Appendices - Grand Tour of the East Coast

Appendices
Grand Tour of the East Coast

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Distance traveled

This is a summary of point-to-point distances, excluding side trips such as the National Air and Space Museum annex and Walden Pond. These values are not strictly accurate, because I have ignored the fact that I arrived at and departed from New York City at two different places: the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown and Chinatown farther south, respectively.

Beginning point:	Ending point:	Mode:	Distance (mi):	Distance (km):
Norman, OK	Oklahoma City, OK	car	19	31
Oklahoma City, OK	Little Rock, AR	Jefferson Lines bus	342	550
Little Rock, AR	Memphis, TN	Greyhound bus	135	217
Memphis, TN	Richmond, VA	Greyhound bus	884	1423
Richmond, VA	Washington, DC	Greyhound bus	107	172
Washington, DC	Silver Spring, MD	car	8	13
Silver Spring, MD	New York, NY	Greyhound bus	226	364
New York, NY	Boston, MA	Chinatown bus	217	349
Boston, MA	New York, NY	Peter Pan bus	217	349
New York, NY	Pittsburgh, PA	Greyhound bus	369	594
Pittsburgh, PA	St. Louis, MO	Greyhound bus	612	985
St. Louis, MO	Oklahoma City, OK	Greyhound bus	509	809
Oklahoma City, OK	Norman, OK	car	19	31
		Total:	3664	5897

One-way cross-country distance

If I consider the beginning of my trip east to be my departure from Walla Walla College in March, then my trip can be said to have spanned almost the entire continental United States. Between Walla Walla, WA and Boston, MA, I passed through Boulder, CO and Santa Fe, NM before reaching Norman, OK, from which my route proceeds as described above. The total distance for this route is 3,976 miles or 6,399 kilometers.

States encountered

The following is a complete list of states encountered during my trip, along with the District of Columbia. States encountered multiple times (such as New Jersey and Oklahoma) are listed only once. States encountered for the first time within memory are italicized. Flag icons courtesy Wikipedia.

	Oklahoma
	Arkansas
	Tennessee
	Virginia
	District of Columbia
	Maryland
	Delaware
	New Jersey
	New York
	Connecticut
	Massachusetts
	Pennsylvania
	West Virginia^*
	Ohio
	Indiana
	Illinois
	Missouri

^*Looking at a map, it appears inevitable that I would have to have passed through West Virginia between Ohio and Pennsylvania in 1993. But I don't remember it, so I won't count it.

Museums

Museums denoted "SI" belong to the Smithsonian Institution.

Museum:	City:	Day:
Grant's Tomb	New York City, NY	Day 16
National Air and Space Museum (SI)	Washington, DC	Day 3
National Air and Space Museum annex (SI)	Chantilly, VA	Day 10
National Gallery of Art	Washington, DC	Day 8
National Museum of Natural History (SI)	Washington, DC	Day 5
National Portrait Gallery (SI)	Washington, DC	Day 8
MIT Museum	Cambridge, MA	Day 21
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology	Cambridge, MA	Day 19
Robert E. Lee Museum	Arlington, VA	Day 9
Semitic Museum (Harvard)	Cambridge, MA	Day 24
USS Constitution Museum	Charlestown, MA	Day 22
Woodrow Wilson House	Washington, DC	Day 11

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