Does It Exist? - U.S. Geography Edition

Only 2.4 miles (3.8 km) separate Little Diomede Island (U.S.) from Big Diomede Island (Russia) in the Bering Strait.

There are several mountains in the southern Appalachian Mountains that exceed 6,000 feet, the highest of those being Mount Mitchell (Attakulla), which is the highest point in North Carolina at 6,684 feet.

None of the three contenders for this category (Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah) truly have straight borders. All have slight deviations to their borders due to surveying inaccuracies. Instead of its four apparently obvious borders, Colorado actually has 697 sides!

There are no bridges across Lake Michigan linking the states, and Wisconsin shares a land border with the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Macinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan.

There are no places where you could possibly see 8 states. "Rock City" on Lookout Mountain on the Georgia/Tennessee border claims that one can see 7 states (Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia & Alabama) from that point. While theoretically possible, the atmospheric conditions would need to be perfect as the locations specified for Kentucky and Virginia are over 120 miles away.

Yes, West Virginia has both a northern and an eastern panhandle.

There are various places where the Mississippi River has shifted channels, leaving parts of Illinois on the western side of the river. The most famous of these is Kaskaskia, Illinois, which was actually Illinois' first state capital in 1818-1819. Most of the town was destroyed by flooding in 1881 where the river moved east of the town, leaving it on the western bank of the river.

Nope, not yet.

There are approximately 15,000 American bison roaming free in various locations, including Yellowstone National Park.

Four Corners is shared by Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel connects the two cities under the Detroit River.

At the "Parting of the Waters" on the U.S. Continental Divide, North Two Ocean Creek divides its drainage roughly equally between Atlantic Creek and Pacific Creek, each eventually feeding their respective oceans.

As of 2023, Liechtenstein had 39,584 residents. The least populous U.S. state, Wyoming, had 584,057 residents that year.

There are no fish in the main basin of the lake due to its high salinity.

The current record holder for tallest living tree is "Hyperion," a 380 ft. tall coast redwood in California's Redwood National Park. The Statue of Liberty is 151 ft. tall and stands on a 154 ft. tall pedestal for a total height of 305 ft.

Arizona is the closest, about 40 miles away at the nearest point.

The 4-mile-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge connects the Eastern and Western Shores of Maryland mid-bay, and the 17.6-mile-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel connects the Delmarva Peninsula to the Virginia mainland.

Amtrak's Acela line in the Northeast Corridor currently reaches speeds of 150 mph (240 km/h), which will increase to 160 mph (240 km/h) with the introduction of new trainsets in 2024.

Mount Whitney in California is 14,505 feet tall. Mount Elbrus in European Russia is 18,510 feet tall.

Missouri and Tennessee both border 8 states each. No state borders 9 states.

New York borders the St. Lawrence River in the "Thousand Islands" region.

The record snowfall in a 24-hour period in Florida was 4 inches in 1954. Hawaii regularly sees measurable snow on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

Alabama is between the two states.

Cimarron County, Oklahoma borders Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas. It is the only county in the U.S. that borders four states.

All 17.62 miles of Interstate 97 lie within Anne Arundel County, Maryland.