List of extreme points of U.S. states
Extreme points are portions of a region which are further north, south, east, or west than any other. This is a list of extreme points in U.S. states.
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
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Alabama | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. About 6 miles NW of Waterloo, Lauderdale County, in the far NW corner of the state |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Southern tip of Sand Island (on which Sand Island Light sits), SE of Dauphin Island, Mobile County |
About 8 miles SE of Fort Mitchell, in Russell County on the Georgia border | Southern third of the Mississippi state line, ending near Melvin, Choctaw County |
AlaskaA[›] | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.50[›] Point Barrow,[1] 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Barrow |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nitrof Point[2] on Amatignak Island in the Aleutian Islands |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Belle Bay,[3][4] in Portland Canal ----(by longitude)--- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.50[›] |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.50[›] Peaked Island,[6] in the Aleutians; West of Cape Wrangell,[7] Attu Island ----(by longitude)--- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.50[›] |
Arizona | 37th parallel Western two-thirds of the northern border with Utah |
Eastern third of the southern border with Mexico, running from west of Nogales to the New Mexico border | Eastern border with New Mexico | West of San Luis, Yuma County |
Arkansas | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. NW of Bella Vista, Benton County, along the northern border with Missouri |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SE corner of state, SE of Eudora, Chicot County; on an unnamed peninsula on the west side of the Mississippi River |
Near Huffman, Mississippi County | NW corner of the state on Highway 43 NNW of Maysville at Corner Stone tri-state monument (MO-AR-OK) across road from store on Missouri side. |
California | 42nd parallel Northern border with Oregon |
Border Field State Park in Imperial Beach, San Diego County | About three miles south of Parker Dam, San Bernardino County (directly across from Buckskin Mountain State Park, AZ) | Cape Mendocino, Humboldt County. Westernmost island: Sugarloaf Island, Humboldt County |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
Colorado | 41st parallel Northern border with Wyoming |
36.99250°N (approximately) Southern border with New Mexico, near Chromo |
Eastern border with Kansas and Nebraska | Northern two-thirds of western border with Utah[9] |
Connecticut | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. North of Salisbury, Litchfield County, along Massachusetts border |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Byram Point, SW of Greenwich, Fairfield County |
CT-MA-RI tri-state point | About 1 mile NW of I-684, Fairfield County (near the intersection of High Hill Road and King Street) |
Delaware | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pennsylvania border, north of Wilmington |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. SE of Selbyville, Sussex County, along Maryland border |
On State Route 1, between Fenwick Island and South Bethany, Sussex County | On the border with Maryland, 1.5 miles south of the MD-DE-PA tri-point, see Arc Line in the article The Wedge (border) |
Florida | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. North of Malone, Jackson County, along border with Alabama |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.48[›] Ballast Key ----(on mainland)----
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Palm Beach Shores, north side of Lake Worth Inlet, Palm Beach County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On the Perdido River about 12 miles WSW of Walnut Hill, Escambia County |
Georgia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. NE corner of state, NE of Clayton, Rabun County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On the St. Marys River, S of St. George, Charlton County |
Tybee Island, Chatham County | NW corner of the state, about 7 miles south of Jasper, Tennessee |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
Hawaii | Kure Island | Ka Lae (south cape), Hawaii County50[›] | Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii County | Kure Island |
Idaho | 49th parallel Northern border with Canada |
42nd parallel Southern border with Utah and Nevada |
Eastern border with Wyoming | On the Snake River, across from Huntington, Oregon |
Illinois | NW corner of the state, near East Dubuque, Jo Daviess County | Fort Defiance State Park, Alexander County | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Land: In Lawrence County, along the Wabash River Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Water: At the junction of border with Michigan and Wisconsin, almost due east of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois[10] |
Lock & Dam No. 20 on the Mississippi River, near Meyer, Adams County |
