Where is the most remote place you’ve ever been?

[GuineaDago585]

Have you ever been so far removed from civilization that it felt like a time warp? I remember driving through some backroads of rural South Carolina years ago, ended up 2 hours from the highway and there was NOTHING but cotton fields, abandoned/burned down farm buildings and literal dirt roads. Almost as if everyone fled the entire region in the 1960s. It felt eerie being so off the grid, knowing if anything happened I would have little chance of survival.

But even then I was probably at within 100 miles of a decent sized city.

What is the most remote place you’ve been to?

Flying over doesn’t count.

[Legz422]

Canadian Yukon. The drive from Alaska up there was absolutely gorgeous.

[OutdoorBrah]

I went to Everest Base Camp back in March of 2022, still winter so I had beaten the tourist hellscape and the country was just opening back up after covid. Didn't see a car for two weeks, limited cell service, l lived with a Sherpa man the whole time.

[Bluestar92]

Probably 40k feet above the middle of the Pacific Ocean. On land, probably the backcountry of the southern Rockies in northern New Mexico. The nearest paved road was probably 30 miles away.

[jimbob007]

The Isle Of Wight.

[Lexira]

6 hours drive into the unknown, a faraway mountain area far away from pretty much everything. It is where I meditate.

[OliverHeldens]

I climbed Kilimanjaro last year, and that was probably the most remote. Although it's not that far away from humanity, and I ended up sleeping in a hotel the same day I reached the top.

[YeahImMad]

Outer mongolia. Ppl living in those little tent things and yaks wandering about in the road

[jonmcd46]

idk if anywhere in the US is really that remote.
I remember being driven around Thailand, and that was way worse...
Wake Island, no wifi, a tiny airport, great weather and beaches and some old WW2 stuff
Flying doesn't count, but I've seen NK at night and the spratleys... would rather live anywhere in SC than either of those places

[NitrogenWidget]

I think it was the native Reservation.
not sure, it was the late 80's before gps or cell phones.
I was new to driving and took a wrong turn in the country.

there was a train trestle with lots of graffiti.
a few buildings (boarded up)
a few mobile homes and houses.
1 or two looked like they were burned out yrs before.
most were boarded up.
chit in the streets and on the sides of the road.

i had not seen another soul for 30 mins.
just almost single lane winding roads in the woods.


But i knew there was route to the north that ran from my city to halfway across the state so i just kept heading north or near as i could tell based on time of day and position of the sun and was able to find the route and get home.

[dingler]

On land - Prudhoe Bay Alaska - specifically Kuparuk Mound
Offshore - somewhere in the ocean I was all over the place working on oil rigs.

[Hutrapper]

Midway point on a couple of rivers between Cochrane and Moosonee. 6 days paddle to civilization.


That or Rankin Inlet Nunavut. Fly in only, Canadian Only. Went out by snowmobile on the ice, and it was just...nothing out there.

[N0rds]

Middle of the Sahara desert, 5 hours from a big city. Hour away from a shithole oasis with mud huts and 2 or 3 single level "hotel"s.




Slept out on the sand under the stars, no noise besides a random airplane 50,000 feet overhead, and slight wind blowing the sand.














(not my pic but I've been to these pillars twice)












White Desert - Sahara Desert - Egypt

[donblaximus]

The Maldives. 22 hour flight from the US and in the middle of the Indian ocean. Was awesome

[Berts]

In the middle of the largest wilderness area in the lower 48, Frank Church. I actually have spent a lot of time in here. Mostly kayaking. You kayak 100 miles through it one way and 80 the next. Plus a bunch of side tributaries. I have hired planes to pick me up in the middle of wilderness places. Pay a company to drive your car from where you put on to where you takeoff. Selway river is also very remote. The Owyhee river drainage is actually more remote though. You are on your own, you are not getting help if you have issues.

I've kayaked most rivers in the state of Idaho over the last 20 years, been to some amazing placing running class 5 whitewater, living out of the kayak for a week or more. Just you, your kayak, your gear, food you brought and your skills as a kayaker.

[nn586]

the center point of your mom's vageen

[FarmersSon]

In the middle of the largest wilderness area in the lower 48, Frank Church. I actually have spent a lot of time in here. Mostly kayaking. You kayak 100 miles through it one way and 80 the next. Plus a bunch of side tributaries. I have hired planes to pick me up in the middle of wilderness places. Pay a company to drive your car from where you put on to where you takeoff. Selway river is also very remote. The Owyhee river drainage is actually more remote though. You are on your own, you are not getting help if you have issues.

