List of extreme points of U.S. states and territories

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, territories, and the District of Columbia.

State / Territory	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
Alabama	35.0079°N 88.1929°W / 35.0079; -88.1929 About 9 miles NW of Waterloo, Lauderdale County, in the far NW corner of the state	30.1941°N 88.0557°W / 30.1941; -88.0557 Southern tip of Sand Island (on which Sand Island Light sits), SE of Dauphin Island, Mobile County	32.2598°N 84.8892°W / 32.2598; -84.8892 About 10 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[lower-alpha 1]	71.3870°N 156.4746°W / 71.3870; -156.4746 (AK-N Point Barrow)[lower-alpha 2] Point Barrow,[1] 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiaġvik	51.2148°N 179.1306°W / 51.2148; -179.1306 (AK-S Nitrof Point) Nitrof Point[2] on Amatignak Island in the Aleutian Islands	55°16′55.0″N 129°58′27.1″W Belle Bay,[3][4] in Portland Canal By longitude: 51°57′32″N 179°46′14″E[lower-alpha 2] Pochnoi Point,[5] on Semisopochnoi Island in the Aleutian Islands	52°55′20″N 172°26′35″E[lower-alpha 2] Peaked Island,[6] in the Aleutians; West of Cape Wrangell,[7] Attu Island By longitude: 51°15′44″N 179°06′31″W[lower-alpha 2] Amatignak Island,[8] in the Aleutians
American Samoa	11°03′20″S 171°04′40″W Swains Island (Excluding Swains Island: Northern tip of Olosega Island)	Rose Atoll[9][lower-alpha 3] (excluding Rose Atoll: Steps point, Tutuila Island)	14°32′48″S 168°09′07″W Rose Atoll (Excluding Rose Atoll: eastern end of Ta‘ū Island near Fitiuta)	Swains Island (excluding Swains Island: Cape Taputapu, Tutuila Island)
Arizona	37th parallel Western two-thirds of the northern border with Utah	31.3322°N 111.0009°W / 31.3322; -111.0009, west of Nogales, along the border with Mexico	Eastern border with New Mexico	West of San Luis, Yuma County
Arkansas	36.4998°N 94.3549°W / 36.4998; -94.3549 NW of Bella Vista, Benton County, along the northern border with Missouri	33.0041°N 91.1661°W / 33.0041; -91.1661 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)	40.4401° N, 124.4095° W 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[10]
Connecticut	42.0506°N 73.4325°W / 42.0506; -73.4325 North of Salisbury, Litchfield County, along Massachusetts border	Great Captain Island	Sterling CT, on RI Border -71.787319 W	About 1 mile NW of I-684, Greenwich, Fairfield County (near the intersection of High Hill Road and King Street in bordering Armonk, NY)
Delaware	39.8395°N 75.5698°W / 39.8395; -75.5698 Pennsylvania border, north of Wilmington	38.4510°N 75.1860°W / 38.4510; -75.1860 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)
District of Columbia	38.9955°N 77.0410°W / 38.9955; -77.0410 (AK-S Nitrof Point) 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
Florida	31.0010°N 85.1645°W / 31.0010; -85.1645 North of Malone, Jackson County, along border with Alabama	24.5211°N 81.9637°W / 24.5211; -81.9637 (FL-S1)[lower-alpha 4] Ballast Key On U.S. road network: Key West On mainland: 25°6′58.07″N 81°5′8.15″W - Cape Sable 10 ¼ miles WSW of Flamingo Visitor Center, Everglades National Park, Flamingo	26°46′24.56″N 80°1′51.29″W Palm Beach Shores, north side of Lake Worth Inlet, Palm Beach County	30°51′55.11″N 87°38′04.67″W On the Perdido River about 12 miles WSW of Walnut Hill, Escambia County
State / Territory	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
Georgia	35.0007°N 83.1087°W / 35.0007; -83.1087 NE corner of state, NE of Clayton, Rabun County	30.3561°N 82.0656°W / 30.3561; -82.0656 On the St. Marys River, S of St. George, Charlton County	Tybee Island, Chatham County	NW corner of the state, in Dade County, about 7 miles south of Jasper, Tennessee
