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.
Over 1,000 miles of shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico, from Texas to Florida, was impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Much of this area has been cleaned, but eroded shorelines are taking longer to recover and erosion rates have accelerated in these areas.