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Countries Closest to Maine

Which countries lie closest to the U.S. state of Maine?
Countries which appear via an overseas territory, department, or autonomous region appear in gold
Quiz by TenThousand
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Last updated: November 19, 2020
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First submittedAugust 14, 2014
Times taken43,187
Average score80.0%
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km
country
miles
0
Canada
0
848
France via Saint Pierre and Miquelon
527
1297
United Kingdom via Bermuda
806
1892
Bahamas
1176
1968
Denmark via Greenland
1223
2384
Cuba
1482
2566
Haiti
1594
2576
Dominican Republic
1601
2806
Jamaica
1744
2831
Mexico
1759
km
country
miles
2874
Netherlands via Sint Maarten
1786
2941
Antigua and Barbuda
1828
2950
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1833
2980
Portugal via the Azores
1851
3174
Dominica
1974
3197
Belize
1986
3256
Iceland
2023
3297
Honduras
2049
3304
Guatemala
2053
3342
Nicaragua
2077
+4
Level 69
Aug 14, 2014
Panama?
+14
Level 76
Aug 14, 2014
Nope, that's further away.
+8
Level 76
Oct 10, 2014
Other Countries Closest to US States quizzes: Alaska, Hawaii and Florida.
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Level 29
Jun 16, 2015
Portugal should be on here courtesy of Flores island in the Azores
+6
Level 76
Jun 16, 2015
Thanks - updated.
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Level 71
Nov 20, 2020
Good. It's wrong to consider azores as an overseas territory of Portugal, though. It's just one of their ordinary island regions, like Canary or Balearic islands for Spain or Hawaii for the USA.

Sorry for nitpicking.

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Level 82
Nov 20, 2020
Not nitpicking - I think this is an important distinction! People need to understand that just because parts of a country are geographically distant, that doesn't automatically mean they're an overseas territory. Hawaii is a good example.

What makes something an overseas territory is the constitutional and governance set up, not an arbitrary distance.

+3
Level 74
Nov 20, 2022
Like how French Guyana, Réunion, Nouvelle Calédonie etc are all integrated parts of France. They're overseas departments, not territories.
+19
Level 84
Nov 18, 2020
Did Maine move? Interesting to see an update here. :-)
+15
Level 75
Nov 18, 2020
Yes, as of this morning Maine is now located about three hundred miles off the coast of Nova Scotia.
+8
Level ∞
Nov 18, 2020
Every year, the Atlantic Ocean gets just a little bit larger...
+4
Level 76
Nov 19, 2020
What is this about??? Just get on I-95, head north, never exit, and voila! you're in Canada, and 0 km from Maine...
+6
Level 88
Nov 18, 2020
Great quiz. Nice to see territories listed for a change.
+2
Level 70
Nov 20, 2020
It certainly caught me out. I should actually bother to read the quiz description before diving right in!
+6
Level 68
Nov 20, 2020
I was typing Denmark, accidentally typed "DR", got credit for Dominican Republic (which I would have gotten anyway), and subsequently forgot Dominica, because I always type it together with Dominican Republic. And there went my perfect score!
+3
Level 48
Nov 20, 2020
el salvador?
+4
Level 75
Nov 20, 2020
Ok, I'll say it then - no USA?
+11
Level 52
Apr 7, 2021
I checked it on Google Maps. The distance between Maine and the US is 0 km (0 miles for our american friends).
+2
Level 70
Nov 20, 2020
Don't want to be a kill joy, but Bermuda is an Overseas Territory, which isn't classed as part of the United Kingdom.
+9
Level 75
Nov 20, 2020
Always check the instructions and previous comments before commenting...
+1
Level 29
Nov 20, 2020
I hope I'm not being offensive... BUT HOW DID I FORGET The Bahamas, for some reason I keep forgetting that country on quizzes.
+9
Level 52
Dec 3, 2020
Why is that offensive in any way?
+2
Level 63
Jan 19, 2021
Iceland... of course!
+1
Level 66
Nov 21, 2022
I was surprised Maine is closer to Nicaragua than Iceland.
+3
Level 53
Feb 20, 2021
Fun fact: Maine is actually closer to Iceland than it is to Los Angeles.
+2
Level 76
Feb 21, 2021
Mjög áhugaverð staðreynd.
+2
Level 48
Nov 20, 2022
St John's, Newfoundland is closer to Prague than to Vancouver.
+2
Level 28
Apr 7, 2021
mind blown. completely forgot honduras and spelt belize wrong but it simple
+1
Level 32
Jun 16, 2021
It's a interesting quiz I really liked it
+1
Level 54
Sep 28, 2021
i was trying to be a smartass and put "usa"
+1
Level 65
Feb 22, 2022
Oops... somebody forgot France ~~ St Pierre and Miquelon.
+1
Level 43
Apr 12, 2022
Something tells me St Lucia may just make this list
+1
Level 40
Nov 20, 2022
Something tells me you're wrong.
+2
Level 56
Apr 20, 2022
I would say that the United States in pretty close to Maine.
+2
Level 61
Nov 18, 2022
thanks for including territories
+1
Level 50
Nov 20, 2022
Please accept DR for Dominican Republic
+1
Level ∞
Nov 20, 2022
DR would have worked
+1
Level 52
Nov 20, 2022
Wow that's something new I learned, a territory right off the coast of Canada
+1
Level 67
Nov 20, 2022
Fun Fact: Maine is the closest state to Africa.
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Level 47
Nov 21, 2022
What about Colombia via San Andrés y Providencia? Is it slightly off?
+1
Level 54
Nov 23, 2022
I think both of those are further away than Nicaragua, but Serranilla Bank (an uninhabited reef that's claimed by Columbia) is definitely closer.
+1
Level 89
Nov 22, 2022
Look at all the warm countries nearest to Maine.

And Greenland.

There that's more like Maine.

+1
Level 66
Oct 20, 2023
I got a little misled by that fact that the West coast of Africa is the closest bit east of Maine, but still managed to get all but one.