Indiana | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Northern border with Illinois and Michigan |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On the Ohio River, opposite Uniontown, Kentucky |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On the Ohio River, about 2 miles NE of Patriot, Switzerland County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On the Wabash River, opposite New Haven, Illinois |
Iowa | Northern border with Minnesota and South Dakota | Old river channel across the Des Moines River, near Keokuk, Lee County | On the Mississippi River, between Clinton and Sabula | On the Big Sioux River, about 1 mile west of Westfield, Plymouth County |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
Kansas | Northern border with Nebraska | Southern border with Oklahoma | On the Missouri River, within Kansas City, Kansas, at the GM Fairfax Assembly Plant, formerly the Fairfax Airport | Western border with Colorado |
Kentucky | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On the Ohio River, NW of Hebron, Boone County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On Kentucky Lake at the Tennessee border, about 10 miles SE of New Concord, Calloway County |
On the Tug Fork River at the tripoint with Virginia and West Virginia, Pike County | On the Mississippi River, due south of New Madrid, Missouri, see Kentucky Bend |
Louisiana | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Along Arkansas border, NW of Ida, Caddo Parish |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At the mouth of the Mississippi River, about 14 miles south of Venice, Plaquemines Parish |
Chandeleur Islands | On the Toledo Bend Reservoir, about 5 mi. NW of Logansport, De Soto Parish |
Maine | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Estcourt Station, Aroostook County, opposite Pohenegamook, Quebec |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cedar Island Ledge, York County |
Quoddy Head50[›] | Intersection with New Hampshire and Quebec, Oxford County |
Maryland | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Along the border with Pennsylvania, NE of Cumberland, Allegany County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Watkins Point, SW of Crisfield, Somerset County |
On the Atlantic Ocean at the Maryland-Delaware state line | SW corner of the Maryland Panhandle, about 10 miles south of Gnegy Church, Garrett County |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
Massachusetts | About 1 mile NW of Salisbury Plains, in Salisbury, Essex County | About 4 miles WSW of Siasconset, Nantucket Island | Nauset Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, in Orleans/Chatham, Barnstable County | Near Alander Mountain, in Mount Washington, Berkshire County |
Michigan | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Northernmost point of border with Ontario, almost due north of Passage Islands and northwest of the Gull Islands |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Intersection of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio borders, southwest of Camden, Hillsdale County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Easternmost point of border with Ontario, northeast of Port Sanilac, Michigan |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mouth of the Montreal River along Wisconsin state line, Gogebic County |
Minnesota | Angle Inlet, Lake of the Woods County48[›] | Southern border with Iowa, within 1 mile W of US 65 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At junction of border with Michigan and Ontario, northeast of Pigeon Point, Cook County |
Near St. Vincent, Minnesota |
Mississippi | Central half of the northern border with Tennessee | About 2 miles SE of Ansley, Hancock County | Near Eastport, Tishomingo County | On the Mississippi River, about 7 miles west of Pinckneyville, Wilkinson County |
Missouri | On the Des Moines River, immediately north of the Battle of Athens State Historic Site, Clark County | Southern border of the Missouri Bootheel | On the Mississippi River, about 2 miles SE of Cairo, Illinois | On the Missouri River, immediately south of the intersection of Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska state lines, Atchison County |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
Montana | 49th parallel Northern border with Canada |
In the Beaverhead National Forest, about 25 miles SW of Lima (as the crow flies), Beaverhead County | Eastern border with North and South Dakota | "Straight" portion of the western border with Idaho, extending from the Canadian border to about 8 miles SW of Heron, Sanders County |
Nebraska | 43rd parallel "Straight" portion of the northern border with South Dakota, from the west bank of the Missouri River to the Wyoming state line |
Southern border with Kansas | SE corner of the state, in the Iowa Indian Reservation, Richardson County | Western border of the state with Wyoming |
Nevada | 42nd parallel Northern border with Idaho and Oregon |
On the Colorado River, at the intersection with Arizona and California | Eastern border with Arizona and Utah | Western border with California north of Lake Tahoe |
New Hampshire | About 100 meters WNW of the intersection with Maine and Quebec | About 1 mile NNE of Dracut, Massachusetts | Inhabited: Star Island, Isles of Shoals; Uninhabited: Anderson's Ledge, Isles of Shoals (both are part of the Town of Rye.) | On the Connecticut River, opposite Brattleboro, Vermont. (The entire river is part of New Hampshire.) |
