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The phrase "about three hours away" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a distance or travel time to a specific location.
Example: "The nearest city is about three hours away by car."
Alternatives: "approximately three hours distant" or "roughly three hours from here."
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Another gateway is Boise, about three hours away.
The cowboy movie star John Wayne hails from Winterset, Iowa, about three hours away.
Otherwise, Spokane, Wash., is the nearest big city, about three hours away, while Missoula, Mont., is four hours away.
I was headed from there to Nizwa, the ancient religious center of Oman, about three hours away, and was eager to get started.
The Colorado Springs Airport has flights from Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and elsewhere; the larger Denver airport is about three hours away.
The answer most likely is, not as often as they do, since Boston's heavily accented suburbs are only about three hours away.
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There's a little desert town about seven hours away from Austin called Marfa.
Both are about two hours away.
Beaches on either one are about two hours away.
The nearest grocery store was about two hours away".
The Seattle-Tacoma International Aiport is about two hours away.
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