Extreme Points

Badwater Basin

The lowest point in North America

Cape Alava

The westernmost point of the contiguous United States

Four Corners

The only place where four U.S. states meet

Geographic Center of North America

The middle of the continent, in North Dakota

Geographic Center of the Contiguous U.S.

The middle of the Lower 48, in northern Kansas

Geographic Center of the United States

The middle of all fifty states, in South Dakota

Ka Lae (South Point)

The southernmost point of the fifty states

Mean Center of Population

The country's population balance point, drifting west and south

Mount Waialeale

One of the wettest places on Earth

Mount Washington

Home to "the world's worst weather"

Point Barrow

The northernmost point of the United States

Semisopochnoi Island

The longitude extreme where the U.S. crosses the 180th meridian

Three-State Tripoints

The corners where three states meet

West Quoddy Head

The easternmost point of the contiguous United States