I've kayaked most rivers in the state of Idaho over the last 20 years, been to some amazing placing running class 5 whitewater, living out of the kayak for a week or more. Just you, your kayak, your gear, food you brought and your skills as a kayaker.

Frank Church for me too. Probably wasn't as deep as you, though, I was on foot.

[dingler]

In the middle of the largest wilderness area in the lower 48, Frank Church. I actually have spent a lot of time in here. Mostly kayaking. You kayak 100 miles through it one way and 80 the next. Plus a bunch of side tributaries. I have hired planes to pick me up in the middle of wilderness places. Pay a company to drive your car from where you put on to where you takeoff. Selway river is also very remote. The Owyhee river drainage is actually more remote though. You are on your own, you are not getting help if you have issues.

I've kayaked most rivers in the state of Idaho over the last 20 years, been to some amazing placing running class 5 whitewater, living out of the kayak for a week or more. Just you, your kayak, your gear, food you brought and your skills as a kayaker.

Did you have to get a permit to go to any of the areas? I've seen thos self-issue permits but I've never met anyone that has used them.

[dopamine72]

Hiking in the Andes Mountains in Peru up to 15k ft, then white water rafting around that area. Never seen a clearer night sky in my life, there was always something to spot + many satellites.

[RICHSTRONG]

Sillie's Baltimore. Miles away from any intelligence, just me and the animals. Rats everywhere...just a hellish landscape all the way around.

[Bushmaster]

Driving I-5 South from San Francisco to LA.

Easily a couple of hundred miles of absolutely nothing. No towns, no restaurants, no gas stations, and no people. In fact it was so remote that I couldn't even pick up a radio station in some parts of it.

[crupiea]

Midway Island

[monster0ultra]

Middle of the Sahara desert, 5 hours from a big city. Hour away from a shithole oasis with mud huts and 2 or 3 single level "hotel"s.




Slept out on the sand under the stars, no noise besides a random airplane 50,000 feet overhead, and slight wind blowing the sand.












[img]https://i.imgur.com/RcmIgrH.jpeg[img]

(not my pic but I've been to these pillars twice)

[img]https://i.imgur.com/B7WISM9.jpeg[img]








[img]https://i.imgur.com/bFoC71b.png[img]

White Desert - Sahara Desert - Egypt

I'm shocked that you didn't photoshop Tyrone into the Egypt picture.

[ParsleyTea]

Northern Nevada, and eastern Oregon. i remember once driving in eastern Oregon and for the day only passed one other vehicle, a UPS truck. There was nearly nothing out there other than tumble weeds and a few sand dunes.

[CementPizza]

youkon
above the arctic circle

[Berts]

Did you have to get a permit to go to any of the areas? I've seen thos self-issue permits but I've never met anyone that has used them.

Depends on the time of year. 4 Rivers lottery is prime time permits. Memorial day to labor day for Hells Canyon, Middle Fork Salmon, Main Salmon and Selway. Kayakers like to go in before permit season during high water which rafters avoid. You still need a permit but can grab one online relatively easy. Some rivers you can self issue a permit at the put in off season like Hells Canyon. Others you need to take care of it before hand even when not during the lottery permit season. Like the Middle Fork Salmon, Main Salmon. The weird part is running tributaries into these rivers. If you camp on that river you need a permit but if blow past and out in a day, you don't. Its a grey area. Those 4 rivers are the only ones with permits.

I just missed out on a Middle Fork Salmon because of obligations, a bunch of buddies took off yesterday.

[Irezumi]

Tora Bora
Khyber Pass

[Soonerjohn]

My grandparents farm in the panhandle of Oklahoma. Nearest neighbor was 5 miles away. Nearest very small town was 30 miles away.

[dingler]

Depends on the time of year. 4 Rivers lottery is prime time permits. Memorial day to labor day for Hells Canyon, Middle Fork Salmon, Main Salmon and Selway. Kayakers like to go in before permit season during high water which rafters avoid. You still need a permit but can grab one online relatively easy. Some rivers you can self issue a permit at the put in off season like Hells Canyon. Others you need to take care of it before hand even when not during the lottery permit season. Like the Middle Fork Salmon, Main Salmon. The weird part is running tributaries into these rivers. If you camp on that river you need a permit but if blow past and out in a day, you don't. Its a grey area. Those 4 rivers are the only ones with permits.

I just missed out on a Middle Fork Salmon because of obligations, a bunch of buddies took off yesterday.

PM me if you ever need help getting a permit. I work at the DOI which is the parent agency to the BLM and NPS - including the wild and scenic rivers group. No need to put in for the lottery I'll just tell them to give you one lol.

[N0rds]

I'm shocked that you didn't photoshop Tyrone into the Egypt picture.