Mr. TSP Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 This topic is of no earthshattering importance, and may not even be related to geocaching, but it is similar to another recent topic and IS about using a GPS. Besides, it's a slow day here and I wanted to start a topic. A recent thread asked what your odometer reading is. But has anyone kept track of the farthest north, south, east or west they have been WITH THEIR GPS? I haven't seen this discussed yet so thought I would bring it up just for fun. If it has been discussed before then I apologize. For me: North -- N 41° 45.918 East -- W 85° 49.378 South -- N 30° 35.326 West -- W 104° 01.369 Quote Link to comment
bug and snake Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Dunno how to answer that. Furthest west or east or...... OK, I took my eTrex around the world on a working trip last year. Went from PA to the west coast then flew to Australia. From there, Singapore then London. From London back to PA. The trip was, on average, westward all the time so, is a little east of here the maximum distance west it has taken me? Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Well, my North/East extreme is pretty simple. That would be the first cache I hid: N 41° 53.621 W 080° 40.833 Furthest south is: N 35° 37.988 West I'm not sure of. Might be something like 087° 01.275 Quote Link to comment
Stony2008 Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 (edited) A recent thread asked what your odometer reading is. hey that was my thread the furthest north: grand rapids Michigan furthest south: florida Keys furthest west: colorado springs furthest east:virginia highest: 14,000 Pikes peak lowest. ??? Edit: exereme elevation Edited March 24, 2005 by Stony2008 Quote Link to comment
+bthomas Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 The cardinals: N: Vancouver, BC, Monuments Plaques GC58E9 at N49 18.266 W: Bodega Bay CA, Rabbits View GC9C at W123 03.513 S: Palm Sprs area, CA, Painted Cyn Ladder Trail GC6B2 at N33 37.818 E: Nashville, TN, Johnny's Cache GCJE17 at W86 35.544 also Up: Mt. Whitney, CA, Muir Was Here GC151D at 14495 feet Down: Badwater Death Vly, CA, How Low Can You Go GCECCB at -280 feet Quote Link to comment
Mr. TSP Posted March 24, 2005 Author Share Posted March 24, 2005 (edited) alsoUp: Mt. Whitney, CA, Muir Was Here GC151D at 14495 feet Down: Badwater Death Vly, CA, How Low Can You Go GCECCB at -280 feet Thanks for adding these. I know my highest 8182 ft. at GCGJFW From NM to OK As the Crow Flies. Don't know my lowest elevation. edit: double typed two words corrected highest point. Edited March 24, 2005 by KB9BIT Quote Link to comment
+Lemon Fresh Dog Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 So far I've only found a cache in San Diego and a caches in Calgary, Alberta. Pretty good on the north\south -- pretty lame on the east\west. I WILL, however visit both poles in this life. Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Ever since I went to China, I can't figure out how to do my east/west extremes. I guess I have to consider it west, since I went that way. In that case, my extremes are: Furthest West: Longitude ~100°East (Lijiang, Yunnan, China) Furthest East: Longitude ~80°West (Eastern shore of FL on bicycle) Furthest North: Latitude ~50°North (Kenora, ON) Furthest South: Latitude ~9°25'North (Costa Rica) Highest elevation: A little over 9000ft (NM on bicycle) Lowest elevation: -235 ft (Shore of Salton Sea on bicycle a few days later) Here is my confluence map, which closely approximates my extrema. Hey, this was fun! Jamie Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 (edited) My extremes (to which I have physically been) are: North: History in a Bottle N 51° 34.145 W 000° 08.625 West: Canadian Gravity Standardization Net N 43° 17.817 W 079° 48.095 South and East: Poacher's Lookout(Kenya) S 02° 57.749 E 037° 58.603 (FTF!) That's a range of a little over 54 degrees of latitude and 117 degrees of longitude. Edited March 25, 2005 by sTeamTraen Quote Link to comment
+DiscGolfer Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 (edited) North N 90 South N18 East E 33.5 West W123 Edited March 25, 2005 by DiscGolfer Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 North N 90 You've been to the North Pole with your GPS ? Kewl... Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Neat topic, and shouldn't cause any silly angst either East is N 41° 53.520 E 012° 29.159 The Roman Forum one of my all time fave caches West is N 39° 44.879 W 104° 56.457 Denver Benchmark North is N 42° 53.429 W 072° 53.012 Spyglass Cache in VT South is N 33° 39.595 W 078° 56.155 Sunny's in Myrtle Beach. That will change very soon though. GW3 is a bit farther south. Quote Link to comment
+WildGooseChase Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 West is N 22° 12.930 W 159° 31.790 Pennsylvania Wanderers on Kauai, HI North is N 43° 29.968 W 112° 01.471 Sunrise Kite Cache in ID South is N 17° 57.354 W 087° 56.344 You'd Better Belize It! on Ambergris Caye, Belize East will soon be N 24° 32.847 W 081° 47.553 Trails of Margaritaville in Key West Oh, what fun! Quote Link to comment
+Greymane Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Well, since I had my GPS long before I started caching, I can't use caches to reference, but: North: ~68°30'N South: ~12°00'N East: ~60°00'E West: ~112°00'W But, I will be heading to California in a few weeks on business. That will stretch my West a bit! Highest: 9050 ft (outside Salt Lake City, UT) Lowest: ~ -1250 ft (Dead Sea) Quote Link to comment
