Which US state borders have you been across?

[captaino]

I've been to most of the 50 US states, but I've only ever flown into some of them, which feels like cheating. Here are the state borders I've crossed (while on foot or in a ground vehicle

Comments

[evwhore]

You didn't specify, but I have some crossings I've only done in one direction, so I will list these as From: Into

[captaino]

1. Specifying the direction of the border crossing was a good idea. Certainly some of mine were unidirectional (CO->NM comes to mind).

2. I've certainly done DC-MD (in both directions), and probably DC-VA at some point. I'm less certain about DE-PA, MA-NY, MD-PA, and OH-PA.

3. Apropos of Cincinnati: the only time I've ever been in Kentucky was when connecting through the Cincinnati airport -- which is, of course, across the Ohio River in Kentucky.

4. I wonder if anybody's crossed all of the borders? There are only about 100 or so; it seems an interesting and fairly doable goal (although see the trivia question in my next post). Visiting all of the tripoints (and, of course, the single quadripoint) would be much more difficult.

[evwhore]

I'm guessing you've probably done the DE-PA border along I-95 unless your every single trip from college to MD/points south was along the I-295 alternate.

[captaino]

When traveling directly from CT to MD or vice-versa, I always take the I-295 alternate (and hence the Delaware Memorial Bridge).

It's fairly likely that I took a side-trip to Philadelphia to see my brother during one of these Maryland sojourns, however, which would yield either DE-PA or MD-PA.

[sophonax]

CA<->OR
CA<->NV
CO->UT
CT->MA
CT<->NY
CT->RI
DE<->MD
DE<->NJ**
DC<->MD*
DC<->VA*
GA->NC*
GA<->TN
ID<->UT
ID->WY
IL<->IN
IL->MO
IN<->OH
KS->CO
KY->IN
MA<->NY
MA<->RI
MA<->VT
MD<->PA*
MD<->VA*
MD<->WV*
MO->KS
MT->ID
NH->MA
NJ<->NY*
NJ<->PA*
NY<->PA
NC->SC
NC<->TN*
NC<->VA
OH<->PA
OR<->WA
PA<->WV
SC->GA
TN<->VA
UT->NV
VA<->WV
WV->KY
WY->MT

*on foot
**by boat

Fun exercise, thanks!

[captaino]

Wow, you've been over a lot of borders -- close to half of them! You could make it a goal to finish them all up :-).

1. How did you go DE<->NJ by boat?

2. How have you gone over so many borders on foot? Do you go on lots of hiking trips? Do you get out of the car at state borders?

3. Hey, you went GA->NC too! What was the occasion?

4. You might enjoy Geographical Conundrums 51!

[sophonax]

1. The Cape May Ferry!

2. I don't hike as much as I used to, but the summer before my senior year of college I did most of the southern half of the Appalachian Trail, which was a lot of fun. I also have lived within walking distance of the DC border in both Maryland and Virginia.

3. Aforementioned AT hike! The trail crosses the border in the Chattahoochee National Forest. (It also follows the North Carolina/Tennessee border, which is defined by the Appalachian summit ridgeline, for a long way, so I crossed that one on foot many times over.) The closest road is U.S. Rt. 76. Were you near there as well?

4. I'm assuming they're all Great Lakes states? Or is there some trickery with rivers?

[captaino]

1. Ooh, I didn't know there was a Cape May Ferry.

2. I should have guessed! I did some AT hiking in my youth, though farther north.

3. No, my wife has relatives on both sides of the GA-NC border; we went to visit. It's a pretty forest.

4. Two of the three borders involve Great Lakes states; the third one is my favorite. No trickery with rivers; they're not wide enough to be "maritime".