Extreme points of U.S. states

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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
Alabama	Approx. 6 miles NW of Waterloo, Lauderdale County, in the far NW corner of the state	Sand Island, Mobile County	Approx. 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
Alaska	Point Barrow (also the northernmost point in the United States)	Nitrof Point, on Amatignak Island in the Aleutians	Misty Fjords National Monument	Attu Island, in the Aleutians (also the westernmost point in the United States)
Arizona	Western two-thirds of the northern border with Utah; formed by the 37th parallel	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	Northern border with Missouri	On the Mississippi River , approx. 3 miles (5 km) SE of Readland, Chicot County	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	Northern border with Oregon; formed by the 42nd parallel	Near Imperial Beach, San Diego County	Parker Dam, San Bernardino County	Cape Mendocino, Humboldt County
State	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
Colorado	Northern border with Wyoming; formed by the 41st parallel	Southern border with New Mexico, near Chromo (approximately 36.99250°N)	Eastern border with Kansas and Nebraska	Western border with Utah
Connecticut	Near the NW corner of the state	Great Captain Island , western Long Island Sound	Near the NE corner of the state	Approx. 1 mile NW of I-684 , Fairfield County (near the intersection of High Hill Road and King Street)
Delaware	Pennsylvania border, near Brandywine, New Castle County	Southern border with Maryland	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	Western third of northern border with Alabama; formed by the 31st parallel	Key West (also the southernmost point of the contiguous 48 States)	Beach opposite Lake Worth, Palm Beach County	On the Perdido River approx. 12 miles WSW of Walnut Hill, Escambia County
Georgia	Eastern section of northern border with North Carolina, from North/South Carolina intersection to near Dillard, Rabun County	On the St. Mary's River , approx. 5 miles NE of Macclenny, Florida	Tybee Island , Chatham County	NW corner of the state, approx. 7 miles south of Jasper, Tennessee
State	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
Hawaii	Kure Island	Ka Lae (south cape), Hawaii County (also the southernmost point in the United States)	Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii County	Kure Island
Idaho	Northern border with Canada; formed by the 49th parallel	Southern border with Utah and Nevada; formed by the 42nd parallel	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	On the Wabash River, opposite Vincennes, Indiana	Lock & Dam No. 20 on the Mississippi River, near Meyer, Adams County
Indiana	Northern border with Michigan	On the Ohio River, opposite Uniontown, Kentucky	On the Ohio River, approx. 2 miles NE of Patriot, Switzerland County	On the Wabash River, opposite New Haven, Illinois
Iowa	Northern border with Minnesota and South Dakota	At the mouth of the Des Moines River, near Keokuk, Lee County	On the Mississippi River, between Clinton and Sabula	On the Big Sioux River, approx. 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	On the Ohio River, opposite North Bend, Ohio	On Kentucky Lake at the Tennessee border, approx. 10 miles SE of New Concord, Calloway County	On the Tug Fork River at the intersection with Virginia and West Virginia, Pike County	On the Ohio River, due south of New Madrid, Missouri, see Kentucky Bend
Louisiana	NW corner of the state, near Zylks, Caddo Parish	At the mouth of the Mississippi River, approx. 14 miles south of Venice, Plaquemines Parish	Chandeleur Islands	On the Toledo Bend Reservoir, approx. 5 mi. NW of Logansport, De Soto Parish
Maine	Estcourt Station, opposite Pohenegamook, Quebec	Cedar Island Ledge, York County	Quoddy Head (also the easternmost point in the United States)	Intersection with New Hampshire and Quebec, Oxford County
Maryland	Northern border with Pennsylvania	Cedar Island W.M.A.	On the Atlantic Ocean at the Maryland-Delaware state line	SW corner of the Maryland Panhandle, approx. 10 miles south of Gnegy Church, Garrett County
State	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
Massachusetts	Approx. 1 mile NW of Salisbury Plains, Essex County	Approx. 4 miles WSW of Siasconset, Nantucket Island	Nauset Light Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore , Barnstable County	Near Alander Mountain, Berkshire County
Michigan	Point on Passage Island, within Isle Royale National Park	Intersection of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio borders, approx. 5 miles SW of Camden, Hillsdale County	Port Huron, St. Clair County	Mouth of the Montreal River along Wisconsin state line, Gogebic County
Minnesota	Angle Inlet, Lake of the Woods County (also the northernmost point in the continguous 48 states)	Southern border with Iowa	Pigeon Point, Cook County	Near St. Vincent, Minnesota
Mississippi	Central half of the northern border with Tennessee	Approx. 2 miles SE of Ansley, Hancock County	Near Eastport, Tishomingo County	On the Mississippi River, approx. 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, approx. 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	Northern border with Canada; marked by the 49th parallel	In the Beaverhead National Forest, approx. 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 approx. 8 miles SW of Heron, Sanders County
