How long does 1500 miles stretch for?

Question

give me an example of how long it is like from North carolina to a distance

Answer 1

In a straight line, not quite to Albuquerque, NM.  Dead on to Carlsbad Caverns, NM or Denver.

Answer 2

Northwest Indiana to Moab Utah.  Outside of Moab is Arches National Park

Answer 3

It's about New York City to Cuba.

Play around with google maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&ge...

Answer 4

Go to Raleigh NC, and head due west on I-40.  1500 miles later in the Texas panhandle, 25 miles west of Amarillo.  Yee-ha!

Or zigzag on a bunch of freeways and wind up in Fargo North Dakota, exactly 1500 miles.

The above are freeway miles, per Yahoo! Maps.