Weird US geographic facts you probably don't know

[Dan Druff]

I observed these myself and didn't get them from any list.

- It's over 1000 miles to drive between Pelican State Beach and Quechan Casino -- both in California.

- The most northern point of Florida is still north of San Diego.

- Detroit is directly NORTH of Windsor, Canada.

- Cincinnati is less than a mile from the state of Kentucky.

- Spokane, Washington is just 90 miles from Montana.

- Milwaukee is just 90 miles from Chicago.

- The North Rim and South Rim of the Grand Canyon are 10 miles apart, but it requires a 212 mile drive to go from one to the other.

- The highest elevation in Florida is 345 feet.

- The lowest point in Colorado is 3,315 feet.

- There are four cities over 10,000 feet in the US (Alma, Montezuma, Leadville, Blue River), all in Colorado.

- A part of Oregon and a part of Texas are in the same time zone year round.

- Arizona leaves its daylight savings observance to the localities, so you never know what time it is when you're driving around the state during daylight savings.

[limitles]

I observed these myself and didn't get them from any list.

- It's over 1000 miles to drive between Pelican State Beach and Quechan Casino -- both in California.

- The most northern point of Florida is still north of San Diego.

- Detroit is directly NORTH of Windsor, Canada.

- Cincinnati is less than a mile from the state of Kentucky.

- Spokane, Washington is just 90 miles from Montana.

- Milwaukee is just 90 miles from Chicago.

- The North Rim and South Rim of the Grand Canyon are 10 miles apart, but it requires a 212 mile drive to go from one to the other.

- The highest elevation in Florida is 345 feet.

- The lowest point in Colorado is 3,315 feet.

- There are four cities over 10,000 feet in the US (Alma, Montezuma, Leadville, Blue River), all in Colorado.

- A part of Oregon and a part of Texas are in the same time zone year round.

- Arizona leaves its daylight savings observance to the localities, so you never know what time it is when you're driving around the state during daylight savings.

Biggest city in the U.S.??
go

Knew the Detroit/Windsor one
can't imagine why the Spokane one interests you
same goes for the elevation info.
you may be having a grade 9 flashback

[Daly]

My personal favorite is almost half (22) of the states are north of the most southern point of Canada.


You ask people and most people say 2-5.

[mickeycrimm]

Reno is farther west than Los Angeles.

Haines, Alaska and Skagway, Alaska are 20 miles apart. People take the ferry between the two towns otherwise it's a 470 mile drive.

[lol wow]

sonatines face is the third largest landmass in the continental

[lol wow]

THIRD LARGEST IN THE LOWER 48

[aayjay]

Only Experts Will Get Through This Tough U.S. Geography Quiz

https://www.farandwide.com/s/us-geog...6331d30d3d4cd4

[aayjay]

One of my favorites is the size of Clark county NV (LV) it's larger than the state NJ.

[BetCheckBet]

Double post

[BetCheckBet]

I’m not American and shitty at American geography but nearly knew all of these. Nearly all can be noticed if you just look at a map.

[Ryback_feed_me_more]

I observed these myself and didn't get them from any list.

- It's over 1000 miles to drive between Pelican State Beach and Quechan Casino -- both in California.

- The most northern point of Florida is still north of San Diego.

- Detroit is directly NORTH of Windsor, Canada.

- Cincinnati is less than a mile from the state of Kentucky.

- Spokane, Washington is just 90 miles from Montana.

- Milwaukee is just 90 miles from Chicago.

- The North Rim and South Rim of the Grand Canyon are 10 miles apart, but it requires a 212 mile drive to go from one to the other.

- The highest elevation in Florida is 345 feet.

- The lowest point in Colorado is 3,315 feet.

- There are four cities over 10,000 feet in the US (Alma, Montezuma, Leadville, Blue River), all in Colorado.

- A part of Oregon and a part of Texas are in the same time zone year round.

- Arizona leaves its daylight savings observance to the localities, so you never know what time it is when you're driving around the state during daylight savings.