Guam	Ritidian Point	Aga Point (mainland), Cocos Island (offshore)	Pati point	Udall Point (formerly Orote Point)
Hawaii	28.4005°N 178.2894°W / 28.4005; -178.2894 Kure Atoll	18.9111°N 155.6811°W / 18.9111; -155.6811 Ka Lae (south cape), Hawaii County[lower-alpha 2]	19°31′00″N 154°48′30″W Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii County	28.4005°N 178.2894°W / 28.4005; -178.2894 Kure Atoll
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	42°30′29″N 90°38′20″W NW corner of the state, in Dunleith Township, Jo Daviess County	36°58′46″N 89°10′31″W[11] Angelo Towhead, island, Alexander County	38°46′56″N 87°29′51″W[12] Land: In Russell Township, Lawrence County, along the Wabash River 42°29′37.00″N 87°1′15.00″W Water: At the junction of border with Michigan and Wisconsin, almost due east of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois[13]	40°08′39″N 91°30′36″W[14] Lock and Dam No. 20 on the Mississippi River, near Meyer, Adams County
Indiana	41°45′37.33″N 86°0′0″W Northern border with Michigan	37°46′23″N 87°57′16″W On the Ohio River, opposite Uniontown, Kentucky	38°52′31″N 84°47′8.7″W On the Ohio River, about 2 miles NE of Patriot, Switzerland County	37°54′9″N 88°5′50.3″W 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 / Territory	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	39.1434°N 84.7478°W / 39.1434; -84.7478 On the Ohio River, NW of Hebron, Boone County	36.4972°N 88.0575°W / 36.4972; -88.0575 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	33.0196°N 93.9215°W / 33.0196; -93.9215 Along Arkansas border, NW of Ida, Caddo Parish	28.9254°N 89.4220°W / 28.9254; -89.4220 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	47.4597°N 69.2246°W / 47.4597; -69.2246 Estcourt Station, Aroostook County, opposite Pohenegamook, Quebec	42.9747°N 70.5991°W / 42.9747; -70.5991 Cedar Island Ledge, York County	Quoddy Head[lower-alpha 2]	Intersection with New Hampshire and Quebec, Oxford County
Maryland	39.7230°N 78.7258°W / 39.7230; -78.7258 Along the border with Pennsylvania, NE of Cumberland, Allegany County	37.9121°N 75.8837°W / 37.9121; -75.8837 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	42.88677°N 70.9053°W / 42.88677; -70.9053 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	48°18′21″N 88°22′11″W Northernmost point of border with Ontario, almost due north of Passage Islands and northwest of the Gull Islands	41°41′46″N 84°48′22″W Intersection of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio borders, southwest of Camden, Hillsdale County	43°35′28″N 82°7′22″W Easternmost point of border with Ontario, northeast of Port Sanilac, Michigan	46°33′58″N 90°25′7″W Mouth of the Montreal River along Wisconsin state line, Gogebic County
Minnesota	49.3828°N 95.15338°W / 49.3828; -95.15338 Angle Inlet, Lake of the Woods County[lower-alpha 4]	Southern border with Iowa, within 1 mile W of US 65	48°0′51.27″N 89°28′59.94″W At junction of border with Michigan and Ontario, northeast of Pigeon Point, Cook County	48°58'7.65"N 97°14'21.13"W 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	40.61357°N 91.730481°W / 40.61357; -91.730481 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	44°21′29.50″N 112°50′41.70″W[lower-alpha 5] A sister of Italian Peak, near Lima, Beaverhead County	Eastern border with North and South Dakota	"Straight" portion of the western border with Idaho, extending from the Canada–US 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	45.305757°N 71.085716°W / 45.305757; -71.085716 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.
New Jersey	41.36 North latitude Tri-States Monument, at the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink rivers.	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. New Jersey and Delaware share a short land border in this area.
