south: Chichen-Itza, Mexico
Furthest east: Termoli, Italy
Furthest west: Tucson, Arizona
Highest elevation: Pikes Peak, Colorado
Lowest elevation: New Orleans, Louisiana