re: Which two states that do not share a border are both closest and farthest apart?

Posted by burdman

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:13 pm to burdman

Noxon, MT to Newport, WA is about an hour and a half. (Approx 80mi)

Cape Flattery, WA to Albion, MT is about 20 hours. Approx (1,250mi)

This post was edited on 5/16/16 at 9:17 pm

Posted by ell_13

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:13 pm to RummelTiger

So the same two states are both the closest to each other without touching and the farthest from each other from furthest ends?

AZ and TX was a terrible guess then. Are you sure you understand it?

Posted by lsu2006

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:14 pm to Strannix

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Colorado and Texas?

I've got to think Kansas and Texas between that little sliver of Oklahoma is closer. And the real answer is probably somewhere in the northeast

Eta: I'm an idiot. Colorado is right across the sliver of Oklahoma as well.

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Posted by RummelTiger

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:15 pm to ell_13

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So the same two states are both the closest to each other without touching and the farthest from each other from furthest ends?

AZ and TX was a terrible guess then. Are you sure you understand it?

lol... Keep thinking about it. You'll get there....or just look at a map.

Posted by PsychTiger

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:15 pm to Strannix

State of sobriety and state of inebriation.

Posted by Jake88

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:16 pm to Strannix

Texas and Florida? Along the Gulf coast they're about 5 hours apart and from El Paso or Dallum Co. to Key West, well, it's pretty far. About 2,089 miles between El Paso and Key west.

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Posted by Asgard Device

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:16 pm to texag7

Probably TX-CO but CA-ID is in the running. I don't know how you plan on calculating the winner.

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Posted by OWLFAN86

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:18 pm to PsychTiger

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State of sobriety and state of inebriation.

just one shot

well played

Posted by reggierayreb

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:18 pm to Strannix

Southaven, MS to Key West, FL is ~1200 miles

Miss-A-Bama, MS to Pensacola, FL is ~90 miles

The Mississippi state line to the Florida state line is more like 60 miles as the crow flies (at the closest point)

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Posted by lsu2006

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:19 pm to Asgard Device

Upon a quick look at a map, it's between northern Vermont -> Maine, northeast Maryland -> NJ, and TX -> CO/Kansas IMHO

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Posted by Strannix

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:19 pm to Asgard Device

I'm thinking the metric would be farthest two points total minus closest two points total.

Highest number wins, gotta be lower 48

Posted by ell_13

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:19 pm to RummelTiger

I'm looking, Rummel. Don't patronize me.

Two states that are the closest without touching and also the farthest...

Well, closest would be the states on the 4 corners. CO, AZ, NM and UT

Posted by RummelTiger

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:20 pm to ell_13

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Well, closest would be the states on the 4 corners. CO, AZ, NM and UT

Posted by Bayoutigre

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:20 pm to reggierayreb

CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII

Posted by LSUBoo

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:20 pm to Asgard Device

Well the closest states that don't share a border are obviously the diagonal states at the four corners. No shared borders yet 0 miles apart.

So which of those pairs has the farthest two points?

Posted by ell_13

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:21 pm to RummelTiger

UT/NM and AZ/CO don't share a border dammit!