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CRISSCROSSING THE COUNTRY: PLAN A TRIP!

Name _________________________

DIRECTIONS: Help Bryce and Sara figure out how many miles they'll travel in all from their home in Syracuse, New York, to visit the five landmarks below and then home again. Do the math to find the TOTAL MILES. Write the mileage in the box. (We have rounded the miles.)

TRIP #START POINTEND POINTTOTAL MILES 
1Syracuse, N.Y.Edison Nat'l. Historic Site (West Orange, N.J.)232 miles
2West Orange, N.J.Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)235 miles
3Washington, D.C.Antietam Nat'l. Battlefield (Sharpsburg, Md.)69 miles
4Sharpsburg, Md. Harpers Ferry Nat'l. Park (Harpers Ferry, W.V.) 16 miles
5Harpers Ferry, W.V.Cape Hatteras Nat'l. Seashore (Kitty Hawk, N.C.)327 miles
6Kitty Hawk, N.C.Syracuse, N.Y.647 miles
Total Miles: ______________________

Now choose five landmarks that you would like to visit, and create a chart to show the mileage, just as Bryce and Sara did above. Then use the MapQuest Web site at http://www.mapquest.com to help you plan your trip. Use the "Express Lane" search engine on the main page of the site to find the distances between places. (You don't need to fill in the "address" box. All you need to fill in is the city and the state boxes and click on Get Directions .)

TRIP #START POINT END POINT TOTAL MILES 
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TOTAL MILES____________

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