The nearest water deep enough to dive was still four miles.
"Indeed there is, but what are they doing a couple of hundred kilometers from the nearest large water?"
The nearest safe water for the family was beside a neighbor's home a quarter mile away.
More important, how many miles lay between him and the nearest water?
Unfortunately the nearest water was the river, still a few hours away.
Where is your nearest flowing water, be it stream, river or even the sea coast?
It was twenty meters back along the path to the nearest open water.
He is full of meat and will go now to the nearest water.
The nearest water is many days away from here.
Tarzan knew the nearest water, and to this he immediately led the party.