State / Territory	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 of North Carolina and Eastern border of Tennessee, twenty feet west of the Virginia border with North Carolina	33.8424°N 77.9621°W / 33.8424; -77.9621 33° 50′ N Cape Fear, Brunswick County at the Southern tip of Bald Head Island	75° 28′ W Rodanthe, Dare County at Rodanthe Pier	84° 19′ W Hothouse Township, Cherokee County at the Tri-point of North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee
North Dakota	49th parallel Northern border with Canada	45° 56' 07" N Southern border with South Dakota[15]	46.083977°N 96.55455°W / 46.083977; -96.55455 On the Bois de Sioux River, about 3 miles NE of Fairmount, Richland County	104° 03' 2.7" West Longitude Western border with Montana[15]
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
Ohio	42°19′24.30″N 80°31′11.50″W Near junction of border with Erie and Pennsylvania[lower-alpha 6] in Conneaut, Ashtabula County	38°24′11.60″N 82°33′1.20″W[lower-alpha 7] In Burlington, Lawrence County	41°11′13.20″N 80°31′6.40″W [lower-alpha 8] Near Masury, Trumbull County	39°6′43.20″N 84°49′12.90″W [lower-alpha 9] Near Elizabethtown, Hamilton County
State / Territory	Northernmost point	Southernmost point	Easternmost point	Westernmost point
Oklahoma	37th parallel Northern border with Kansas	33°36′56″N 94°31′34″W 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	35°23′39″N 94°25′52″W 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	46°17′30.19″N 124°1′30.03″W Sand Island, Clatsop County[lower-alpha 10]	42°0′0.00″N 124°12′45.45″W to 42°0′0.00″N 117°1′34.39″W[lower-alpha 11] Southern border with California and Nevada (marked by the 42nd parallel) from the Pacific Ocean to Idaho	45°36′41.33″N 116°27′49.54″W On the Snake River, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, about 10 miles (as the crow flies) west of Lucile, Idaho (longitude 116.46 West)[lower-alpha 12]	42°50′10.50″N 124°33′54.84″W Cape Blanco, Curry County (longitude 124.57 West)[lower-alpha 13] Westernmost islands: Orford Reef, Curry County
Pennsylvania	42°29′59.45″N 79°45′42.74″W At junction of border with New York and Ontario, northeast of North East, Pennsylvania	39.7198°N 76.9909°W / 39.7198; -76.9909 Along border with Maryland, south of Hanover, York County	Matamoras, Pennsylvania	Western border with Ohio and West Virginia
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
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	35°12′55.44″N 82°23′25.29″W About 10 miles south of Flat Rock, North Carolina	32°02′14.64″N 80°53′25.44″W Opposite Cockspur Island, Georgia in Jasper County (20 miles south of Beaufort)	33°51′03.20″N 78°32′27.10″W On Bird Island, at the intersection of the North Carolina border and the Atlantic Ocean near Myrtle Beach	34.6989°N 83.3530°W / 34.6989; -83.3530 Oconee County, near Georgia at Chattooga River at the junctions of Tugaloo and Savannah Rivers nearby Whitewater Falls
State / Territory	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[16]
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	36°36′42.90″N 81°38′48.90″W NE corner of the state	SW corner of the state
Texas	36.500703°N 102.244989°W / 36.500703; -102.244989 Northern border with the Oklahoma Panhandle	25.837108°N 97.394492°W / 25.837108; -97.394492 About 5 miles SE of Brownsville, on the Rio Grande	31.031531°N 93.508039°W / 31.031531; -93.508039 On the Sabine River, SW of Burr Ferry, Louisiana	31.895653°N 106.645653°W / 31.895653; -106.645653 0.6 miles west of the Rio Grande, near Borderland, El Paso County
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Midway Atoll	Jarvis Island	Navassa Island	Wake Island
Utah	42nd parallel Northern border with Idaho	Southern border with Arizona	Southern third of eastern border with Colorado[10]	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
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	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
Virginia	39.466012°N 78.347087°W / 39.466012; -78.347087 About 3 miles NW of Unger, West Virginia	36.540738°N 79.510647°W / 36.540738; -79.510647 1/2 mile north of Whitetown, North Carolina	38.026878°N 75.242448°W / 38.026878; -75.242448 Intersection of Maryland-Virginia (Eastern Shore ) State line and Atlantic Ocean, Assateague Island National Seashore, Accomack County	36.600832°N 83.675384°W / 36.600832; -83.675384 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 County[lower-alpha 4] ----(On mainland)---- Cape Alava, Clallam County
West Virginia	Intersection of West Virginia-Pennsylvania state line and the Ohio River	Near the Dry Fork 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	47°18′36″N 90°39′16″W Northernmost point of border with Minnesota, north of Apostle Islands	Intersection of border with Illinois and Lake Michigan	45°14′11″N 86°14′59″W 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 and South Dakota[16]	Western border with Idaho and Utah