Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Cross-Country Gasoline Prices -- Nothing About The Bakken -- For The Archives -- August 12, 2020

For the archives, gasoline prices on cross-country trip from Grapevine, TX, to Portland, OR, and then to Flathead Lake, MT, and then return to Grapevine, TX:

Google maps mileage vs actual mileage:

  • Grapevine, TX, to Portland, OR: 1,983 miles
    • my mileage: 1934 miles
  • Portland, OR, to Lakeside, TX: 575 miles
    • my mileage: 566 miles
  • Lakeside, MT, to Grapevine, TX: 1921 miles via SLC, Albuquerque, Amarillo
  • Lakeside, MT, to Grapevine, TX: 1770 miles via Billings, Casper, Denver, Amarillo (bypassing Albuquerque)
    • my mileage: 1867 miles (via SLC, Albuquerque)
  • data points
    • location; mileage
      • gallons at price/gallon = total paid (numbers often rounded)
  • data:
    • Grapevine, TX, starting: 0.00
    • Roanoake, TX: 43
      • 5.0 gallons @$1.88 = $9.37
    • Childress, TX: 224.5
      • 4.59 @ $1.73 = $7.93
    • somewhere in eastern New Mexico, Tucumari: 449
      • 6.1@$1.95 = $11.90
    • Farmington, NM: 800
      • 8.6 @ $2.08 = $17.81
    • Green River, UT: 1086
      • 6.9 @ $2.40 = $16.45
    • Snowville, UT: 1371
      • 6.2 @ $2.20 = $13.64
    • Baker City, OR: 1726
      • 8.4 @ $2.56 = $21.56
    • Portland, OR: 1934
      • arrival; no gasoline until departure; did not drive car at all while in Portland

 

  • data, Portland, OR, to Flathead Lake, MT:
    • Portland, OR, starting: 0.00 
      • 8.2 @ $2.86 = $23.45
    • Ritzville, OR: 278
      • 6.6 @ $2.66 = $17.49
    • St Regis, MT: 464
      • 4.6 @ $2.40 = $11.00
    • Lakeside, MT: 566
      • arrival: no gasoline until departure; minimal driving while at Lakeside

 

  • data, Flathead Lake, MT, return to Grapevine, TX:
    • Lakeside, MT: 0.00
    • Polson, MT: 44.5
      • 4.4 @ $2.26 = $9.98
    • Dubois, ID (north of Idaho Falls): 375
      • 8.2 @ $2.86 = $23.45
    • Tremonton, UT: 562
      • 5.2 @ $2.50 = $13.04
    • Moab, UT: 871
      • 6.7 @ $2.40 = $16.12
    • Aztec, NM: 1071
      • 4.74 @ $2.08 = $9.86
    • Tucamari, NM: 1417
      • 8.2 @ $2.05 = $16.72
    • somewhere in north Texas, north of DFW: 1611
      • 5.2 @ $1.99 = $10.44
    • Grapevine, TX: 1867
      • 6.6 @ $1.67 = $11.04

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