Every longitude in the range of 66.95° west to 124.74° west crosses the "lower 48".
Quoddy Head State Park, near Lubec, Maine . . . . . 66.949° WestBodelteh Islands, Clallam Bay, Washington . . . . . . 124.763° WestRange . . . . . 57.814°
The word contiguous means touching or connected. The contiguous US refers to the largest connected piece of American land. This happens to be the land situated between Mexico and Canada, which is also referred to as the Lower 48 because it contains forty-eight states. Therefore, the 48 states that are joined together are considered the contiguous United States, leaving Hawaii and Alaska as stand-alone states.The contiguous US is sometimes mistaken with the continental US. The continental US refers to the area of the US that is located on the continent of North America. This is just the contiguous US in addition to Alaska. Yet, Hawaii is not a part of the continental US either.It means it does not physically touch other states. Hawaii has an ocean between itself and other states. Alaska has another country- Canada- between it and another state.
Every longitude in the range of 66.9° West to 124.74° West, or in the range of 130.0° West to 172.44° East, passes through territory of the USA.
No longitude between 0° - 67° West or 0° - 172° East touches any part of US territory.
The contiguous U.S.is made from the lower forty-eght states plus the District of Columbia. The continental U.S. contains the contiguous U.S. plus Alaska.Since the District of Columbia is not a state, when you speak of the lower forty-eight, you are not including D.C.Remember it this way. Alaska is part of the North America continent, hence it is part of the continental U.S. Generally, you don't say contiguous 48, just contiguous U.S.See Sources and related links for more information.
The longitude for the contiguous 48 states from California to Maine is 124 degs 26' W to 66 degs 57' W.
Alaska and Hawaii
Alaska and Hawaii.
Quoddy Head State Park, near Lubec, Maine . . . . . 66.949° WestBodelteh Islands, Clallam Bay, Washington . . . . . . 124.763° WestRange . . . . . 57.814°
The second highest peak in the contiguous US is Mount Tyndall in California. It is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and stands at an elevation of 14,018 feet (4,273 meters).
The major mountain ranges in the contiguous US are the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, the Cascade Range, the Coast Range, and the Appalachian Mountains.
Alaska and Hawaii .
Alaska and Hawaii
"Contiguous" means the part that's all connected, all parts physically touching each other. The part of the US in which you could walk or drive to anywhere in it without leaving the country. Alaska isn't contiguous because you can't walk there without going through Canada. Hawaii isn't contiguous because you can't walk there at all. The "contiguous US" is the "lower 48" states.
There are 48 states, that are part of the contiguous U.S. The only sates that are not part of the contiguous U.S. are Alaska and Hawaii they represent the noncontiguousMATH PROBLEM:50-2=4848+2=50
Alaska
No. Puerto Rico is an overseas territory (a protectorate) of the United States. The United Nations considers it a colony of the US. But, the reason it is not part of the contiguous US is because of its geographic location - - in the Caribbean Sea and not physically connected to the mainland.