QUODDY HEAD STATE PARK, MAINE

The closest U.S. state to Africa is Maine. Specifically, the closest point is a peninsula called Quoddy Head. Its lighthouse is at the easternmost point of the contiguous U.S., about 3,153 miles from El Beddouza, Morocco. Cape Bojador, Western Sahara is a close second.

Course/Circle #	Point #	Point/Center Latitude	Point/Center Longitude	Distance/Radius	Total Distance /Circumference
1	0	44 48 23 N	066 57 46 W
1	1	32 31 51 N	009 16 41 W	3153	3153
2		44 48 23 N	066 57 46 W	3153	17778
3		32 32 51 N	009 16 41 W	3153	17778
4	0	44 48 23 N	066 57 46 W
4	1	26 15 41 N	014 24 02 W	3154	3154

MOUNT CHIMBORAZO

Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Andes. With a peak elevation of 20,548 feet, Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador. Chimborazo is not the highest mountain by elevation above sea level, but its location along the equatorial bulge makes its summit the farthest point on the Earth’s surface from the Earth’s center, as well as the point on earth closest to the moon. Until the beginning of the 19th century, it was thought that Chimborazo was the highest mountain on earth (measured from seal level).

MOUNT CHIMBORAZO