Hugh Brown answered 2/6/2011 How Many Miles Away Is Africa From Us? Bangor, Maine, to Agadir, Morocco, is only 3332 miles on a great circle. That's 500 miles closer than South Carolina to Mauritania. I suspect there are still shorter routes. gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=BGR-AGA%0D%0A&RANGE=&PATH-COLOR=