New Jersey | 41.36 North latitude On the Delaware River, opposite Port Jervis, New York |
38.93 North latitude Cape May Point State Park, Cape May County |
73.90 West longitude On the Hudson River in Alpine, Bergen County |
75.56 West longitude In the Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge. NJ and Delaware share a short land border in this area. |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
New Mexico | 37th parallel Northern border with Colorado |
Southern border of New Mexico's "bootheel" with Mexico, Hidalgo County | Eastern border with Oklahoma (not Texas) | Western border with Arizona |
New York | 45.01 North latitude In the Saint Lawrence River just north of Robert Moses State Park and Barnhart Island, St. Lawrence County |
40.50 North latitude Southern tip of Staten Island, Richmond County at Tottenville, Staten Island |
71.86 West longitude Montauk Point, Suffolk County |
79.76 West longitude Western (not southern) border with Pennsylvania, at Twentymile Creek |
North Carolina | 36° 35′ N Northern border with both Virginia and Tennessee |
33° 50′ N Cape Fear, Brunswick County |
75° 28′ W Rodanthe, Dare County |
84° 19′ W Hothouse Township, Cherokee County |
North Dakota | 49th parallel Northern border with Canada |
45° 56' 07" N Southern border with South Dakota[11] |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On the Bois de Sioux River, about 3 miles NE of Fairmount, Richland County |
104° 03' 2.7" West Longitude Western border with Montana[11] |
Ohio | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At junction of border with Erie and Pennsylvania[12] in Conneaut, Ashtabula County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[13] In Burlington, Lawrence County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At Pennsylvania border[14] |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At Indiana border[15] |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
Oklahoma | 37th parallel Northern border with Kansas |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At the southern (Texas) shore of Gunn Lake on the Red River, just above the intersection of the Arkansas and Texas state lines, McCurtain County |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Extreme southeastern Sequoyah County in middle of Arkansas River below Moffett, bordering Fort Smith, Arkansas, on its northwest side |
103° West longitude Western border with New Mexico, also known as the Cimarron Meridian |
Oregon | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sand Island, Clatsop County[16] |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[17] Southern border with California and Nevada (marked by the 42nd parallel) from the Pacific Ocean to Idaho |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On the Snake River, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, about 10 miles (as the crow flies) west of Lucile, Idaho (longitude 116.46 West)[18] |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cape Blanco, Curry County (longitude 124.57 West)[19] Westernmost islands: Orford Reef, Curry County |
Pennsylvania | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At junction of border with New York and Ontario, northeast of North East, Pennsylvania |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Along border with Maryland, south of Hanover, York County |
Matamoras, Pennsylvania | Western border with Ohio and West Virginia |
Rhode Island | NE corner of the state, in Cumberland, Rhode Island | Southern tip of Block Island | SE corner of the state; intersection of Massachusetts state line and Rhode Island Sound, near Quicksand Pond | Napatree Point |
South Carolina | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. About 10 miles south of Flat Rock, North Carolina |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Opposite Cockspur Island, Georgia in Jasper County (20 miles south of Beaufort) |
Intersection of the North Carolina border and the Atlantic Ocean near Myrtle Beach | Oconee County, near Georgia at Chattooga River at the junctions of Tugaloo and Savannah Rivers nearby Whitewater Falls |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
South Dakota | Northern border with North Dakota | Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, slightly WSW of the intersection of the Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers, Union County | On the Big Sioux River, 1 km Southeast of Hudson, South Dakota, Lincoln County | Western border with Wyoming[20] |
Tennessee | In land between the lakes along the Kentucky border in Stewart county Tn | along the Georgia border, in the city of East Ridge, Tennessee | NE corner of the state | SW corner of the state |
Texas | Northern border with the Oklahoma Panhandle | About 5 miles SE of Brownsville, on the Rio Grande | On the Sabine River, SW of Burr Ferry, Louisiana | 0.6 miles west of the Rio Grande, near Borderland, El Paso County |
Utah | 42nd parallel Northern border with Idaho |
Southern border with Arizona | Southern third of eastern border with Colorado[9] | Western border with Nevada |
