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extremes in latitude, longitude, elevation
Anyone who knows me knows that I am the type of person who collects everything from baseball cards to coins, from books to radios to facts and figures. I archive just about everything. Perhaps that is just the history major in me or maybe I spent too many years working for Dr. Wasserman doing his filing. Who knows...
My favorite collection is in the table below. I kind of feel bad for people who find themselves in a car with me driving down some God-forsaken dirt road for several hours so that I can add to my list of extremes. If it was not for those people, this list wuld probably be a lot more impressive and I would probably be lost, pushing my car (sans gasoline) on some highway in the middle of the Yukon.
| Location Description | Where is it? | Latitude | Longitude | Date | |
| Home | NE Jefferson Park | (N. of Foster Av) Chicago, IL | 41�58.629' | 87�45.398' | 593 ft. elev. |
| North | |||||
| 1 | Five Mile Park | (TC-11) Nipigon, ON | 49�06` | 88�20` | 8/2004 |
| 2 | Petro Canada Station | (TC-17) Sleeping Giant PP, ON | 48�36` | 88�45` | 8/2004 |
| 3 | Golden Gardens Park | (32nd St NW) Seattle, WA | 47�41` | 122�24` | 5/2003 |
| 4 | Agawa Indian Crafts | (TC-17) Pancake Bay, ON | 47�01` | 84�32` | 7/2002 |
| 5 | Whitefish Point | (Whitefish Pt. Rd) Whitefish Pt., MI | 46�46` | 84�57` | 7/2002 |
| 6 | Black River Harbor | (Black River Rd) Bessemer, MI | 46�39` | 90�03` | 8/1999 |
| 7 | Jct. K & B | (Vilas Co K) Boulder Jct., WI | 46�12` | 89�45` | 1982 |
| East | |||||
| 1 | Steel Pier | (Boardwalk) Atlantic City, NJ | 39�21` | 74�24` | 7/2000 |
| 2 | Old National Bank | (Chestnut St) Philadelphia, PA | 39�56` | 75�08` | 7/2000 |
| 3 | Veteran's Stadium | (Broad St) Philadelphia, PA | 39�54` | 75�10` | 7/2000 |
| 4 | University of PA | (Locust Walk) Philadelphia, PA | 39�57` | 75�11` | 7/2000 |
| 5 | Notre Dame University | (US 33) Notre Dame, IN | 41�43` | 86�15` | 4/1997 |
| 6 | Wheatfield Cemetery | (IN 49) Wheatfield, IN | 7/1988 | ||
| West | |||||
| 1 | Roosevelt Beach | (WA 109) Pacific Beach, WA | 47�13` | 124�12` | 5/2003 |
| 2 | Golden Gardens Park | (32nd St NW) Seattle, WA | 47�41` | 122�24` | 5/2003 |
| 3 | Overland Park | (Metcalf Av) Overland Park, KS | 38�59` | 94�40` | 8/1993 |
| 4 | St. Charles Hist. District | (MO 94) St. Charles, MO | 38�47` | 90�30` | 6/1992 |
| 7 | Jct. K & B | (Vilas Co K) Boulder Jct., WI | 46�12` | 89�45` | 7/1982 |
| South | |||||
| 1 | Walgreen's | (US 51) Southhaven, MS | 34�59` | 90�01` | 6/2004 |
| 2 | Graceland | (US 51) Memphis, TN | 35�02` | 90�01` | 6/2004 |
| 3 | Lake Murphysboro | (IL 149) Murphysboro, IL | 37�46` | 89�27` | 6/2004 |
| 4 | Illinois Caverns SP | (SE of IL 3) Burksville, IL | 38�15` | 90�09` | 10/2002 |
| 5 | Six Flags Park | (I-44) Allerton, MO | 38�30` | 90�40` | 10/2002 |
| 6 | Comfort Inn | (Lindbergh Bld) Sunset Hills, MO | 38�33` | 90�24` | 5/2000 |
| 7 | I-55 Bridge | (I-55) St. Louis, MO | 38�37` | 90�11` | 6/1992 |
| 8 | IL State Capital | (off I-55) Springfield, IL | 39�48` | 89�38` | 6/1991 |
| Corner | combination of lat. & long. | ||||
| NW | Quinalt Inn | Lake Quinalt, WA | 47�28` | 123�50` | 5/2003 |
| SW | Overland Park | Overland Park, KS | 38�59` | 94�40` | 8/1993 |
| NE | Scarborough Bluffs | Toronto, ON | 43�41` | 79�38` | 4/2004 |
| SE | Mt. Vernon | Mt. Vernon, VA | 38�59` | 94�40` | 1/2001 |
| Elev. | elevation extremes | measured in ft | |||
| HI | Paradise Inn | Mt. Rainier NP, WA | 05900 | ||
| LO | Atlantic Ocean | Atlantic City, NJ | 00000 |
| furthest in air | SW Flight 2220 | Over the Rockies | 37000 ft. |
| furthest underground | Mammoth Cave | Mammoth Caverns NP, KY | |
| driven north in a day | Pineshore Resort | Goulais River, ON | 46�42` |
| driven south in a day | Southside of Paducah | Paducah, KY | 37�06` |
| driven east in a day | Jct. I-80 & I-90 | Lorain, OH | 82�09` |
| driven west in a day | Courtyard Marriot | Brooklyn Center, MN | 93�22` |
| west/north in boat | Elliott Bay | Seattle, WA | 47�37`/122�23` |
| south in boat | Mississippi River | St. Louis, MO | 38�37` |
| east in boat | Lake Huron | Mackinac Island, MI | 84�37` |
| furthest drive in a day | Toronto, ON to Chicago, IL | 530.54 miles | |
| most desolate | clearcut area | east of White River, ON | |
| most crowded | Foggy Bottom sub stop | Washington, DC | |
| most white squirrels | City Park | Olney, IL | 2 |
| most dangerous animal | black bear along road | Sleeping Giant PP, ON | |
| most salmon caught | Lk. Michigan, five miles out | Winthrop Harbor, IL | 3 |