Fact files

Distances

Straight-line and route distances between places and across the planet.

Distances in Catamount are usually great-circle (straight-line) miles, rounded. Road and flight routes are longer. Use the Earth and Moon as your outer bounds, and see our guide to distances and heights.

Below are 24 questions from this category of the Catamount question bank, with the answer and the note that explains it. Figures are rounded, commonly cited values. Try guessing before you read the answer.

How far apart are Antwerp and Salt Lake City, UT, as the crow flies, in miles?

5,020 mi · Great-circle distance, rounded.

How far apart are Antananarivo and Milwaukee, WI, as the crow flies, in miles?

9,360 mi · Great-circle distance, rounded.

About how many miles long is the James River in Virginia?

348 mi · Flows to Chesapeake Bay.

How far apart are Pittsburgh, PA and Singapore, as the crow flies, in miles?

9,540 mi · Great-circle distance, rounded.

How far apart are Istanbul and Dubai, as the crow flies, in miles?

1,860 mi · Great-circle distance, rounded.

How far apart are Havana and Zagreb, as the crow flies, in miles?

5,470 mi · Great-circle distance, rounded.

About how many miles is the great-circle distance from New York to Paris?

3,631 mi · About 5,837 km.

How far apart are Denpasar and Khartoum, as the crow flies, in miles?

5,900 mi · Great-circle distance, rounded.

How many miles did Lindbergh fly from New York to Paris in 1927?

3,610 mi · Flight took 33.5 hours.

About how many miles long is the Hudson River?

315 mi · Flows from the Adirondacks to New York Harbor.

How many inches in diameter is a golf hole?

4.25 in · Set by the R&A and USGA.

About how many miles is the straight line distance from London to Paris?

213 mi · About 344 km.

About how many miles from Pluto did New Horizons pass in 2015?

7,800 mi · Closest approach on July 14, 2015.

About how many miles long is the Brazos River?

1,280 mi · Longest river in Texas.

How many inches in diameter is a US half dollar?

1.21 in · 30.61 mm.

What is the men's hammer throw world record in feet, about?

284.6 ft · Yuriy Sedykh, 86.74 m in 1986.

About how many miles long is the Mormon Trail?

1,300 mi · Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake Valley.

About how many miles long is the Connecticut River?

410 mi · Longest river in New England.

About how many miles wide is Texas at its widest point?

773 mi · East to west.

How many miles long is the Overseas Highway to Key West?

113 mi · US 1 across the Florida Keys.

About how many miles did the Apollo 17 lunar rover travel on the Moon?

22 mi · About 35.7 km in total.

About how many miles is the diameter of Uranus?

31,518 mi · Equatorial diameter.

How many miles is a marathon?

26.2 mi · Official distance is 26 mi 385 yd.

About how many miles does Earth travel in one orbit around the Sun?

584,000,000 mi · About 940 million km.