If you were to travel along the edge of the continental United States, how many miles would it add up to be?

Question

Along the West Coast, the Mexican border, the Gulf Coast, the East Coast and the Canadian border..

Answer 1

Two years ago, I did something like this -- a big circular camping trip that covered about 24,000 miles in 6 months, beginning and ending in Los Angeles. But it included excursions into the Canadian Rockies, Yellowstone, the Canadian Maritimes, and a jog up the Mississippi from New Orleans to Memphis.

I did a lot of criss-crossing and backtracking in New England, and I skipped the Florida peninsula by cutting across from Atlanta to Pensacola, then to New Orleans.

Portions of the trip hugged or paralleled the border, including up the west coast, crossing from Yellowstone to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and returning via San Antonio, Del Rio (TX), Yuma, and San Diego.

[Edit] I just figured it out on Mapquest. Driving distance, hugging the borders, is 10,555 miles, and driving time is 224 hours, 24 minutes, for an average speed of 47 mph.

Starting and ending at San Diego, you pass through these cities and towns: San Luis Obispo, Eureka, Forks (WA), Mt. Vernon (WA), Omak (WA), Bonners Ferry (ID), Turner (MT), Opheim (MT), Hallock (MN), International Falls (MN), Sault Sainte Marie (MI), Cleveland, Youngstown (NY), Cape Vincent (NY), Massina (NY), Rouses Point (NY), Errol (NH), Houlton (ME), Perry (ME), Kill Devil Hills (NC), Morehead City (NC), Miami, Naples, Clearwater, Apalachiola (FL), Brownsville, Del Rio (TX), San Diego.

Answer 2

Good question.
It depends on the resolution you are measuring.
If the resolution is exteemely small, for instance you follow the edges and curves on a moleculair level, then the quantity of miles may be much much greater than the circumference of the whole earth.

Answer 3

None. There's a real world outside of America

Answer 4

This site should help you, it had to much information to type or copy:

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html

To convert Kilometers (km) to Miles and Miles to Kilometers (km) use these equations:

Kilometers (km) multiplied by 0.6 = Miles

Miles multiplied by 1.6 = Kilometers (km)

Answer 5

A lot, I'm sure. Not nearly as much as you would if you traveled the edge of Canada mind you...