That statistic is very wrong.  Even in mainland California (no islands!), it&#x27;s easy to beat 10 miles from a road.  Googling suggests that in the continental US, the maximum straight-line distance from a road is 28 miles.  The distance on foot could easily be two to four times that.  It is hard to find a great source on this.  However, here they list a number of places that are ~20 straight-line miles from the nearest road: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;remotefootprints.org&#x2F;project-remote&#x2F;expedition-journals" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;remotefootprints.org&#x2F;project-remote&#x2F;expedition-journa...</a>