How Far Can I Travel

Discover how far you can travel on land from a fixed point. Specify the start point, then input either how far you can go or your mode of transport with time available. This tool will then show you the range of locations that you can reach in that time.

How Far Can I Travel Map

Options

(1) Enter an Address    
(2A) Speed
Select Speed...
KPH
Or choose mode of transport...
Walking
Jogging
Running
Cycling
Slow Car
Fast Car
And Time : hours
OR        
(2B) How far can you travel km    
(Optional) Choose Processing Speed Vs Accuracy
 
       
Google Earth KML Output (BETA!) - Feedback is welcome as this will most likely have bugs
Once you have a radius on the map :

How to use the How Far Can I Travel Tool

You do not need to interact with the map as it will move and resize depending on what you input. To start with, input an address / location in to option 1. Remember, the entire world has to be searched to find this location so make it precise. For example "123 Example Road, ExCity, Excountry" is a good method.

Next you need to indicate the total road distance you can travel. This can be done in two ways:

2A : By inputting a speed of travel and a travel time. For example you may wish to walk for 1 hour.

2B : By inputting a distance. For example you wish to find somewhere 50km away.

Optional, Specify how accurate you want the results to be. Accuracy can be low medium or high. This will result in the tool running faster or slower (more accurate means more time needed). If you find your web browser becoming slow of even crashing you are advised to lessen the accuracy.

Then click [Search] and wait a short time for the start point and all points on the perimeter of your range to be displayed.

Hover over a perimeter marker to see it's road distance from the start point and the as the crow flies distance. Click on a marker to see the address of any nearby locations.

About

The How Far Can I Travel tool has been developed after requests by numerous people all of whom had different applications for it but all asked for a similar thing. "Instead of a radius as the crow flies, can you do a radius as the car drives" was the most popular way of explaining this. Please get in contact to report bugs or suggest improvements.

Future Ideas and Features

Version History

Previous Comments For This Page

Very cool. Would be killer if it could use the appropriate travel speed for each road.
By Dave on 02/03/2010

Is it possible to get the output as a .kml file so I can load as map overlay into google earth? That way I can produce 3 radii generated maps and view the overlapping area. For instance in house hunting; what area is bounded by 30 mins travel from 2 workplaces and a school.
By Paul E - UK on 26/02/2010

This tool is perfect - exactly what I need for a project on which I'm currently working. But like Michael, I am looking for a way to save the output to a custom map, or better yet, have this tool integrated directly into Google Maps. Any possibility of that?
By Will on 24/02/2010

First of all just to say this is a fantastic tool just like so many others on this site. My only comment would be to either add a map size option or default to a square map on all radius/distance tools as this would be the best fit for the output. Much appreciated!
By Richard Lowenthal on 10/02/2010

It would be even better if you could input a time and the program used the google driving time estimator instead of assuming a fixed speed.
On 08/02/2010

Can you make the origin point a different color/symbol? (Great tool, thanks!)
By Michelle M on 03/02/2010

Would be great if we could show coverage from multiple points. Would be usefull as we have reps on the road and usefull for us to see gaps where we need to recruit.
By Stu on 01/02/2010

John, Thanks for the feedback. It has now been increased to 999. Testing seems to prove it is not much slower but please let us know if there any problems!
By Free Map Tools on 31/01/2010

Why is this limited to a max distance of 99 km? It would be helpful if this limit could be raised.
By John on 31/01/2010

Would it be possible to set different speeds for different road types rather than just using a single average figure for the whole journey? Having only perhaps 3 different sets e.g. Motorway, A-road, B-road would be ideal. Also, how about allowing multiple searches to be overlayed. e.g. 30 mins from point A and 45 mins from point B would show where both sets of crtieria can be met 0 which would be ideal
On 23/01/2010

Awesome -- any way to save the output to MyMaps?
By Michael on 22/01/2010

This is awesome! For those of us across the 'big water' could there be something added so we have a 'miles' choice too??
On 10/01/2010

Great tool! Would it be possible to plot several distances like with the radius around a point?
By Chris on 08/01/2010

Great tool. Could it use Google Maps journey times calculation rather than searching for destinations which are at a distance from the start point which is the desired time multiplied by the selected speed?
By Jon on 06/01/2010

Great for planning bicycle rides.
By Ken on 06/01/2010

This is great. I'm moving house and want to be no more than 30 minutes from my dad's house. This is ideal, thanks!
By Marie Barton on 22/12/2009

I need to know routes and distances between two points on the west coast of Scotland without using ferries. ie Saltcoats to Campbeltown by road
By John Havlin on 25/11/2009

This is absolutely exactly what I needed! I am so thrilled to find there is a tool to do this - congratulations guys!
By Jodee on 24/11/2009

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