The nearest contest for us, is Lee and that is 4 hours away and something close to 200-250 miles away. I'm 10 minutes from Canada, and grandpa and I are the only two CL fliers in our area. We have a neighbor that shows some interest in CL, but other than that no one here flies. There is an RC club about a half hour away from us, but they didn't mow a circle for us so we had to whip the plane around because we could only land on the runway since the grass is tall.
I do know there is another PAMPA member, but he lives in Middlebury, an 1 1/2 hour drive, so we have never met this person.
DOC, Massachusetts is a pretty small state but at least it is inhabited. In the rural area of Vermont, (we are what is called an urban area, but is a rural spot) there is nothing. I think New York is a small state because I think of New York as the city and Long Island. Everywhere else I don't consider New York. But it is a trek for us to go to any contest, that is why we only go to 3 or maybe 4 a year.
Edit: I just thought of something, host a contest up here in Vermont, have everybody come up to us. The only place I would be able to see a contest to be held, would be my school, where the parking lot can hold two circles and 30 or so other acres grass that could be mowed for other circles. Hmmm...maybe someday it could happen.