The Delaware River separates Pennsylvania from New York and from Delaware, and also from New Jersey - George Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas Eve, 1776, to fight the Battle of Trenton.
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The majority of Pa's eastern border is against New Jersey (across the Delaware River.) In the far northeast of PA it borders with New York state. In the far southeast it have a short border with Delaware.
It has a water border with Canada and borders six US States including:Ohio (all of Ohio's eastern border meets all of PA's western border)West Virginia ** The Panhandle of West Virgina, only.Maryland (only part of PA and MD share their borders.New York (all of NY southern border and PA's northern border)New Jersey (western side of NJ and eastern side of PA)Delaware. ** This does NOT border PAPennsylvania is bordered by four states: New York in the North, Maryland in the South, New Jersey in the East, and Ohio in the West. ..Delaware and West Virginia are not anywhere near the Pennsylvania Border Lines...( Delaware is bordered on the east side of Maryland, and West Virginia is bordered on the North - West side of Virginia).Clarification:The Panhandle of West Virginia does border PA. At one time, Washington County PA extended into what is now Virginia (historical info only).If you start at the Northeast corner of PA and go west, the border is New York and part of Lake Erie on the western corner.Going along the PA's western border is Ohio. At the most southern point, the top of West Virginia forms a short border with PA.Going along PA's southern border, part of the Panhandle of West Virginia continues. Then, PA borders Maryland.Going up the eastern side of PA, it borders New Jersey.
You can make the western border in just over 500 miles, but the eastern border is another 280 miles away.
Erie PA is approximately 30 miles from the PA-Ohio border. Erie PA is is approximately 30 miles from the PA-New York border. Erie PA sits on Lake Erie.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is in the eastern USA. It shares a border with New York State to the north. To the east is New Jersey. To the west is Ohio, and part of West Virginia. Along the southern border, West Virginia and Maryland share part of the PA border. William Penn founded PA as a colony for religious freedom.
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Technically, PA does not border the Atlantic Ocean. This does not mean that you couldn't put your boat in the water and end up in the Atlantic though. South Eastern PA borders the Delaware River, which empties into the Delaware Bay which ultimately empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
Pennsylvania is located in the Eastern Time Zone (ET).
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New York and New Jersey border Pennsylvania on its eastern edge. Delaware also touches the southeast corner of PA.
No, Kentucky owns it. It was just named the Ohio River because tons of people in the late 1600's came down that river to come to Ohio so that's why its called the "Ohio River" but Kentucky officially owns it. But Ohio owns the whole bridge. -Hope this helps!-