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Find the 45th Parallel North in the United States
Driving the 45th Parallel North: The Chief Blonde hanging out at the 45th Parallel sign in Gaylord, Michigan (along 1-75 expressway)
What is the 45th Parallel North?
According to Wikipedia:
The 45th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 45 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane. The 45th parallel north is often called the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole.
Driving the 45th Parallel North in the United States
In the US, the 45th parallel crosses 11 states, (Oregon, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine) and would take about 65 hours non-stop to drive, a distance of 3700 miles. What a fun trip to drive!
Walt risks life and limb to hang out in the median of I-75 Northbound at the sign marking the 45th Parallel North.
Just like in Gaylord, MI, along I-75 North, where Walt and I stopped, across the US the 45th parallel North is marked in many places on highways by a sign proclaiming that the location is halfway between the North Pole and the Equator.
If you did want participate in the driving the 45th Parallel North trip, your course would proceed through these states, towns and villages in the United States:
| City | State |
| Rose Lodge | Oregon |
| Keizer | Oregon |
| Hayesville | Oregon |
| Silverton | Oregon |
| New Meadows | Idaho |
| Gardiner | Montana |
| Grant | Montana |
| Faith | South Dakota |
| Eagle Butte | South Dakota |
| North Eagle Butte | South Dakota |
| Gettysburg | South Dakota |
| Madison | Minnesota |
| Raymond | Minnesota |
| Minneapolis | Minnesota |
| Colfax | Wisconsin |
| Dorchester | Wisconsin |
| Suring | Wisconsin |
| Leland | Michigan |
| Traverse City | Michigan |
| Gaylord | Michigan |
| Atlanta | Michigan |
| Alpena | Michigan |
| Lion’s head | Ontario |
| Bracebridge | Ontario |
| Cornwall | Ontario |
| Dundee | Quebec |
| Champlain | New York |
| Rouses Point | New York |
| Alburgh | Vermont |
| Richford | Vermont |
| North Troy | Vermont |
| Derby Line | Vermont |
| Highgate | Vermont |
| Clarksville | New Hampshire |
| Bingham | Maine |
| Rangeley | Maine |
| Dexter | Maine |
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I’d like “Lonely Planet Iceland (Travel Guide)” It sounds really cool and informative 🙂
I would like the 50 States 5000 ideas book. We love to travel and have been to the 45th parallel in New Hampshire. It’s not far from our home.
I would get 50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do. My son and I are going on a 3 week road trip soon headed South and Southwest and I think that book would be wonderful!
That is so cool!! What a fun road trip that would be 🙂 The product I’d want is The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World (Lonely Planet. It looks so cool and I’d love a peek into every place in the world 🙂
I would love Off the Beaten Path.
I really like the Lonely Planet Iceland (Travel Guide) because it’s somewhere I’m planning on visiting soon! Sounds like a comprehensive resource 🙂
My husband and I are seniors and our budget is tight, so the book “How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Revised: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter” appeals to me most.
It just might be possible!
Destinations of a Lifetime: 225 of the World’s Most Amazing Places because I love finding beautiful destinations on Earth. One of my favorite places to go is a small place in the Mountains that not many people know about. Very peaceful
I would choose Rick Steve’s Paris 2017 because I love to watch his show on TV and I have always wanted to go to Paris to practice speaking French!
I’d choose Off the Beaten Path: A Travel Guide to More Than 1000 Scenic and Interesting Places Still Uncrowded and Inviting. I like to visit places that aren’t “touristy” and see scenic places that aren’t overcrowded with people. Thanks.
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I would love Your Guide to the National Parks: The Complete Guide to all 59 National Parks (Second edition) because our goal is to visit all the National Parks one day! We have been to 2 so far, and will be hitting 2 more this year. We have a ways to go!
We’re moving across the country so I’d like the Kids’ Travel Guide and just for me I’d like the Lisbon Travel Guide because I want to go to Portugal some day
I like the Destinations of a Lifetime: 225 of the World’s Most Amazing Places book. I would love to read about these destinations and maybe plan a trip.
I like the Off the Beaten Path book…scenic, uncrowned and inviting sounds AMAzing !!!!
I would choose the Ultimate travel book because it looks like a good travelling book.
I would choose “Off the Beaten Path: A Travel Guide to More Than 1000 Scenic and Interesting Places Still Uncrowded and Inviting” because that is exactly how I prefer to travel. I don’t like tourist traps or crowded places. I think it’s the saddest thing when a once lovely place to visit is discovered and becomes crowded.
I’d like the 50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do book. It would be nice to see what there’s to do in each state!
This looks like an interestin read: Destinations of a Lifetime: 225 of the World’s Most Amazing Places
This trip looks awesome! I wish I could travel more.
I bet the book 50 States 5000 Ideas could really get me started on my travel plans!
Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips- this would be fun to take ANY of these trips.