Nebraska	"Straight" portion of the northern border with South Dakota, from the west bank of the Missouri River to the Wyoming state line (marked by the 43rd parallel)	Southern border with Kansas	SE corner of the state, in the Iowa Indian Reservation, Richardson County	Western border of the state with Wyoming
Nevada	Northern border with Idaho and Oregon; marked by the 42nd parallel	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	Intersection with Maine and Quebec	Approx. 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	On the Delaware River, opposite Port Jervis, New York (latitude 41.36 North)	Cape May Point State Park, Cape May County (latitude 38.93 North)	On the Hudson River in Alpine, Bergen County (longitude 73.90 West)	Just north of Fort Mott State Park where the NJ/DE border crosses land, Salem County (longitude 75.56 West)
State	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
New Mexico	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	Robert Moses State Park, Barnhart Island, St. Lawrence County (latitude 45.01 North)	Southern tip of Staten Island, Richmond County (latitude 40.50 North)	Montauk Point, Suffolk County (longitude 71.86 West)	Western (not southern) border with Pennsylvania (longitude 79.76 West)
North Carolina	Intersection of northern border with Virginia and the Atlantic Ocean	Cape Fear, Brunswick County	Rodanthe, Dare County	SW corner of the state, Cherokee County
North Dakota	Northern border with Canada (formed by the 49th parallel)	Southern border with South Dakota	On the Red River of the North , approx. 3 miles NE of Fairmount, Richland County	Western border with Montana
Ohio	On Lake Erie , approx. 3 miles NE of Conneaut, Ashtabula County	Burlington, Lawrence County	Eastern border with Pennsylvania, from Lake Erie to the Ohio River	At the mouth of the Great Miami River , Hamilton County
State	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
Oklahoma	Northern border with Kansas	On the Red River , at the intersection of the Arkansas and Texas state lines, McCurtain County	Extreme N LeFlore County at Arkoma at N end of State Line Rd/Southern edge of Navy Yard bordering Fort Smith	Western border with New Mexico along 103 deg W, also known as the Cimarron Meridian
Oregon	Sand Island, Clatsop County (latitude 46.29 North)	Southern border with California and Nevada (marked by the 42nd parallel)	On the Snake River, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, approx. 10 miles (as the crow flies) west of Lucile, Idaho (longitude 116.46 West)	Cape Blanco, Curry County (longitude 124.57 West)
Pennsylvania	On Lake Erie, approx. 2 miles north of State Line, Erie County	Southern border with Maryland and West Virginia	On the Delaware River, due south of White Horse, New Jersey	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	Approx. 10 miles south of Flat Rock, North Carolina	Cockspur Island, Jasper County near Georgia coast (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 Montana and Wyoming
Tennessee	NE corner of the state, near the intersection with North Carolina and Virginia	SW corner of the state, at the intersection of the Mississippi state line and the Mississippi River	NE corner of the state	SW corner of the state
Texas	Northern border with the Oklahoma Panhandle	Approx. 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	Northern border with Idaho; formed by the 42nd parallel	Southern border with Arizona	Eastern border with Colorado	Western border with Nevada
Vermont	Northern border with Quebec roughly follows the 45th parallel, mostly running about 1km to 2km 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, approx. 1 mile east of Beecher Falls, Essex County	On the East Bay of Lake Champlain , approx. 2 miles north of Whitehall, New York
State	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
Virginia	Approx. 3 miles SE of Unger, West Virginia	Approx. 1/2 mile west of Whitetop, Grayson County	Intersection of Maryland-Virginia (Eastern Shore ) state line and Atlantic Ocean, Assateague Island National Seashore , Accomack County	Approx. 2 miles E of Middlesboro, Tennessee, in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Washington	Northern border with Canada, formed by the 49th parallel	Reed Island, Clark County (latitude 45.55 North)	Intersection of Washington-Oregon state line and Snake River (longitude 116.92 West)	Bodelteh Islands, Clallam county (longitude 124.77 West) (also thewesternmost point in the contiguous 48 states)
West Virginia	Intersection of West Virginia-Pennsylvania state line and the Ohio River	Approx. 1 mile NW of Amonate, Virginia	Intersection of West Virginia-Virginia state line and the Potomac River	On the Tug Fork River, approx. 5 miles NNW of Louisa, Kentucky
Wisconsin	Devils Island, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Intersection of border with Illinois and Lake Michigan	Rock Island, Door County	On the St. Croix River, 1/4 mile south of Polk-Burnett county line
Wyoming	Northern border with Montana; formed by the 45th parallel	Southern border with Colorado and Utah; formed by the 41st parallel	Eastern border with Nebraska and South Dakota	Western border with Idaho and Utah
State / Territory	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
American Samoa	Leaumasili Point, Olosega Island	Steps point, Tutuila Island	Area of land near airport of Tau island	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
Federal States of Micronesia	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	Eastern 2/3 of the northern border with the rest of the bay	Winward Point	Eastern border of longitude near 75º05'	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

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