Chapter 8 route notes
Forrest Gump chapter 8 map: Scene 8: Watergate and discharge home
The interactive map opens this page at chapter 8. The static notes below explain the chapter's mapped location, distance changes, slope or depth changes, and source trail.
Anchor
Watergate and Alabama return
Movement
surface
Segments active
2
Chapter distance
1,505 km
Chapter facts
- Forrest is put up at the Watergate Hotel after meeting President Nixon.
- After discharge, the story returns him to Alabama.
- The route moves from New York to Washington, then back to Greenbow.
- Surface-globe domestic travel; no altitude is modeled.
The chapter closes the military-celebrity loop and returns the route to Alabama.
Mapped paths in this chapter
| Path | From | To | Medium | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York to Watergate | New York City | Watergate Hotel | Air | 329 km |
| Discharge home to Greenbow | Watergate Hotel | Greenbow, Alabama | Air | 1,176 km |