There, in a patch of rolling grassland, loosely hemmed in by Bismarck, Dickinson, Pierre, and the greater Rapid City-Spearfish-Sturgis metropolitan area, we find our answer.
Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest McDonald’s, as the crow flies, and 145 miles by car!
Weather Sealed has a map of the lower 48 showing the density of Mickey Dees. More interesting than you’d think.
During our recent 6-day trip from Michigan to Denver we did not eat at a national chain restaurant even once.