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heff17 t1_ix782l0 wrote

Reply to comment by TheMrGUnit in The 2024 Solar Eclipse is fast approaching! Start making a game plan to see it in person. It’s going to be even better than 2017. by llcorona

I mean, it kinda is. Tip to tip Maine isn't all that much shorter than Florida, and, at least with no traffic, it'd be quicker and shorter to drive from the southern tip of Maine to Philadelphia than it would to drive to the northern tip.

That's not where you'd have to go to see the eclipse of course, but I dunno I felt like being pedantic. Insomnia will do that.

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TheMrGUnit t1_ix885xp wrote

I dunno, this is kind of a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I'd be willing to spend a few hours in a car for that.

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WalkerBRiley t1_ix835bd wrote

> at least with no traffic,

And when there is an Earth shattering apocalypse this will be relevant. Until then, traffic will always exist between here and Philly.

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notarealninja t1_ix86ahw wrote

I used Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as the southernmost point of reference. I then looked up directions with Google Maps to Philadelphia. That trip would roughly be 358 miles long and take 5 hours and 48 minutes.

I used the same point of reference, but this time I looked up directions to Fort Kent. That trip would roughly be 363 miles long and take 5 hours and 45 minutes.

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