Vinings, Georgia. Vinings is a census-designated place and an unincorporated town in Cobb County, Georgia, just across the Chattahoochee River from Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 9,734.
the gulf of Mexico is about 850 miles wide at its widest point. I'm not sure where the widest point is, but i hope this helped. That is all the info I could find to answer your question. I was wondering that same thing to plan a boat trip to Brownsville Texas from where I am now in Ft. Myers Florida.
The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles (160 km) downstream from New Orleans. Measurements of the length of the Mississippi from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico vary somewhat, but the United States Geological Survey's number is 2,320 miles (3,730 km).