Radman Forever Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 I don't know what the coords are but I know the cities. North: Gaylord, Michigan South: Temple Terrace, FL (Just north of Tampa) East: Dade City, FL West: Anderson, IN Quote Link to comment
+GEO.JOE Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 In one trip I logged my furthest North, Furthest West, Highest, and Lowest. In one year I bagged my furthest East and South. North: Omaha NE N41 15.920 W95 57.275 West: Don't Drink the Water N36 13.803 W116 46.064 This was also my lowest at -282 feet, and this is on dry land. Highest: 10663 feet near Vail Pass CO N39 32.231 W106 12.851 South: The Founder N 29° 57.271 W 090° 03.885 East: Less than a mile east of An Englishman in DC N38 53.352 W77 01.560 Quote Link to comment
+JT & PJ Cole Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 This is fun. All of the these were on my motorcycle with my GPS V. We have found, or attempted to find caches near all of them. North N43 44.689 W088 24.089 North of Milwalkee WI 948 mi. from home West N38 37.676 W090 11.865 St. Louis MO 712 mi. from home South N 24 33.267 W081 48.046 Key West FL 451 mi. from home East N35 35.124 W075 28.029 Wave NC 459 mi. from home Highest N35 46.111 W082 15.865 Mt. Mitchell 6684 ft 317 mi. from home Lowest Sea level N31 09.098 W081 21.954 1.8 mi from home JT & PJ Cole Quote Link to comment
+tls11823 Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I thought I was too lazy to look this up, but GSAK made it pretty easy, since I already have a pocket query of all of my finds. East: Belfast, Northern Ireland W 6 13.957 West: Bodega Bay, CA W 117 04.479 North: Belfast, Northern Ireland N 54 43.652 South: San Diego, CA N 33 02.629 Longest distance between two caches: 5130 miles Now that I look at them, all of these outer points were hit in the last six weeks, while travelling on business. My "normal" finds that I've done with the family are contained in a much more conservative radius of about 50 miles. We'll see if vacation time this year broadens that a bit. Quote Link to comment
+Blaidd-Drwg Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 (edited) It takes me three caches to list my extremes. Most East - Royal Observatory Greenwich Cache (GCK7HH) W000 00.090 Most South - Harry Hill Cache (GC325E) N19 41.197 Most West - Hairy Hill Cache (GC325E) W155 27.978 Most North - Fairbanks Travel Bug Drop Box (GCHPMV) N64 49.313 Looking at distance, the furthest east to west is 7295.4 miles. Edited March 27, 2005 by Team Madog Quote Link to comment
+WeightMan Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 North and West Taiya's Playground N 61° 09.974 W 149° 57.104 East Glorious Greenwich Cache N 51° 28.332 000° 00.000 South Firestone N 37° 54.637 W 122° 37.590 I did not keep track of elevation although the lowest would be several at sea level and the highest is probably Tunnel of Light which is my only Project Ape cache. Quote Link to comment
+worldtraveler Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 (edited) Farthest north and south isn't too difficult, but the answers the "farthest east and west" questions are not as easy. I've carried my Garmin V around the world and across the int'l date line many times; so in one sense, the answer could be 180° E / 180° W. But I think a better way would be to use the highest N/S latitude numbers and E/W longitude numbers at caches I've found. In that case, they would be: North = EARTHQUAKE!!! (Alaska) N61° 11.927' South = By The Bay (NSW, Australia) S33° 55.022' East = First Landing (Fiji) E177° 24.811' West = Gone But Not Forgotten (Hawaii) W157° 52.278' Edited March 27, 2005 by worldtraveler Quote Link to comment
mufasa1023 Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I was both furthest East and West at the same cache! Look Here Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 East: Vaclavak/Wenceslas Square, Prague CZ N50 04.762 x E14 25.828 (my 200th cache find!) North: Where is Mt. Snowdon?, Wales, UK N53 04.108 x E04 04.576 West: In the Mag Mile News, Chicago, USA N41 53.741 x W087 37.439 South: The Dunes, Eastern Shore, Virginia, USA N37 20.165 x W76 00.607 Quote Link to comment
+Jeeocacher Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 I am not sure of the exact cords, but I have them in a pic somewhere, but when I was in Brazil with my Dad about 2 years ago, we went to a place called the "Ponta das Seixas" =Pebble Point, Anyway this is the most eastern oriental point of the Americas, It's in North Eastern Brasil. I may be going back this year and plan to do a virtual cache there. Quote Link to comment
+NevaP Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 My furthest south is also the oldest active cache I've found: Melbourne's First, placed 10/8/2000 at S37° 15.313 E145° 10.020 A few other Australian caches were a bit higher in the E numbers. I think the highest was Departure Dragon Yellow at Cairns E145° 44.913 West - not very far. Somewhere in the Salt Lake area W111° North - barely past the N 40°s but June 11-12 I will be in Barrow, Alaska where there are several caches and those should be the furthest north I will ever get. Altitude ? I've found at least one that was over 10,000 ft in Colorado. And I've done a lot of barely above sea level ones in Florida. NevaP Quote Link to comment
+dgas71 Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Without a gps, the furthest north, south, east, and west that I've been are: north - Senneterre, Quebec south - Florida Keys (Plantation, Florida) east - St. Paul-du-Nord, Quebec west - Santa Monica, California Quote Link to comment
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