Washington D.C.

The Washington DC Temple can be as much as 2 1/2 hours away when the beltway gets jammed. When there is no traffic we can get there in just under half-an-hour. When has any people gone to the Temple in any age and not have to bring some sort of sacrifice (even a heavy-traffic commute with impossible traffic to get through)?

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I'd like to see the distance traveled in relationship to frequency of visits.

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I live in the southern part of West Virginia. The Washington DC Temple is our Temple, which is 300 miles away. We sometimes get held up in traffic on the Beltway and Hotels are very expensive. I still manage to get to the Temple once a month. I leave around 1:00 on Saturday morning and come back on Saturday afternoon. It would sure be great to have a Temple closer.

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Denver, Colorado

Our Temple is the Denver Temple, which is about 2 1/2 to 3 hours to drive. Our Stake rents a bus 4 times a year for all who cannot drive or do not care to drive through Denver traffic and it is such a blessing! In between we manage to go at least once a month.

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Los Angeles, California

The Los Angeles Temple is 72 miles from my driveway to the temple parking lot. On Saturday morning that is about an hour's drive. On Friday afternoon it takes more than two hours. It involves three freeways, and the 405 and the 5 Freeway have been rated the two worst in the United States. I like to go on Saturday morning!

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Orlando, Florida

We live in Panama City Beach, Florida, which is 325 miles from the Orlando Temple. We are in Central Time, while Orlando is in Eastern Time, so that takes 8 hours driving time over there (not counting time spent stopping for gas or eating). The expensive part of it is the minimum of 2 nights spent in a motel!  Some day we all hope that a Temple will be built here in northwest Florida, such as Panama City, Bay County. We are about halfway between Tallahassee and Pensacola, on a panhandle about 200 miles long.  We all had hoped that a Temple would be announced for our area during the recent Conference!

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Anchorage, Alaska

We fly 400 miles to Anchorage, Alaska, then drive about 10 miles to the temple. My husband is now a temple worker so he goes in on Tuesday night and flies back on Saturday night, working Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. It is wonderful to have one this close.  And many people in Alaska travel through Anchorage coming or going. Happy day, all is well.

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From Juneau, Alaska, it is about a 5 1/2 hour ferry ride and 16-hour drive to Anchorage.  Mapquest puts it at 850 miles and 21.5 hours.

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In Between on the Western Slope of Colorado

From Montrose Colorado to: Denver Temple 5 hours, Vernal Utah Temple, 4 hours, Monticello Utah, 4 hours, Provo Utah, 4 1/2 to 5 hours, Manti Temple 6 hours, Albuquerque NM, 5 to 5 1/2 hours. All of these times are contingent upon traffic, and weather, with weather being the main factor from October to April and sometimes May. We go to all of those temples listed as often as possible, and pray constantly we may get a temple on the Western Slope of Colorado, although I doubt we will get one as we are a widely scattered bunch of Mormons, with more inactive than active, but we pray for them also.

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Singapore

We live in Singapore. In order to go to a temple, everyone must travel by plane to either Hong Kong or the Manila Philippines temples. There is no car travel option, so I could not really compare our situation to the travel time in the poll. Many of our members in Singapore and Malaysia may only be able to travel to the temple one time in their life, due to the expense of airfare and accommodations.

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Atlanta, Georgia

The Atlanta Temple is temporarily closed for renovations. So during the next 18- 24 months, we travel to Birmingham, Alabama (about 2.5- 3 hours). But when our temple opens back up, it is much closer!

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Birmingham, Alabama

I have always lived in the Pacific NW (WA, OR, ID) and after I moved from a city in each of those areas, a temple was built there. I still had at least 3 hours to travel. Four years ago I moved to Alabama and now live closer to a temple (90 minutes to Birmingham) than I have ever lived before. I think this is funny--moving to the Bible Belt to be temple close!

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Seoul, South Korea

I catch the overnight ferry from Qingdao, China and arrive in the morning about 18 hours later in Incheon City, South Korea. Take the subway from Incheon City to Seoul ... only a couple more hours!

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Melbourne, Australia

We are grateful to have a temple here in Melbourne. On our recent visit to Utah and Idaho, my husband and I visited St George, Rexburg, Idaho Falls, Logan, Salt Lake City, Draper and the new Oquirrh Mountain Temples.  We thoroughly enjoyed going to all these beautiful Places.  Nevertheless, we are grateful to have a temple here in Melbourne, Australia.

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