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 :
URL to link back (BETA!) - Feedback is welcome as this will most likely have bugs
Use this URL to link to this 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

Excellent site, really like the how far can I travell. Ever thought of creating an outline polygon around a scatter of pin points of the same colour? Say you had a set of pins for households in a common area. COuld you draw a boundry round them?
By Barry on 27/08/2010

This won't work for me. It won't find any addresses in NC. I've tried many different variations of address inputs.
On 26/08/2010

I would like to see the polygon include ALL destination options up to the nominated distance. IE If I want to drive 200km, but the coast is only 100km away, then that would be one point in the polygon. But a wonderful tool. ASB
By ASB on 26/07/2010

This is amazing! It would be so useful if you could get an option to have several radii on the same map.
On 16/07/2010

Ignor my last comment.. I am a numpty!
By Lee on 15/07/2010

This is fantastic! Would love to see an MPH option, as well as maybe a time entry ie: how far can I go in 1 hour from this postcode?
By Lee on 15/07/2010

For me, the tool only provided a semi-circle rather than a full circle indicating the range of destinations. That is seemed to work only for 180 degrees.
On 29/06/2010

Great tool! Add a button to go to "Full Screen", and it will be better!
By Brian T. on 01/06/2010

Alec, try this ... International Meeting COG.
By Free Map Tools on 25/05/2010

This is so cool! Any chance of a tool to work out the half-way point boundary between two starting points (to look for somewhere to meet a contact)?
By Alec on 25/05/2010

is there any chance that you can introduce a export function for the maps to ether .png or other picture format. This ap is brilliant though
By Sp00kie13 on 24/05/2010

Great tool ! I'm using it to plan a cross country motorcycle trip. Any chance for MPH, and speed options above 110KPH. Thanks Much.
By Chris on 09/05/2010

Exactly what I was looking for - A new job means looking for a new house and this will help the process. As commented by others, using the actual road speed would be great. Any chance you can use public transport info e.g. trains too?
By Andy on 29/04/2010

Oh Magoo .... you've done it again!
By Gitfidl on 18/04/2010

YES! My idea for years :) This is where computers and maps really come together.
By Serge on 10/04/2010

Great Tool!!! Congratulations for designing this mapping-tool! Unfortunatly the coasts cannot be rendering right, if the distance goes into the water. I suggest to define the polygon to the last point before the water starts. Greetings from Germany
By Sweeper on 23/03/2010

looks fantastic and is exactly what i am looking for, however, i cannot get the map to come up at all!! very frustrating.. HELP
By Carol on 18/03/2010

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

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