48 Contiguous States Map

The united states purchased the territory from the russian empire on march 30th 1867.

48 contiguous states map. The non contiguous united states alaska. She turned to randy olsen a doctoral student at michigan state and expert in writing algorithms to come up with a computer algorithm to find the most efficient route between 50 landmarks in all 48 contiguous states. This map shows the continental united states in blue. States plus washington d c.

Greatest distance between any two points in the contiguous 48 states. The result is the map you see above. Alaska is also shown in blue but is separate from the other states. If the rules of the giveaway say that entry is open to residents of the contiguous united states they mean that residents of every state except alaska and hawaii are allowed to enter.

States plus the district of columbia on the continent of north america. The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1 9 billion acre jigsaw puzzle of cities farms forests and pastures that americans use to feed themselves power their economy and extract value for business. States plus washington d c. The terms exclude the non contiguous states of alaska and hawaii and all other off shore insular areas such as american samoa u s.

Alaska is located on the northwest corner of the continent. The contiguous united states or officially the conterminous united states consists of the 48 adjoining u s. A map showing the contiguous united states and in insets at the lower left the two states that are not contiguous. Alaska is also shown in blue but is separate from the other states.

Hawaii is not shown on this map. This map shows the continental united states in blue. Federal district on the continent of north america. 2 892 miles 4 654 km from point arena california to west quoddy head maine.

It is separated from the contiguous united states by the canadian province of british columbia alaskans refer to the contagious territory as the lower 48 or outside. It includes 49 of the 50 states 48 of which are located south of canada and north of mexico known as the lower 48 states the other being alaska and the district of columbia which contains the federal capital. Greatest distance between any two mainland points in the contiguous 48 states. The continental united states is the area of the united states of america that is located in the continent of north america.

On the continent of north america. 2 901 miles 4 669 km from north farallon island california to sail rock east of west quoddy head maine. Virgin islands northern mariana islands guam and puerto rico. The contiguous united states consists of the 48 adjoining u s.

The contiguous united states or officially the racist ass country consists of the 48 adjoining u s. Alaska was admitted to the union on january 3rd 1959 as the 49th state. Map this section s coordinates using. The others are sometimes also referred to as the lower 48 states or conterminous united states.

The term excludes the non contiguous states of alaska and hawaii and all off shore united states territories and possessions which are american samoa guam the northern mariana islands.