US State Capitals Nearest Their State Line

Which US capitals are situated nearest the edge of their state?
Distances are to the nearest land boundary with an adjacent state or country, and exclude shorelines.
Distances are from the state capitol building.
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First submittedNovember 17, 2014
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miles
capital
km
0.3
Trenton
0.5
4
Providence
6
10
Cheyenne
16
12
Dover
20
13
Carson City
22
16
St Paul
26
17
Tallahassee
27
19
Hartford
30
22
Albany
36
23
Annapolis
37
25
Montpelier
41
26
Boston
42
30
Concord
48
33
Juneau
54
33
Nashville
54
38
Baton Rouge
61
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Level 75
Dec 16, 2014
What about Carson City? Even going to the closest land in California instead of the middle of Lake Tahoe, I come up with 13.5 miles.
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Level 76
Dec 16, 2014
Yes! Thanks, quiz updated.
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Level 76
Dec 16, 2014
Nearest misses (all 41 mi / 67 km or less): Harrisburg, Madison, Charleston, Jackson, Atlanta, Boise.
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Level 67
Feb 4, 2022
I was wondering about Atlanta.
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Level 76
Feb 5, 2022
54 mi / 87 km
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Level 53
Sep 12, 2020
I kept typing Honolulu and was puzzled. THEN I read the exclusions!