Posted on 04/08/2014 11:52:28 AM PDT by blam
This Incredible Map Shows Just How Gigantic Texas Really Is
Pamela Engel
April 8, 2014, 1:42 PM
Texans like to talk all the time about how big Texas is, and how if you're driving from the bottom of Texas to Canada, then you're spending half of your time just getting through the state itself.
So is that true? It's pretty close. Texas really is gigantic.
Redditor Armeleon put together a map that gives you a good idea of the massive size of Texas.
Texas spans about 800 miles from north to south. Everything seen in red on the map is closer than 791 miles to Texas (the longest straight-line distance in Texas from north to south is actually 801 miles, but Armeleon used 791 miles as a benchmark to create the map).
Check it out:
It's mind-boggling to think that, for example, Corpus Christi is closer to Cuba than it is to Denver.
It's worth noting that the map above is slightly distorted because it is flat and the world is spherical. The size and shape of objects seen on a flat map aren't exact.
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Texas-sized Bump! Yee haw!
Do Alaska. You could take Texas’s area out of Alaska’s and it would still be the biggest state.
Hah! Take that, Texas!
I have to agree the collective Texas ego is the biggest thing I know of on this earth.
So, to borrow from “Noah” and the book of Genesis, I propose a new unit of measure:
1 Texas cubit = 791 miles.
God Bless Texas bump!
Yeah I know. It takes me less time to drive from my house in Corona, CA to my Dad’s house in Amarillo, TX than it does to drive from Amarillo to Corpus Christie.
Texas is just exactly the right size for a state! :)
Compared to Alaska, Texas could use Viagra!
Size matters.
Not if it melted.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
If you drive I-10 from Louisiana to New Mexico, it is 874 miles through Texas border to border.
That ego, yes. Makes one really wonder why they are allowing a Mexican invasion.
Now remove Fed land in Alaska.. ;) Almost none in Texas and at times I wish it was less
Big difference from being bought by the Feds versus an independent nation joined by treaty.
Yeah and if drive from Ft. Worth to Gainesville, GA., it’s about 900 and some miles. Cool, huh?
Florida is 880 miles from the western panhandle to Key West.
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