On the Oregon/TX thing I believe its like a small sliver of the western part of the state near El Paso which sits in Mountain Time (I had always thought TX was all Central but as big as that damn state is (880mi from TX/LA border to TX/NM border) it doesnt surprise me. As for AZ I thought the only parts that were in DST were like the Injuns reservation because the Navajo rez sits in 3 other states as well that all are in the Mountain Time Zone and use DST. (just looked it up its more confusing. Navajo rez in AZ is DST but the Hopi sub rez does not use DST but sits inside the Navajo rez like an island). JFC yeah that could be confusing as hell but seems almost the rest of that sand and dustpile of a state is DST free.

[Dan Druff]

It was late at night in the summer of 2021 in Colorado, and we were looking for somewhere to eat. We couldn't get to Aspen yet because of a road closure due to a rockslide which nobody could tell me if it was cleared or not.

We were in a tiny town called Leadville. It was raining super hard, and when I walked outside, it was surprisingly cold for a summer night.

We finally settled on a pizza place called "High Mountain Pies", and the lady I ordered from was a little bit snappy and rude with me. I wasn't optimistic. But you know what? It was damn good. Like it was really, really good pizza, to where I would drive up to 20 miles to get it if it was near my house.

There was no place to really eat inside (it's basically a small shack where you order), so we had to sit in the cold outdoors near a heat lamp and with a large table umbrella blocking the rain. Of all things, I accidentally spilled ice water on Ben's pants. It had to be like 45 outside and wet. I felt so bad, and I went to the car and got soaked myself and got pants for him to change into in the bathroom. However, throughout the whole thing, there was some teenage busboy who was super nice and helpful. I think he was a little bit mentally disabled, but he tried so hard, helped clean all of the water on the table from my spill, and was so attentive with filling our water cups. He was even shaking water off our table's umbrella so it wouldn't end up dripping on us. Kid was so nice, that after we got in the car, I told everyone to wait a second, and I went back outside and gave the kid a $10 bill. This was the first and only time in my life that I directly tipped a busboy.

When we finally got to Aspen, I looked up Leadville on my computer. I saw why it was so cold. It was one of just 4 towns in the continental US over 10,000 elevation. Tough place to live.

[gut]

It was late at night in the summer of 2021 in Colorado, and we were looking for somewhere to eat. We couldn't get to Aspen yet because of a road closure due to a rockslide which nobody could tell me if it was cleared or not.

We were in a tiny town called Leadville. It was raining super hard, and when I walked outside, it was surprisingly cold for a summer night.

We finally settled on a pizza place called "High Mountain Pies", and the lady I ordered from was a little bit snappy and rude with me. I wasn't optimistic. But you know what? It was damn good. Like it was really, really good pizza, to where I would drive up to 20 miles to get it if it was near my house.

There was no place to really eat inside (it's basically a small shack where you order), so we had to sit in the cold outdoors near a heat lamp and with a large table umbrella blocking the rain. Of all things, I accidentally spilled ice water on Ben's pants. It had to be like 45 outside and wet. I felt so bad, and I went to the car and got soaked myself and got pants for him to change into in the bathroom. However, throughout the whole thing, there was some teenage busboy who was super nice and helpful. I think he was a little bit mentally disabled, but he tried so hard, helped clean all of the water on the table from my spill, and was so attentive with filling our water cups. He was even shaking water off our table's umbrella so it wouldn't end up dripping on us. Kid was so nice, that after we got in the car, I told everyone to wait a second, and I went back outside and gave the kid a $10 bill. This was the first and only time in my life that I directly tipped a busboy.

When we finally got to Aspen, I looked up Leadville on my computer. I saw why it was so cold. It was one of just 4 towns in the continental US over 10,000 elevation. Tough place to live.

I'm surprised you couldn't notice just by breathing, although I suppose you weren't really walking much with the weather. My first time in Leadville was when I was 21, probably about my peak (no pun intended), physically, in my life. With a couple friends and we ate at some steakhouse there then checked out a few of the old bars. Gradually walking up the main drag. Granted after a steak dinner and probably 4-5 beers, but still we were all getting winded walking the mile or so back the other way.

It is crazy to be looking out past town and see what looks like a big hill/small mountain but its the top of a 14'er.
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[Entropy]

Reno is farther west than Los Angeles.

No it's not, that's ridiculous.

jk