The longest road in the world to walk, is from Cape Town (South Africa) to Magadan (Russia). No need for planes or boats, there are bridges. It’s a 22,387 kilometers (13911 miles) and it takes 4,492 hours to travel. It would be 187 days walking nonstop, or 561 days walking 8 hours a day. Along the route, you pass through 17 countries, six time zones and all seasons of the year.
Apparently Australia and New Zealand were never even considered.
And if you do not mind taking a few ferries, walk the Pan-American Highway. It is 19,000 miles (30,577 km) long, going from northern Alaska to the southern tip of Argentinia.
Granted, when you are in the USA, you will not be able to walk on the interstate highways, so the distance will be longer.
A friend of mine, George Meegan, walked the Pan-American route, from south to north, back in the late 70s and early 80s.
Tim, you can not only walk on the interstates chances are pretty good a nice policeman will give you a ride. LoL
Oh, and walk through the Sudans, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Georgia and Russia? I don’t think so.
They fail to mention how many times you get killed!
Also, you could die in Panama. See “Darién Gap”.
Odd. That was supposed to be a reply to Tim’s comment.
That is one of the parts where you would take a ferr–so you can avoid the Darien Gap. Will likely help keep you alive.
Yet apparently back in time some people wandered about the middle east for 40 years without finding a home.
this is not the longest road… – it’s possibly the longest direct route between two points on land that are farthest apart (by a walkable path) but you can easily make a longer route by simply taking a less direct route.
It’s even longer if you can’t find a bathroom when you need it.