The Desert Index

How far is America from a Guzzi wrench? Distance from every US town (5,000+ people) to the nearest active, full-service GSN node. Straight-line miles — roads are longer.
Computed 2026-09-10 from 310 full-service nodes. A neutral finding, not a review.
The world heat layer lives on the map itself — tap DESERT (green=good, red=bad, grey=desert; where we have not scraped yet, grey measures our coverage too).
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The ten worst gaps in the lower 48

#	town	pop.	gap	nearest full-service	nearest service point (any grade)
1	Williston, ND	26,977	550 mi	Leo's South (Lakeville, MN)	161 mi — Dvorak Motorsports (Bismarck, ND)
2	Lewistown, MT	5,874	464 mi	Eurosports Utah (Sandy, UT)	93 mi — Paulsens Powersports (Great Falls, MT)
3	Miles City, MT	8,796	438 mi	ACES Motorcycles (Frederick, CO)	242 mi — Dvorak Motorsports (Bismarck, ND)
4	Mandan, ND	21,382	398 mi	Leo's South (Lakeville, MN)	5 mi — Dvorak Motorsports (Bismarck, ND)
5	Anaconda, MT	9,417	387 mi	Eurosports Utah (Sandy, UT)	123 mi — Paulsens Powersports (Great Falls, MT)
6	Slidell, LA	27,942	375 mi	MPH Cycles (Hempstead, TX)	336 mi — Full Throttle (Houston, TX)
7	Evergreen, MT	7,616	364 mi	Optimum Performance Motorsports (Redmond, WA)	146 mi — Paulsens Powersports (Great Falls, MT)
8	Grants Pass, OR	37,088	362 mi	Spirit Motorcycles San Jose (San Jose, CA)	299 mi — Elk Grove Powersports, LLC (Elk Grove, CA)
9	Ontario, OR	10,999	352 mi	Eurosports Utah (Sandy, UT)	248 mi — Eagle Rock Indian Motorcycle (Idaho Motorcycle Co.) (Idaho Falls, ID)
10	Grand Island, NE	51,440	351 mi	ACES Motorcycles (Frederick, CO)	same

By state

state	median	worst town	% of town pop >100 mi
HI	2412 mi	Kekaha-Waimea — 2482 mi	100%
AK	1332 mi	Bethel — 1695 mi	100%
ND	393 mi	Williston — 550 mi	100%
MT	385 mi	Sidney — 528 mi	100%
MS	323 mi	Picayune — 364 mi	100%
LA	301 mi	Slidell — 375 mi	100%
NE	277 mi	Grand Island — 351 mi	100%
ID	254 mi	Payette — 351 mi	100%
SD	246 mi	Pierre — 351 mi	100%
MO	239 mi	Kennett — 329 mi	100%
AR	225 mi	Blytheville — 329 mi	96%
WY	204 mi	Sheridan — 340 mi	66%
KS	201 mi	Hays — 256 mi	97%
IA	186 mi	Shenandoah — 289 mi	100%
OR	183 mi	Grants Pass — 362 mi	100%
NV	168 mi	Winnemucca — 307 mi	22%
TN	166 mi	Memphis — 317 mi	90%
TX	141 mi	Pecos — 312 mi	56%
NM	134 mi	Hobbs — 259 mi	34%
AL	125 mi	Theodore — 299 mi	84%
VT	119 mi	Saint Albans — 161 mi	77%
MI	116 mi	Marquette — 311 mi	60%
KY	102 mi	Mayfield — 256 mi	58%
WI	101 mi	Marinette — 223 mi	45%
ME	98 mi	Belfast — 156 mi	41%
WV	96 mi	Beckley — 176 mi	47%
SC	89 mi	Walterboro — 162 mi	43%
RI	80 mi	Narragansett — 96 mi	0%
FL	59 mi	Warrington — 276 mi	10%
GA	49 mi	Bainbridge — 178 mi	20%
IN	48 mi	Mount Vernon — 165 mi	14%
MA	43 mi	Nantucket — 126 mi	0%
CA	39 mi	Crescent City — 330 mi	9%
NC	38 mi	Kill Devil Hills — 144 mi	1%
OK	38 mi	Guymon — 237 mi	4%
WA	37 mi	Clarkston — 253 mi	28%
MN	36 mi	East Grand Forks — 290 mi	8%
CT	32 mi	Plainfield — 79 mi	0%
UT	30 mi	Moab — 187 mi	7%
AZ	30 mi	Kayenta — 233 mi	6%
MD	28 mi	Ocean City — 115 mi	0%
OH	28 mi	Bryan — 132 mi	1%
IL	24 mi	Chester — 238 mi	15%
NH	23 mi	Berlin — 110 mi	1%
CO	22 mi	Redlands — 200 mi	8%
VA	21 mi	Big Stone Gap — 154 mi	7%
DE	21 mi	Georgetown — 89 mi	0%
NY	20 mi	Massena — 228 mi	5%
PA	20 mi	Warren — 94 mi	0%
NJ	15 mi	Wildwood — 79 mi	0%
DC	5 mi	Capitol Gateway — 9 mi	0%

A desert in our data is a desert in reality or a hole in our coverage — corrections via PR welcome either way.
Data ODbL 1.0 · towns © GeoNames, CC-BY 4.0 · generated 2026-09-10