Nevada lies between California and Utah.
Arizona is bordered by Utah to the north.
Arizona.
Texas
Arizona
The continent of Australia lies to the north of Tasmania. Tasmania is part of Australia, the mainland of which lies directly to the north.
Oregon is the state further west in fact it lies right next to the Pacific Ocean.
Colorado lies east of Utah. Utah lies to the north-east of California. Therefore, Colorado is farther from California. See the link for a map.
Both Kentucky and Virginia can be considered as north of Tennessee.
To the west is Connecticut.
Kentucky is southwest of West Virginia.
The following states have major desert areas: California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas Colorado Utah