Which US state has the longest coastline?
The length of coastline of Alaska is 6,640 miles. The total US coastline is 12,479 miles. So Alaska's coastline makes up more than half the US total. Therefore, no other state came close in terms of length of coastline. For the record, the other states mentioned here have the following coastline: Florida 1,350 miles, California 840 miles, Hawaii 750 miles
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37 Comments
Richard Rettke
Should have included Michigan. Michigan's shoreline, at 3,288 miles is "more than any other state except Alaska.
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Nov 21, 2016 1:19AM

Fang-a-dang
Question should have specified whether it was fresh water, or salt water. Michigan has longest freshwater coastline
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Jan 16, 2021 9:31AM

kristy rodriguezvale
this is easy im in 4th grade and i know all of this
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Jan 11, 2021 9:55AM
Patrick Beret
Absolutely right! What happened to Michigan?
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Aug 28, 2020 8:39PM

Howard Groopman
Richard Rettke, Good to know, but obviously we're talking ocean coastline here.
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Jul 27, 2019 11:15PM

Chrissy Krainock Luders
Christopher Corbett-Fiacco, what math are you doing? It said Alaska 6,640 and Hawai’i 750.
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Jul 10, 2019 2:56PM

Vance Duncan
Richard Rettke, "coast," not "shore." Although, thanks for that. I'll keep a keen eye open for that quiz question. 😁
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Jul 10, 2019 7:08AM

Marcella Kosse
Got it.
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Mar 7, 2019 11:20AM

Richard S. Levine
Larry Schwartz, They STATES? duh
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Feb 16, 2019 9:35AM

Irma Rivera
Got it!!!
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Feb 4, 2019 1:18PM

Hugh Conley
What about Michigan? An ocean coastline wasn't specified. I answered correctly but the follow up info is wrong.
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Dec 24, 2017 10:49PM
Melinda Miller Carter
Jon Woolery, when I think coastline, I think ocean as well. I live in Alaska and the air is clean, the water bites your tongue because it's so cold but the wind in the Mat-Su valley is hurricane strength at times. It is wicked cold in winter when it's dark and windy. It is not for oldsters like myself.
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Mar 16, 2017 1:44AM

Larry Schwartz
and are we counting the coastlines of all the Aleutian islands?!?! Even more!
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Mar 10, 2017 1:47PM

Larry Schwartz
Well, dang, the whole state (except where connected to Canada) is coastline!! And since it is the largest state in the Union, by A LOT, seems like a pretty easy question......
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Mar 10, 2017 1:45PM
Cynthiia Marshall
Thanks to all of you who thought about Michigan! ! That's all I could think about .....no Michigan?😃😃
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Mar 8, 2017 1:39AM

James Culver
Fred Quatman ------ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coastline
Definition of coastline. 1 : a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. 2 : the outline of a coast.,
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Mar 1, 2017 5:32PM
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