I just realized at the bottom on Lake Michigan you can reach four states (Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan) within 2 hours. Are there any other parts of the country (besides Four Corners) where you can do this?

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ColdStockSweat@reddit

No one has ever verified this because no one can hold their breath that long.

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LVKim@reddit

From Southern Nevada about 30-40 minutes to California or Arizona, longer to Utah but doable. There’s even a town called Cal-Nev-Ari, pronounced Cal-Nevar-ee.

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Murky-Substance-7393@reddit

After a quick map verification TX, AR, OK, LA is definitely doable

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Important_Fishing_15@reddit

[Yes](https://imgur.com/a/x28v9Dj), 4-KS, MO, OK, and AR; 5-TN, AR, MO, KY, IL; 4-KS, MO, NE, and IA.

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rsta223@reddit

From the Oklahoma panhandle, you can almost certainly reach Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico in less time than that.

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Dubuque, IA, if you cross the southern bridge over the river you are in IL, if you cross the river on the moe Northern bridge you are in WI and if you drive north on the Great River Road for about 1 1/2 hours, up through Gutenberg, McGregor, Marquette, and Lansing you cross over the state line into MN.

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TexasForceOfNature@reddit

I live in Texas, so it’s definitely not happening here. I can drive 2 hours and basically be in the same city, without heavy traffic.

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AdFinancial8924@reddit

Hancock, Maryland- western Maryland where the state gets really narrow and is only 1.8 miles wide, is also where Virginia and West Virginia meet. You can go through Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in under 20 minutes.

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WonderfulVariation93@reddit

LOL. In Maryland we can reach-in 2 hrs- PA, DE, VA, WV, DC, NJ.

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El_Polio_Loco@reddit

Philly to NY, NJ, MD, DE, VA, and WV is less than 2 hours.

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StOnEy333@reddit

You can get through 5 states in less time with New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma.

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97203micah@reddit

I thought of that too, but based on what the map is giving me, it’s actually over two hours. Leave out Kansas though and you can easily get four states in two hours

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StOnEy333@reddit

Start on 51 in CO right at the border and drive to Elkhart, KS. That’s a 19 minute drive. Then drive to Clayton, NM on 56 and 412. It’ll work.

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97203micah@reddit

Huh yeah good find

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relikter@reddit

I'm in Northern VA and could be in MD, DE, WV, PA, or DC in less than 2 hours.

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gard3nwitch@reddit

You sure about DE? I'm in MD and was thinking about that. The last time I drove to DE I think it was at least 3 hours. Maybe it depends on where you're starting from.

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relikter@reddit

Google Maps says 1:50 to middle of nowhere DE.

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Icy_Consideration409@reddit

Technically it can be done. But TBF. You posted that around midnight on a Friday night. Would it say the same during rush hour on a weekday?

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relikter@reddit

Google Maps says 1h46m to the DE border for me at 11am on a Saturday. It's 88 miles. If I take a different route, to a different location in DE, it's 110 miles and 1h54m. So yeah, I think I can be in DE within 2 hours.

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Odd-End-1405@reddit

You can drive from Maryland to New York in two hours hitting 5 states (MD, DE, PA, NJ, and NY) without much effort.

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kstravlr12@reddit

On 54 Highway, you can go from Liberal, Kansas thru Oklahoma, Texas, and go to New Mexico easily within 2 hours.

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ITrCool@reddit

At the corners of MO, KS, OK, AR. It’s called the “Four States” area. From Joplin, MO, you can reach KS, AR, and OK within 5 minutes to 1 hour.

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Potential-Buy3325@reddit

My brother was a salesman and on one day met with clients in all six New England states plus New York and New Jersey.

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ApprehensiveArmy7755@reddit

Harper's Ferry West Virginia is where Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia intersect (only three states but it's known for this fact). Harper's Ferry is a very popular little town- where people congregate on weekends to enjoy the river, white water rafting, and hanging out. Often it's too crowded (avoid weekends) but it's beautiful especially in the fall for the leaves.

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Funicularly@reddit

What do mean “at the bottom”?

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blipsman@reddit

Southern tip of the lake. They’re describing basically driving Kenosha, WI to New Buffalo, MI

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cthulhu_on_my_lawn@reddit

Better not be at rush hour.

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blipsman@reddit

Yeah, maybe 3am would work! Now that the Kennedy expressway construction is finished…

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gard3nwitch@reddit

Within 2 hours? Sure. I live in western Maryland. Within an hour I can reach PA, WV, VA, and DC.

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StillAnAss@reddit

Don't forget Delaware

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gard3nwitch@reddit

It took me about 3-4 hours the last time I drove there. But I'm sure some points in Maryland where you could get to DE, VA, and PA in under 2 hours. I think the whole state answers OP's questions lol, it's just a matter of which 3 other states are closest.

