Did you actually answer the questions or are you cheating?????
Can you name the.......
1. largest state: Alaska - 591,004 square miles
2. smallest state: Rhode Island - Everyone knows this don't they?
3. largest county(outside of Alaska): San Bernadino County, California - 20,064 square miles
4. smallest county: Kalawo, Hawaii - 14 square miles
5. Easternmost city: Eastport, Maine - 66 degrees 57 minutes West
6. Easternmost point: Quoddy Head, Maine - 66 degrees 32 minutes West
7. Westernmost city: Unalaska, Alaska - 166 degrees 32 minutes West
8. Westernmost point: Cape Wrangell, Alaska - 172 degrees 27 minutes West
9. Northernmost city: Barrow, Alaska - 71 degrees 17 minutes North
10. Northernmost point: Point Barrow, Alaska - 71 degrees 23 minutes North
11. Southernmost city: Hilo, Hawaii - 19 degrees 43 minutes North (I've been here)
12. Southernmost point: Ka Lae(South Cape), Island of Hawaii - 18 degrees 55 minutes North (I've stood on the exact spot!)
13. lowest point: Death Valley, California - 282 feet below sea level (I've been to this place also!)
14. highest waterfall: Yosemite Falls in Yosemite Park, California - 2,425 feet (Been to the base of this mountain)
15. longest river: Mississippi-Missouri - 3,710 miles
16. deepest lake: Crater Lake, Oregon - 1,932 feet
17. rainiest spot: Mount Waialeale, Hawaii - 460 inches of rain per year!!!! (I've been as close as you can get)
18. highest mountain: Mount McKinley, Alaska - 20,320 feet
19. largest gorge: Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona - 277 miles long, 600 feet to 18 miles wide, 1 mile deep
20. deepest gorge: Hell's Canyon, Snake River, Idaho-Oregon - 7,900 feet
21. oldest national park: Yellowstone National Park - 1872
22. largest national park: Wrangell-St Elias, Alaska - 13,018 square miles
23. largest national monument: Death Valley, California - 3,231 square miles
24. largest building: Boeing 747 Manufacturing Plant, Everett, Washington - 205,600,000 cubic feet or 47 acres
25. tallest structure: TV Tower, Blanchard, North Dakota - 2,063 feet
26. longest bridge span: Verrazano-Narrow, New York - 4,260 feet
27. highest bridge: Royal Gorge, Colorado - 1,053 feet
28. biggest dam: New Cornelia Tailings, Ten Mile Wash, Arizona - 274,026,000 cubic yards of material used
So how did you do? I told you some of these were not easy. But now you know!
