Can you name the US state capitals that are nearest one from another? by dancastro

Can you name the US state capitals that are nearest one from another?

created by dancastro

Enter a pair of capitals in the box below
Correctly named pairs of capitals will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Enter two state capitals (e.g. Albany Augusta). Any of them can be used again with another capital (e.g. Albany Trenton). Distances are geodesic (as the crow flies) between capitols or State Houses.
Source: Coordinates of capitals: Google Earth. Distances: www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-vincenty
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State Capitals	Distance
	65 km (41 mi)
	86 km (54 mi)
	102 km (63 mi)
	106 km (66 mi)
	133 km (82 mi)
	134 km (84 mi)
	144 km (90 mi)
	147 km (91 mi)
	149 km (93 mi)
	153 km (95 mi)
	156 km (97 mi)
	163 km (102 mi)
	170 km (105 mi)
	180 km (112 mi)
	180 km (112 mi)

State Capitals	Distance
	186 km (115 mi)
	187 km (116 mi)
	191 km (119 mi)
	202 km (126 mi)
	203 km (126 mi)
	208 km (129 mi)
	214 km (133 mi)
	214 km (133 mi)
	217 km (135 mi)
	223 km (139 mi)
	223 km (139 mi)
	224 km (139 mi)
	226 km (140 mi)
	233 km (145 mi)
	235 km (146 mi)

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Nearest US State Capitals Quiz

by dancastro

Created Jul 26, 2010 in Geography
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	throwback13:	Jul 27th, 2010 at 01:37 GMT	8 points
	Great quiz! Thank God for the New England states!!

	puckett86:	Jul 27th, 2010 at 03:11 GMT	3 points
	Fun quiz. Looks like you did some good research. I've nominated it.

	the_hamburglar:	Jul 27th, 2010 at 06:17 GMT	15 points
	That was fun but it was tough trying to keep track of all the possible combinations in the new england states

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	loganite:	Jul 27th, 2010 at 16:25 GMT	7 points
	Good quiz. I'll be looking for a "farthest apart" quiz - Honolulu and...

	dding:	Jul 27th, 2010 at 18:40 GMT	2 points
	Same as loganite...I was like "hey, a farthest apart quiz might work" which was quickly followed by "lol Honolulu and Juneau". Maybe it would work for contiguous?

	Morbo:	Jul 27th, 2010 at 21:23 GMT	3 points
	My Rand-McNally atlas says it's 166 miles from Boston to Albany, and MapQuest backs it up. I know airline miles may differ, but that's a big difference between 166 and 139.

	cocky:	Jul 27th, 2010 at 22:52 GMT	2 points
	The problem with a furthest apart quiz is that it would be all Honalulu/Juneau and (fill in the blank). Maybe restrict to the contiguous 48.

	milwaukeehockey:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 00:13 GMT	3 points
	@Morbo - Bing Maps has a tool to measure distance on it's map in a straight line. I came up with 140 miles between Boston and Albany on my first attempt to measure it. The main highways between the two cities do not take the shortest path.

	dancastro:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 00:30 GMT	3 points
	@Morbo: although it's only a game, all figures were checked twice. The distance from Boston to Albany (exactly between the respective Capitol buildings) is 223.8 kilometers or 139.1 miles. Usually the maps or atlases show the distance by highway because it's what practically matters when driving. The difference (166 vs. 139 miles) is not so big: it's less than 20%, quite logical if you take into account that the road isn't straight.

	XYlophonetreeZ:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:25 GMT	5 points
	I felt pretty certain that the omission of Trenton and Hartford had to be a mistake, but I calculated it myself and it's 151.7! Looks like it just missed the cut. Good quiz, well-researched.

	dancastro:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:31 GMT	4 points
	@XYlophonetreeZ: the cut was made at 30 distances not only because it's a round number, but also because there is a gap that allows no doubtful results. Those immediately below (or above) the cut are: Augusta-Boston, 240.2 km (149.2 mi), Boston-Montpelier (244.7 km, 152.1 mi), and Hartford-Trenton and Dover-Richmond (tied within the 1" accuracy for coordinates, that means around 100 feet!) 245.4 km (152.5 mi).

	Patteroast:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 15:34 GMT	3 points
	Mindbender! New England helped get things off to a fast start, but some of the ones out west are closer than they might seem! All around, very nice quiz. :)

	Idgitator:	Oct 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 GMT	2 points
	Why are kilometers listed first when the U.S. uses miles as the measurement for distance?

	dancastro:	Nov 4th, 2010 at 14:02 GMT	1 point
	@Idgitator: it's because the program used for calculating the distances (it's a British website; see source) gives the results in kilometers. Then you have to divide by 1.609344 to get the distance in miles. Of course I could have reversed the columns; I simply thought that the order hadn't importance.

	Bob91351:	Apr 20th, 2012 at 20:08 GMT	1 point
	The 145 mile answer surprised me when I tried it randomly toward the end...

	limeade:	Apr 21st, 2012 at 22:19 GMT	2 points
	Excellent quiz. It's hard to remember that "145 miles A" is so far south in its state and "129 miles A" is so far north in its state, and thus not eligibly close to the capital of its southern neighbor.