What's the nearest body of water to you?

[Gaseous Anomaly]

Brazos River or maybe Lake Waco, both are about the same distance away.

 

[Q2UnME]

Probably the Erie Canal (approx. 5 miles to my North) and then I'd say Lake Erie (~10 miles West).

Q2

 

[trampledamage]

The largest major body of water is probably the Susquehanna River, but there's the Juniata River and Raystown Lake - not sure they're big enough to qualify?

If my little stream qualifies yours would have to be a wet ditch and a dip in a lawn not to

Good point - in spring-time the nearest body of water to me is my backyard.

 

[Shazam!]

The Irish Sea

 

[Mysterion]

Puget Sound

 

[Finn]

The Potomac

 

[An Officer]

The river Thames.

 

[Mooch]

Lake Huron for me

 

[Squiggy]

1.38 miles to the Potomac River.
31.98 miles to the Chesapeake Bay.
92.82 miles to Delaware Bay.
111.16 miles to the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

The Chattahoochee River, which runs through Atlanta.

 

[Daneel]

Lake Ontario is just about a couple of miles southeast of me.

 

[eastman23]

Assiniboine River, about half a kilometre away. It flows into the Red River at the Forks, which is about a kilometre from me.

Lake Winnipeg is the closest non-river body of water about 50-60 km north.

 

[M'Sharak]

What's the nearest body of water to where you live?

Mill Creek (tributary of the Santa Ana River)

After that, probably Jenks Lake next, and then Big Bear Lake. The Pacific is roughly 70 miles southwest or 80 miles west of here.

Edit:

I live about 10 minutes from the San Francisco Bay.

For quite a few years, I lived a ten-minute stroll from the Bay (or the lagoon at Brisbane, which is pretty much the same thing.)

 

[Gary Mitchell]

The Gulf of Mexico

 

[Tribbles]

Me too, Gary Mitchell. Well, Mobile Bay is closest, technically, but the Gulf of Mexico isn't far from us.

And it's currently sending Hurricane Ida our way! Thanks a lot, Gulf...

 

[Kirby]

Colorado isn't exactly known for it's bodies of water, but Stanley Lake is pretty close and it's sort of big, for the area. I would LOVE to live near the ocean someday, I always feel very comfortable whenever I can get to a costal city, but alas, my wife is too attached here.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Me too, Gary Mitchell. Well, Mobile Bay is closest, technically, but the Gulf of Mexico isn't far from us.

And it's currently sending Hurricane Ida our way! Thanks a lot, Gulf...

Good luck.

 

[MANT!]

3 miles to the American River...

But there's a creek running through the park across the street from me..so maybe 200 ft?

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

Synx Creek which is 2km away from my house, which flows into Newcastle Harbour and then into Pacific Ocean.

 

[ChaosAngel]

The berg river in paarl