You may remember us writing about Oglethorpe coach Ron Sattele, or us interviewing him on Hoopsville or the Southern Hospitality tour.
Back in December, Sattele told me about many things, including his trip to the 2007 Final Four in which he refused to drive the interstate.
So while the NCAA will be flying Sattele and the Stormy Petrels to the Final Four, you may be curious: If Sattele were driving his Porsche, how would he go? Look no further — it may not be MSN Mappoint’s shortest possible distance, but it’s sure a complicated route.
Turn by turn, by turn by turn by turn by turn by turn, from Oglethorpe to Holland:
1. Head northeast on Peachtree Rd NE toward Lanier Dr NE 0.2 mi
2. Turn left at Ashford Dunwoody Rd NE 5.1 mi 11 mins
3. Slight right at Mt Vernon Rd 0.2 mi
4. Turn left at Chamblee Dunwoody Rd 0.5 mi 1 min
5. Continue on Roberts Dr 1.3 mi 2 mins
6. Turn left at Spalding Dr 0.3 mi 1 min
7. Turn right at Pitts Rd 0.7 mi 1 min
8. Turn right at Roswell Rd 2.2 mi 4 mins
9. Continue on S Atlanta St 1.7 mi 4 mins
10. Continue on Canton St 0.8 mi 3 mins
11. Continue on Crabapple Rd 4.6 mi 10 mins
12. Turn left at Birmingham Hwy/GA-372 9.9 mi 16 mins
13. Turn left at Freehome Hwy/GA-372
Continue to follow GA-372 12.1 mi 17 mins
14. Turn right at GA-372/GA-5-BR 2.1 mi 3 mins
15. Turn left at GA-372 N/GA-5-BR N 1.8 mi 3 mins
16. Slight right at GA-5 N/GA-515 N 11.2 mi 13 mins
17. Turn right at Antioch Church Rd 0.2 mi 1 min
18. Turn left at GA-136/GA-754
Continue to follow GA-136 14.8 mi 18 mins
19. Turn right at Old GA-61/Old US-411 8.5 mi 11 mins
20. Turn left at GA-282/Mountain Rd/US-76 0.2 mi 1 min
21. Continue on Smyrna Ramhurst Rd 3.6 mi 6 mins
22. Turn left at Smyrna Church Rd 0.1 mi
23. Turn right at Spring Place Smyrna Rd 2.7 mi 4 mins
24. Turn right at GA-225
Entering Tennessee 16.9 mi 23 mins
25. Continue on Spring Pl Rd SE/TN-74 11.6 mi 16 mins
26. Turn right to merge onto APD 40/TN-60 N/US-64-BYP E/US-74 E
Continue to follow TN-60 N 29.3 mi 50 mins
27. Turn right at Rhea County Hwy/US-27 N 17.3 mi 27 mins
28. Turn right at TN-68/Wassom Memorial Hwy
Continue to follow TN-68 21.2 mi 31 mins
29. Slight right at US-127 N
Entering Kentucky 67.2 mi 1 hour 29 mins
30. Turn right at US-127 N/S Washington St
Continue to follow US-127 N 4.6 mi 6 mins
31. Turn left at KY-90/US-127
Continue to follow US-127 24.3 mi 30 mins
32. At the traffic circle, take the 3rd exit and stay on US-127 51.3 mi 1 hour 6 mins
33. Turn left at S Danville Bypass/US-127-BYP N/US-150-BYP N
Continue to follow S Danville Bypass/US-127-BYP N 5.3 mi 8 mins
34. Continue straight onto Harrodsburg Rd/US-127 N
Continue to follow US-127 N 22.2 mi 29 mins
35. Continue on US-127-BYP N 6.6 mi 8 mins
36. Turn left at KY-151/US-127
Continue to follow KY-151 7.9 mi 13 mins
37. Turn left at US-60 12.1 mi 17 mins
38. Turn right at KY-55-CONN 1.2 mi 3 mins
39. Continue straight onto KY-55 21.6 mi 32 mins
40. Turn left at US-421 22.2 mi 31 mins
41. Turn left to stay on US-421
Entering Indiana 0.8 mi 2 mins
42. Turn left at E 2nd St/US-421
Continue to follow E 2nd St 0.4 mi 2 mins
43. Turn right at Jefferson St 0.4 mi 2 mins
44. Continue on US-421 N 25.2 mi 30 mins
45. Turn left at US-421/US-50
Continue to follow US-421 23.3 mi 32 mins
46. Turn right at IN-46 0.1 mi
47. Turn left at N Lincoln St 1.4 mi 4 mins
48. Turn right at IN-3 N 17.6 mi 26 mins
49. Turn right toward US-52 233 ft
50. Turn left at US-52 0.5 mi 2 mins
51. Continue on IN-3/N Main St
Continue to follow IN-3 14.2 mi 22 mins
52. Turn left to stay on IN-3 24.7 mi 36 mins
53. Turn right to merge onto IN-3 N/IN-67 N
Continue to follow IN-3 N 42.5 mi 57 mins
54. Turn left at E 600 S/IN-124 3.7 mi5 mins
55. Turn right at IN-5/S Warren Rd 8.7 mi 11 mins
56. Continue on S Broadway St 2.2 mi 5 mins
57. Turn left at E Park Dr/US-24-BR W 0.7 mi 2 mins
58. Turn right at N Mishler Rd/Old IN-9
Continue to follow Old IN-9 1.0 mi 3 mins
59. Continue on IN-9/N Mishler Rd
Continue to follow IN-9 17.9 mi 25 mins
60. Turn left at US-30-BR/W Van Buren St 0.2 mi
61. Turn right at N Line St 1.5 mi 4 mins
62. Continue on IN-109 11.0 mi 15 mins
63. Turn left at US-33 10.2 mi 15 mins
64. Continue on IN-5/Lincolnway S
Continue to follow IN-5 19.4 mi 29 mins
65. Turn left at W 600N/IN-120
Continue to follow IN-120 5.3 mi 7 mins
66. Turn right at IN-13
Entering Michigan 2.3 mi 5 mins
67. Continue on US-131 6.5 mi 9 mins
68. Continue on N Washington St 0.2 mi
69. Continue on Youngs Prairie Rd 5.2 mi 6 mins
70. Turn left at M-60 3.9 mi 6 mins
71. Turn right at M-40 8.8 mi 11 mins
72. Turn left at M-40/W Main St
Continue to follow M-40 37.5 mi 50 mins
73. Turn left at N Cedar St/M-40/M-89 0.2 mi
74. Turn left at Cutler St/M-40/M-89
Continue to follow M-40 22.0 mi 33 mins
You pull into Holland in a mere 17 hours, 52 minutes. It’s 747 miles.
In contrast, the directions including interstates have 10 turns and takes you 798 miles, but only takes 12 hours, 15 minutes.
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