An 800-mile radius shifts from road trips to air travel. It can span several states, connect major hubs, and cover enough distance to make driving a multi-day effort for most people. This range is useful for comparing flight options, estimating regional reach for events, or seeing how far a weekend trip could realistically go with a single flight. The circle shown here is straight-line great-circle distance from your starting point, not the path a car would take. Highways, terrain, and routing add significant mileage, so the drive would be longer and usually requires overnight stops. It helps set expectations for overnight costs, timing, and total door-to-door travel time. Use this map for geographic reach, then check route tools for exact drive time.
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By highway driving, a rough estimate is about 12-14 hours, but traffic, speed limits, and stops can change that a lot.
No. The circle is straight-line (great-circle) distance. Driving distance is usually longer because roads don't run in a straight line.
The radius is measured over the Earth's surface using great-circle geometry, which gives the shortest path between two points on a sphere.
Where you start changes what falls inside the circle -- coastlines, borders, and terrain all shape what's reachable within 800 miles.
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