Game of Thrones Fan tabulates distances between places in Westeros 

and stopped to wonder just how far Winterfell is to King’s Landing? Did Littlefinger’s seemingly magical ability to teleport from Winterfell to King’s Landing in the space of an episode baffle you? Well, be baffled no more, as an enterprising Redditor going by the name

Imperial_Affectation has calculated the distances between some of Westeros’ most notable landmarks.

Armed with the Pythagorean theorem, an acute bout

insomnia, a map in a language I can’t speak, and a staggering indifference to the fact that Martin (intentionally or otherwise) hasn’t produced a to-scale map of Westeros, I sat down and figured out how far apart stuff is.

It’s not often one comes across a fantasy fan who also intimately knows the ins and outs of the Pythagorean theorem. Here’s the map of Westeros that Imperial_Affectation used for reference, although others were cross-referenced.

According to Imperial_Affection, the distances on most Westerosi maps are often disputed, so they decided to compile a list of how long it takes to travel from place to place. They started with the map above, which just so happens to be in French. The reasoning behind the use of the French map was because the Wall on this map worked out to be around 149 pixels long. By Imperial Affection’s estimations, the Wall is a hundred leagues (three hundred miles) long, so by doubling the number of pixels between locations, it became a relatively simple task to estimate distances.

Casterly Rock to Kayce: 12 miles by sea and 100 miles by land

Casterly Rock to Deep Den (Goldroad): 240 miles (Deep Den is due north of Silver Hill)

Mouth of the Mander River to the Shield Islands: 70 miles

(Note: there’s a lot of geography in the way here. These figures are especially rough.)

Heart’s Home to Strong Song (by water): 180 miles

The Sisters (equidistant) to Pebble Island (by water): 190 miles

The Sisters (equidistant) to White Harbor (by water): 275 miles

Deepwood Motte to Bear Island (by water): 140 miles

Barrowton to Torrhen’s Square: 125 miles by land, 60 miles by water

Imperial_Affection has tabulated many more distances, and you can see them on this nice and tidy PDF. For example, by their calculations,Vaes Dothrak is about as far from Volantis as Moscow is from Barcelona. There are measurements for Dorne, as well as Essos, so I suggest giving it a good perusing. It’s pretty neat, and makes Littlefinger’s appearance in King’s Landing right after chilling with the Boltons in Winterfell even more of a head-scratcher.

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For what it’s worth, the Pythagorean Theorem is a pretty basic mathematical concept…something most kids learn before HS.

Oh, I appreciate what he did just let’s not act like the Pythagorean Theorem requires advacned mathematics degrees to use.

Math is dark magic to some people. 🔮🙀

Just imagine how much time this person has put into it! So cool!

Omg! Aren’t ASOIAF fans just the most wonderful bunch of nutters?! I love it! Total respect to Imperial_Affection! ✊

Is it just me the spoiler article isn’t loading for? Ironic….

Some article about chrome stopping you getting spoilers.

Same here @Gaia. Using iOS app? That may be the issue

Yip. Oh well doesn’t look too exciting at least!

Right off of the bat there seems to be some discrepancy between his base map and those that George generated for the map book. Not so much in Westeros but once you get past the Red Waste, Yi Ti, the Jade Sea, the Bone Mountain’s, etc. etc. all look off or even non-existent. The guy did an amazing job for sure but I had assumed that George endorsed the map book as being “to scale.”

I haven’t gone to his site or seen his possible comments or disclaimers on this but I’m surprised that the map book’s “the Known World” or a compilation of “The West” “Central Essos” and “The East” respectively weren’t replaced as the basis for his project.

Maybe that map is one based of the earliest and therefor somehow more accurate when compared to George’s earliest aSoIaF writings? It’s pretty interesting to see the distances in miles or kilometers either way, feels just a bit more real.

Yes! That’s it! Makes it feel a bit more real!

That distance from Winterfell to the Wall doesn’t seem right.

Ok maybe not. But I’m not good a geography and I don’t want to detract from what the fella has achieved.

I seek the truth, you worry about peoples feelings… I could use a little of what you got.

I agree…….650 miles????? Seems a bit excessive. Furthermore, it makes the journey of the deserter seem impossible.

these distances show you how ridiculous some of the travelling portrayed on the show is.

Maybe a Westerosi Mile does not equal our Mile…

I would just ride the LF express and get there in two episodes tops.

Uhm…I always explained myself that Littlefinger took a boat, just like Catlyn did in the first Book. She was faster than the Ned and the Kings squad…

Are Westeros and Essos on a flat planet? Pythagoras’ Theorem only holds for a flat surface. As maps are a flat representation of a spherical surface (most commonly using Mercator’s Projection), distances vary the further you get away from the equator. What looks like 100 leagues at a high northern latitude (e.g. the Wall) will look a lot smaller at the equator (Dorne?). To accurately estimate distance on an otherwise unscaled map, you need to know the radius of the planet and the latitude-longitude coordinates or various points.

Pythagoras only gives you part of the answer. You need spherical trigonometry for the rest.

Let’s just stop the crap I keep talking about.

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