Border States Quiz

Michigan

North Dakota borders Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west.

Washington

New York borders five states, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut to the east.

New York

Texas shares its northern and eastern borders with four states: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

Connecticut

Indiana borders Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south across the Ohio River, and Illinois to the west.

Virginia

New Mexico borders Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas, and also touches Utah briefly at the Four Corners, the only spot where four U.S. states meet.

Louisiana

Tennessee borders eight states, tied with Missouri for the most of any U.S. state, from Kentucky and Virginia to Arkansas and Missouri.

New Hampshire

Kansas borders four states, with Nebraska to the north, Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south, and Colorado to the west.

Maine

South Dakota borders six states, including North Dakota to the north and Minnesota and Iowa to the east.

Ohio

Wisconsin borders Michigan to the northeast, Minnesota to the west, and Iowa and Illinois to the south.

Georgia

Nebraska touches six states, including South Dakota to the north and Wyoming and Colorado along its narrow western panhandle.

Vermont

Maryland borders Virginia and West Virginia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware across its narrow eastern shore.

Arizona

Mississippi borders four states, with Louisiana and Arkansas across the river to the west, Tennessee to the north, and Alabama to the east.

Oregon

Oklahoma borders six states, including Texas along its panhandle and southern edge, and Kansas and Colorado to the north.

Nevada

Massachusetts borders five states, more than any other in New England, from Rhode Island and Connecticut in the south to Vermont in the northwest.

Oklahoma

Ohio borders five states, including Michigan to the north and Pennsylvania and West Virginia to the east.

Oregon

Virginia borders five states, including North Carolina and Tennessee to the south and West Virginia and Maryland to the north.

New Hampshire

Delaware borders Maryland to its west and south, and touches Pennsylvania and New Jersey near its small northern tip.

Utah

Vermont borders New York to the west, New Hampshire to the east, and Massachusetts to the south.

Texas

Missouri borders eight states, tying it with Tennessee for the most of any US state, reflecting its central location.

Nevada

Louisiana borders just three states, Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east.

Alabama

Iowa borders six states, more than most in the Midwest, with rivers marking its boundaries on both the east and west sides.

Florida

Wyoming borders six states, including Montana to the north and South Dakota and Nebraska to the east.

Missouri

Alabama borders Florida to the south and Mississippi to the west, with Georgia and Tennessee forming its longer eastern and northern edges.

Georgia

Arizona meets California and Nevada to the west, Utah to the north, and Colorado and New Mexico to the east, touching Colorado only at the Four Corners.

Texas

North Carolina borders Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia and South Carolina to the south.

Kansas

Idaho borders six states, including Washington and Oregon to the west and Montana and Wyoming to the east across the Rockies.

Kansas

Montana borders North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and Idaho along its long, winding western edge.

Alaska

Georgia borders five states, including Florida and Alabama to the south and west and both Carolinas to the north and east.

Hawaii

Kentucky borders seven states, one of the highest totals in the country, with the Ohio River separating it from four of them.

Alaska

New Jersey borders Delaware to the southwest, Pennsylvania to the west, and New York to the north and east.

Delaware

Minnesota borders four states, including Wisconsin to the east and both Dakotas to the west, plus Canada along its northern edge.

Maine

Colorado borders seven states, one of the higher totals in the country, arranged around its rectangle from Wyoming in the north to Arizona in the southwest.

Mississippi

New Hampshire borders Vermont to the west, Maine to the east, and Massachusetts to the south.

Oklahoma

Utah borders six states, including Idaho and Wyoming to the north and Colorado to the east, and touches New Mexico only at the Four Corners point.

New Hampshire

Oregon borders Washington to the north, Idaho to the east, and Nevada and California to the south.

Florida

Michigan's Lower Peninsula borders Ohio and Indiana to the south, while its Upper Peninsula borders Wisconsin to the west.

West Virginia

Arkansas borders six states, including Missouri and Tennessee to the north and east and Texas and Oklahoma to the west.

West Virginia

California borders only three states, Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, and Arizona to the southeast.

Montana

Connecticut borders New York to the west, Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east, all three fellow original colonies.

Kansas

West Virginia borders five states, including Ohio and Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia and Kentucky to the south.

Washington

Nevada borders five states, including Oregon and Idaho to the north and California along its long western edge.

New Hampshire

Pennsylvania borders six states, including New York to the north and Ohio and West Virginia to the west.

Mississippi

Illinois borders five states, with the Mississippi River forming its western edge with Missouri and Iowa.