Some years ago I learned that contrary to what I would have guessed, Lake Tahoe is actually farther west than Los Angeles. It seems counter-intuitive and reminds me of optical illusions. Here are some other things I find on the map that take some getting used to, for me anyway:
Las Vegas, NV is roughly due east of Big Sur, CA (I always pictured Las Vegas as being much farther south, due east of Los Angeles or something)
Montreal is not only north of New York City, but slightly east (maybe it's harder to get used to this idea being that I'm from California)
The big island of Hawaii is farther south than most of Cuba (another way of looking at it is Honolulu is farther south than Havana)
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