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ColoradoWeasel@reddit

Probably Ohio too.

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gard3nwitch@reddit

If I was further west, yeah. But then VA and DC would be further away. I wonder if there's a point where you could reach all 3 within two hours.

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MakeStupidHurtAgain@reddit

Plenty of loves, especially in the northeast where states are the size of Western backyards. But you could, in two hours, also visit Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois by going down the Mississippi River, and you can visit California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah in a little under three.

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3X_Cat@reddit

I can't hold my breath that long

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machagogo@reddit

Pretty much anywhere in the northeast. How about 4 states [at the same time?]( https://www.google.com/search?q=four+corners+monument&oq=four+corners+monument&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYjwIyBwgAEAAYjwIyEAgBEC4YrwEYxwEYsQMYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgAQyBwgKEAAYgAQyBwgLEAAYgAQyBwgMEAAYgAQyBwgNEAAYgAQyBwgOEAAYgATSAQg4NTI0ajBqN6gCELACAfEF7rrxZLLcCJ4&client=ms-android-verizon-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ebo=0)

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mamaterrig@reddit

PA, MD, NJ, DE

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KhunDavid@reddit

I-81- Pennsylvania Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia in about 30 minutes or so I-84 - Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania. Get off at the Pennsylvania welcome station in Matamoras. Cross over to Port Jervis in New York and take US23 into New Jersey.

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NorwegianSteam@reddit

If the traffic is right, you can do Maine, New Hampshire, Mass, Connecticut, and Rhode Island in that time frame.

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atomfullerene@reddit

Sure, loads of them. It'd be kind of neat to see a map colored in based on how many states you could reach within 2 hrs driving time from any given point.

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Expensive_Log_2213@reddit

That would be a really cool map. As a Texan, I find this thread fascinating. I can't even leave the state in 2 hours, and I'm pretty close to Louisiana by Texas standards, lol

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LeGrandePoobah@reddit

Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. In two hours you might also be able to get to TN and NC.

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Pleasant_Studio9690@reddit

It's one state less, but I stood in 3 states once at the tri-states monument - PA, NY, and NJ..

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bigfatnoodles@reddit

By your logic the four corners (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado) would work too

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notyogrannysgrandkid@reddit

In under 2 hours and just 119 road miles, you can go from Huffman, AR to Finley, TN passing through Missouri. Then turn around and go back into MO, turning north to go to Cairo, IL and on the Wycliffe, KY. 5 states in less than 2 hours total.

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_RomeoEchoDelta_@reddit

Not done it myself, but I'm certain it's possible for Mississippi/Tennessee/Arkansas/Louisiana

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jaylotw@reddit

You can do that on *top* of Lake Michigan, too.

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eugenesbluegenes@reddit

Quite frankly much easier to do on top.

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kmoonster@reddit

Is that why Michigan looks like a hand?

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02K30C1@reddit

That’s what she said

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sideshow--@reddit

aaaaaaAAAAAaaaaaeeeeEE!

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ReliabilityTalkinGuy@reddit

Tons of options on the East Coast. I started to type some out and actually just stopped cause there are so many.

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Positive-Avocado-881@reddit

Tbh there’s a ton of options everywhere, but I did laugh as someone who grew up in New England

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ReliabilityTalkinGuy@reddit

I started in Maine and started working my way South with options and it just became entirely untenable very quickly.

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Bear_Salary6976@reddit

You can get from the border of Ohio/WV (near Wheeling WV) to the border of WV/VA in under 2 hours. You will drive through Pennsylvania and into WV twice.

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Bear_Salary6976@reddit

If you drive fast, you can get from Louisiana (near Slidel) to Florida (near Pensacola) by driving I-10 in about 2 hours.

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cryptoengineer@reddit

From NE Connecticut, you can reach ny, ri, ma, nh, me, vt in under 2 hours. Heck, you can do all but vt and ny in under 2 hours in a single drive.

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shelwood46@reddit

I mean, most of the Northeast and New England?

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CupBeEmpty@reddit

Just traveling south on 95 from very southern Maine you might make 5. ME, NH, MA, RI, CT. Or may be a touch over 2 though.

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dew2459@reddit

Yes, from central MA you can reach six states within two hours.

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MagnumForce24@reddit

Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas are doable in an hour

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eyetracker@reddit

I can drive 5 hours and not leave the county

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cryptoengineer@reddit

I haven't tried it, but I sure I could drive ct > ri > ma > nh in under two hours, and possibly get to Maine as well.

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theflyinghillbilly2@reddit

I live in Northwest Arkansas. I can be in Oklahoma in 20 minutes, Missouri in about 30-40 minutes depending on traffic, and Kansas in maybe an hour and a half.

