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Extreme Distances (computed to mean sea level)

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FromToStatute
Miles
West Quoddy Head, ME, along the parallelPacific Ocean2,742
West Quoddy Head, MECape Wrangell, AK4,831
West Quoddy Head, MEKure Island, Hawaii5,797
West Quoddy Head, MEPoint Arena, CA (farthest points, 48 States)2,892
Log Point, Elliot Key, FLKure Island, Hawaii (farthest points, 50 States)5,859
Log Point, Elliot Key, FLCape Wrangell, AK5,505
Soldier Key, FLKure Island, Hawaii5,859
Soldier Key, FLCape Wrangell, AK5,503
Rivera Beach, FLKure Island, Hawaii5,823
East Point, St. Croix, VICape Wrangell, AK6,501
East Point, St. Croix, VIOrote Point, Guam (longest distance including outlying areas)9,514
Approximately 10 miles south of Brunswick, GAApproximately 12 miles south of San Diego, CA (shortest coast-to-coast distance, 48 States)2,089
North end of ME-New Brunswick, Canada boundaryOrote Point, Guam7,747
Point Barrow, AKSteps Point, Tutuila Island, American Samoa5,971
Southern Point of TX, due north49th parallel1,602
West point of Amatignak Island, AKPochnoi Point, Semisopochnoi Island, AK (distance between the most easterly and the most westerly points in the United States with reference to the 180° meridan)63
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