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Puzzle#153

Geoguessr

Released: 2026-04-06

Google Street View Image
Country Flag

Vietnam

Lat: 21.74114343613111

Lng: 107.0855048902052

See on Google Street View


7
Models Tested
12541.0km
Avg. Distance
38.9
Avg. Score
6
LLM Providers

Key:

Attempt
Solution

Score Threshold:

>4400
>2000
<2000

google/gemini-3-flash-preview

google

Score: 3

Distance: 14794km

Lat: 18.8955142

Lng: -96.9583191


The vegetation consisting of ferns (likely Cyathea or similar) alongside thin-barked trees and dense tropical foliage is characteristic of the cloud forests or montane forests in the Sierra Madre Oriental. The lighting and specific leaf shapes are very common in the Veracruz/Puebla border region of Mexico.


anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5

anthropic

Score: 2

Distance: 16217km

Lat: 10.4

Lng: -84.7


This image shows a tropical rainforest environment with dense vegetation, tall trees, and what appears to be palm fronds visible on the right side. The presence of a power line and the characteristic vegetation pattern is consistent with Central American rainforests, particularly Costa Rica. The lush green canopy, the type of understory vegetation, and the terrain suggest this is likely in the Caribbean or Pacific slope regions of Costa Rica, possibly in an area like Limón Province or near the Caribbean coast where such dense tropical forest is common.


x-ai/grok-4-fast

x-ai

Score: 1

Distance: 16223km

Lat: 10.3

Lng: -84.8


The image depicts a dense tropical rainforest with tall trees, large ferns, and vines, characteristic of cloud forests in Central America. The lush, green canopy and understory vegetation suggest a humid, equatorial climate typical of areas like Monteverde in Costa Rica, where Google Street View covers forested paths and natural trails.


meta-llama/llama-4-maverick

meta

Score: 105

Distance: 7721km

Lat: -33.759315

Lng: 150.912953


The image appears to be a dense forest with lush greenery, which is consistent with the temperate rainforests found in certain parts of Australia. The presence of ferns and the overall vegetation suggests a humid, subtropical or temperate climate. The image’s characteristics match the environment found in areas like the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. The specific coordinates are a guess based on the similarity of the environment to that region.


anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6

anthropic

Score: 125

Distance: 7371km

Lat: -27.5

Lng: 153


The image shows lush subtropical/temperate rainforest with tree ferns and dense green vegetation. The vegetation type, with ferns and eucalyptus-like trees, is consistent with southeastern Queensland or northern New South Wales, Australia. The dense fern understory and mixed forest appearance suggests the hinterland areas near Brisbane or the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia.


openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai

Score: 34

Distance: 9965km

Lat: 19.8595

Lng: -155.08


Dense wet tropical/subtropical rainforest with abundant tree ferns and hanging lianas along a steep roadside slope — vegetation very similar to windward slopes of Hawai‘i Island (Hilo/Akaka Falls/Hamakua Coast). Google Street View roads exist there and the flora matches island tree fern understory and cloud-forest conditions.


MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

moonshot

Score: 2

Distance: 15496km

Lat: 18.295

Lng: -65.784


The image shows dense tropical rainforest vegetation with large ferns and steep hillside terrain characteristic of Caribbean national forests. The specific combination of tree ferns, lush undergrowth, and the appearance of secondary forest growth along what appears to be a roadside is highly consistent with El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, which has extensive Google Street View coverage. The moisture-loving fern species and forest structure match the Luquillo Mountains rainforest ecosystem, where Google has_mapped PR-191 and other forest roads.


Methodology Note

Each model receives the same Google Street View image. Models are tasked with guessing the location of the image using only visual clues from the street view. Their answers are evaluated without feedback or retries.

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