Walking Distance is an album by the Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen.

[3] It was released in the United States in 1998 on Arista Records.

[5] The Washington Post opined that "he's still a shaky singer but few folks are writing narrative songs as good as these.

"[6] Entertainment Weekly called Keen "a gifted wordsmith, an indifferent melodist, and a flat-out non-singer.

"[2] All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted