Oklahoma has approximately 11,611 miles of shoreline, slightly less than the estimated combined general (nontidal) coastline of the Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific, and Arctic Coasts (12,383 miles).
Michigan has the second longest coastline in the U.S. It's not included on most lists because they count seawater coastline, not interior freshwater.
Michigan's total coastline is 3,288 miles, which is longer than second place, Florida.
coastlines are a perfect example of the impossibility of enumerating fractal geometric structures. pick a unit measure and go with it. the infoplease site used 30', so let's just assume somebody did the measuring for us and maine has the longest tidal shoreline.
i was the first to commenter, and i am not a college grad; still in school, but it's still michigan. the day i read this the first time, it just happened to be my "fun fact of the day" (yeah, they have an app for that) on my iphone. in apple i trust.
it is totally and without a doubt Michigan. Michigan's coastline is more than the entire east coast of the united states. If you have forgotten its two peninsula's, so that means 6 total sides of coast line.
1. alaska
2. florida
3. california
4. hawaii
5. lousiana
michigan??? really???? lol
but this would totally be an argument i'd get in and i would have said california if i hadn't looked it up.
"If all states with a coast were included, Michigan would rank second with 3,224 miles (5,189 km) of coast."
-wikipedia
P.S. I hope Andre is not a college grad.
Maine: 228 miles of general coastline and 3,478 miles of tidal shoreline.
Alaska: 1,060 miles of general coastline and 2,521 miles of tidal shoreline.
So take your pick.
(http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001801.html by the way)
It is totally and without a doubt NOT Michigan.
Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, which is more than California, Hawaii, and Florida combined. You know, on account of the 10,000 lakes.
You're all fucking idiots.
Alaska is the largest state in the United States.
It also has the largest coastline, since there are 10 million fucking chain islands.
Don't forget about those, morons.
RE: Anon at 7:28... that's not consistent with the source cited...
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001801.html
"Alaska: 1,060 miles of general coastline and 2,521 miles of tidal shoreline."
Those are the numbers for the ARCTIC OCEAN coast. Alaska also has 5,580 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline (and 31,383 miles of Pacific tidal shoreline).
State of Michigan claims 3288 miles of lake coastline:
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677-15959--,00.html
Not even close.
its Alaska, but within the continental United States the winner is North Carolina, but only if you take into count the outer banks along with its fractal like coastline
the correct answer is Alaska with 6,640 miles of coastline....... OMFG how can you NOT know its alaska? PLEASE! alaska is the LARGEST state (1/3 the size of the us).......... LOOK IT UP!
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