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Top 10 Tallest U.S. States North to South

Name the states that have the longest maximum north/south spans.
Continuous spans on the same land mass
Doesn't have to be a straight line
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Last updated: September 13, 2019
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First submittedSeptember 10, 2019
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miles
state
km
1149
Alaska
1850
739
Texas
1190
655
California
1054
484
Idaho
779
484
Nevada
779
miles
state
km
422
Florida
679
392
Arizona
630
392
New Mexico
630
383
Illinois
617
379
Minnesota
610
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Level 82
Sep 22, 2019
Got 'em all but Illinois came down to the wire.
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Level 77
Sep 22, 2019
I'm very surprised that Illinois is taller than Michigan.
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Level 67
Dec 9, 2019
Must have something to do with the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula's separation
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Level 43
Apr 13, 2020
I'm not. I live just north of Chicago and it's about a 9 hour drive to the southern tip and a 1 hour drive to Wisconsin.
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Level 26
Sep 8, 2021
same
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Level 62
Oct 8, 2019
:39 seconds
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Level 53
Oct 25, 2019
I started naming every Rocky Mountain and Appalachian Mountain state. HAHA.
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Level 62
Dec 9, 2019
Fun fact England has a shorter north south span that any of these but has 57 million people, >20mill above any of these
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Level 59
Jan 13, 2023
England spans almost 400 miles, it would be like 7th on this list but close enough yeah
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Level 28
Dec 9, 2019
Great Quiz, but isn't Montana longer than Florida, I am probably wrong, but I am just wondering
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Level 26
Sep 8, 2021
its height not width
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Level 67
Jun 13, 2020
I think that this should be a yellow box quiz.
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Level 53
Nov 12, 2022
??? no
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Level 67
Jan 11, 2024
I don't know why I wrote that.
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Level 45
Jan 19, 2022
I totally forgot about the first one smh
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Level 80
Jan 13, 2023
I was completely lost for a bit after I tried Chile, Canada and Russia and none worked. Note to self: read the title all the way through before you hit start.
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Level 52
Jan 13, 2023
Illinois indeed! If you live in Chicago and drive down 57 towards Memphis, it takes almost 6 hours to get out of this state!
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Level 61
Jan 13, 2023
ILLINOIS REPRESENT!
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Level 23
Jan 17, 2023
I can't be the only person who didn't read the whole thing and kept trying to put in answers related to elevation, can I?
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Level 56
Jan 20, 2023
Yay, Idaho!
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Level 60
Jun 14, 2023
How are nevada and idaho the exact same height
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Level 64
Sep 30, 2023
i cant believe that Illinois is less taller than new mexico.