The Atlantic Ocean is 1035 miles away, the Pacific Ocean is 1300 miles away, the nearest salt water is the Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles away.
Total Solar Eclipse of 1994 Nov 03 (La Lava, BOLIVIA) 1  An assortment of Fred Espenak's photographs of eclipses from 1990 through 1994 are featured on this page. The Moon's shadow took Espenak to such diverse places as Finland, Mexico, and Bolivia, Toledo (Ohio). In recent years, he has begun to experiment with image enhancement techniques through computer processing.
Looking beyond 2017, the next total eclipse through the USA is on April 8, 2024 and crosses 13 states (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine). The total eclipse of August 23, 2044 crosses Montana and North Dakota.