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1. Uncle_Brumpus · 1786036963 · focus · HN ↗

   This reminds me of something I saw on a backpacking blog sometime last year. Project Remote, a family that's finding and hiking to all the "most remote" place in each state of the USA. Here's some of the statistics:

   <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20240621094642&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.projectremote.com&#x2F;remote-statistics&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20240621094642&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.proje...

   The most surprising one to me is: Least Remote: Kansas (0.8 miles from a road).

   As someone who lives in the very densely populated greater Boston area, Kansas doesn&#x27;t exactly strike me as a prime candidate for not being able to get away from roads.

   Their website seems to have been commandeered by some Indonesian online casino scam thing in late 2024 and is now offline. I&#x27;m unsure of the ongoing state of the project.

   1. pkul · 1786038033 · focus · HN ↗

      Well Kansas has the benefit of being utterly flat and also quite homogenous biome wise. Even though it has no people I&#x27; assuming without looking at it that the entire state has been chopped up into square mile sized squares.

      1. dylan604 · 1786040352 · focus · HN ↗

         Yeah, if &quot;road&quot; is satisfied with tractor path that leads back to a road, that sub-mile distance doesn&#x27;t seem hard to believe

         1. boc · 1786044778 · focus · HN ↗

            Kansas genuinely has a ton of paved and gravel roads all across the state. It&#x27;s like a gigantic grid. Oddly high amount of street-view coverage too on google maps: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;EyBFj9BNQa8nhUcE6" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;EyBFj9BNQa8nhUcE6

            1. doodlebugging · 1786046986 · focus · HN ↗

               I agree about that landscape. The state is not as flat as people think it is either. Very scenic. I worked the southwest corner of the state years ago and always loved topping a local high spot. We were surveying and out there we could set a flag a half mile away and sight off of that easily with plane table and alidade or theodolite. The atmospheric distortion would get you on a humid day or if you were shooting across a wheat field with all the transpiration but otherwise it was clear with minimal shimmer.

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