Vermont | 45th parallel (roughly) Northern border with Quebec, mostly 1 km to 2 km north of the parallel. The northernmost segment of the border is in the town of Highgate, Vermont |
On the Connecticut River, at the intersection of Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire | On the Connecticut River, about 1 mile east of Beecher Falls, Essex County | On the East Bay of Lake Champlain, about 2 miles north of Whitehall, New York |
State | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
Virginia | About 3 miles NW of Unger, West Virginia | 1/2 mile north of Whitetown, North Carolina | Intersection of Maryland-Virginia (Eastern Shore ) State line and Atlantic Ocean, Assateague Island National Seashore, Accomack County | About 2 miles E of Middlesboro, Kentucky, in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park |
Washington | 49th parallel Northern border with Canada |
45.55 North latitude Reed Island, Clark County |
116.92 West longitude Intersection of Washington, Oregon and Idaho state lines |
124.77 West longitude Bodelteh Islands, Clallam County48[›] ----(On mainland)---- Cape Alava, Clallam County |
West Virginia | Intersection of West Virginia-Pennsylvania state line and the Ohio River | About 1 mile NW of Amonate, Virginia | Intersection of West Virginia-Virginia state line and the Potomac River | On the Tug Fork River, about 5 miles NNW of Louisa, Kentucky |
Wisconsin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Northernmost point of border with Minnesota, north of Apostle Islands |
Intersection of border with Illinois and Lake Michigan | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Easternmost point of border with Michigan, northwest of North Manitou Island |
On the St. Croix River, 1/4 mile south of Polk-Burnett county line |
Wyoming | 45th parallel Northern border with Montana |
41st parallel Southern border with Colorado and Utah |
Eastern border with Nebraska[20] | Western border with Idaho and Utah |
State / Territory | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
American Samoa | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Swains Island |
Steps point, Tutuila Island | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Rose Atoll |
Cape Taputapu, Tutuila Island |
District of Columbia | Near the intersection of E Beach Dr NW and Verbena St NW | Western end of Oxon Hill Farm | Intersection of Eastern Avenue NE and Southern Avenue NE | Western side of C&O Canal National Historical Park, about 2/3 of the way up the island |
Federated States of Micronesia (Independent Associated State since 1986) | Ulithi Atoll | Kapingamarangi Atoll | Kosrae Island | Ngulu Atoll |
Guam | Ritidian Point | Aga Point (mainland), Cocos Island (offshore) | Pati point | Udall Point (formerly Orote Point) |
Guantanamo Bay (Naval Base) | Eastern 2/3 of the northern border with the rest of the bay | Winward Point | 75º05' West longitude Eastern border |
Southern 1/3 of Guantanamo Bay's western border (a longitude line west of Leeward Point Field) |
Northern Mariana Islands | Northern tip of Farallon de Pajaros | Southern tip of Rota island | Eastern tip of Farallon de Medinilla | Western tip of Farallon de Pajaros |
Puerto Rico | Area of land near San Antonio | Southern tip of Isla Caja de Muertos | Eastern tip of Isla Culebrita | Western tip of Isla Mona |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Small island off the north coast of Hans Lollik Island | Southwest Cape, St. Croix island | Udall Point (AKA East Point), St. Croix Island | Western tip of Savana Island |
Territory | Northernmost point | Southernmost point | Easternmost point | Westernmost point |
Footnotes
^ A: The State of Alaska uniquely crosses or spans the 180 degree East-West Meridian, and The State of Alaska's territory includes many islands and in several areas "water". This uniquely results in (2) two or (3) three different definitions of East-, South- and West-ernmost points.
^ 48: Also the extreme point in the 48 contiguous states
^ 50: Also the extreme point in all 50 states
See also
- Extreme points of the United States
- Extreme points of Canadian provinces
- Extreme points of Australian states
- List of U.S. states by elevation
- Geographic centers of the United States
- Extreme point of Texas
References
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Why does the eastern border of Utah have a kink in it?". Utah Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(crclotvx1nq5gp55re3x4b3o))/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-2-201.pdf
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ndnotes/Boundaries/Boundaries.asp
- ↑ Ohio Northernmost manually plotted in Google.
- ↑ Ohio-Southernmost manually plotted in Google Earth/Maps
- ↑ Ohio Easternmost manually plotted in Google.
- ↑ Ohio Westernmost manually plotted in Google.
- ↑ Oregon Northernmost point manually plotted in GoogleMaps
- ↑ Western and eastern endpoint of Oregon's Southern border manually plotted in GoogleMaps
- ↑ Oregon Easternmost point manually plotted in GoogleMaps
- ↑ Oregon Westernmost point manually plotted in GoogleMaps
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Hubbard, Bill. "American Boundaries: The Nation, the States, the Rectangular Survey". University of Chicago Press, 2008, p. 172.
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