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Nawoitsol@reddit

Dubuque is at a three state junction (Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin) and Minnesota is about two hours from there.

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kmoonster@reddit

Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon. And quite a few states on the east coast-ish, take your pick of however many you like.

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5_star_spicy@reddit

>Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon. You can get Montana, Idaho and Washington in 2 hours across the panhandle region, but its another 3 hours to Oregon.

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MagicWalrusO_o@reddit

Depends on if you go US 12 to Clarkston and go south. Shorter to OR, longer time in ID

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SeethingHeathen@reddit

You can go to Four Corners and have one limb in each of four states at the same time! */Mind BLOWN*/

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SabresBills69@reddit

4 states very close together but not 4 corners…. 1. mass, RI, NH, VT, CONN, and Maine are very close together. 2. along I-81 you have Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. 3. kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, north carolina and West Virginia have places where. 4 states are close. 4 Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, arkansas 5 Oklahoma, New Mexico, teXmas, Kansas, and Colorado 6. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and iowa 7 Illinois, missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas 8. NJ, Penn, DE, MD

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ZLUCremisi@reddit

Washington DC, reach 5 states

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Ahpla@reddit

Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. There is a marker for where OK, KS, and MO touch. The marker for AR, MO, OK is less than 2 hours away.

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SummitSloth@reddit

State Line PA to Clear Brook VA. PA, MD, WV, and VA in under 40 mins

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AllYallCanCarry@reddit

Everybody sleeping on Memphis/Western Tennessee whete you can hit five different states without the "tiny Northeast state" cheat code.

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Trick-Celebration983@reddit

From Washington DC you can reach WV, VA, PA, DE, and MD all within 2 hours… maybe even part of NJ near Philly if you go by train!

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PinchedTazerZ0@reddit

... With 2 hours? Have you driven anywhere in the states? It might take a while to *cross* entire states but if you're looking to hit multiple states within 120 minutes you can easily do that in multiple parts of the country If you eliminate the prominent water line you can literally circle any connecting corner of any group of states

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crujiente69@reddit

This feels like a question you can pose to a map of the US

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ApprehensiveAnswer5@reddit

In Texas, from the top of the panhandle, you might could do OK, KS, NM and CO within 2 hours?

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soonerwx@reddit

…yes, many of them. Cimarron County in the Oklahoma Panhandle borders four other states by itself.

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Phoenix4264@reddit

Alabama -> Georgia -> Tennessee -> North Carolina appears to be doable. If you expand it to 2.5 hours, you can get from Arkansas -> Missouri -> Tennessee -> Kentucky -> Illinois

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dr_strange-love@reddit

https://old.reddit.com/r/Maps/comments/1nwif9e/map_of_tristate_areas/

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nogueydude@reddit

*you* can

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randomwords83@reddit

Ohio, PA, MD & WV

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TrillyMike@reddit

Lemme tell ya bout the east coast

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jephph_@reddit

Within 2 hours? Yeah, from my house is could be in 4 states within that time

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daysie778@reddit

I live in Maryland, I can reach Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia in less than an hour.

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MoriKitsune@reddit

Centered near New Madrid, MO- you can go between Illinois Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas within 2 hours

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Volrathe@reddit

Western MN, North and South Dakota, and Iowa I believe.

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Norseman103@reddit

I can be in 4 states in under 2 hours. MN, SD, IA, NE.

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timpdx@reddit

4 hours? IN, KY, IL, MO is doable. Iirc I’ve done MA, CT, NY, NJ before, along I81 it’s easy to do PA, MD, WV and VA. CA, NV, AZ and to St. George UT. Not hard to do also along the Mississippi River states

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WorldsMostDad@reddit

Have you never looked at a map?

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FuckrodFrank@reddit

You can do it by bicycle in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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tweedchemtrailblazer@reddit

Yes

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gardengrowsgreen@reddit

We drive to Grand Teton a bunch from Utah and our route takes us in and out of Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho several times.

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cyvaquero@reddit

Look at Newark NJ, four states within 1/2 hour.

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GMSmith928@reddit

Mechanicsville,DE shares a border with PA & MD

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cyvaquero@reddit

Was going to say Newark DE, PA, NJ, MD all within a half hour.

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ReliabilityTalkinGuy@reddit

That’s just three. But you could easily reach Jersey in that time as well.

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rewardiflost@reddit

From northern NJ (maybe around Paramus or that area), we can reach PA, NY, and CT within 2 hours. We're already in NJ.

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SlamClick@reddit

Easy where I live in East Tennessee. NC, VA, and KY are all within 30 minutes of my house. I can get on one interstate in my town and be at the beach in 4 hours.

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