Islands

Island of Hawaiʻi

The Big Island, youngest and largest in the Hawaiian chain

Kodiak Island

Alaska’s Emerald Isle and home of the Kodiak brown bear

Long Island

The most populous island in the United States

Mackinac Island

The car-free island at the meeting of Lakes Huron and Michigan

Martha's Vineyard

Massachusetts island of six towns and the Wampanoag homeland of Aquinnah

Maui

The Valley Isle, rebuilding after the 2023 Lahaina fire

Nantucket

The former whaling capital 30 miles off Cape Cod

Oʻahu

The Gathering Place, home to Honolulu and two-thirds of Hawaii’s people

San Juan Islands

Washington’s rain-shadowed archipelago between Puget Sound and Vancouver Island

The Aleutian Islands

A volcanic arc reaching from Alaska toward Asia

The Channel Islands

California's "Galapagos" off the Southern coast

The Florida Keys

A coral archipelago curving off the tip of Florida

The Outer Banks

A chain of barrier islands off the North Carolina coast