One of my goals for this road trip was to become the first person to visit all 16 extreme compass points in the contiguous mainland United States.  The term "contiguous" means that I only considered the Lower 48 states, not Alaska or Hawaii.  And the term "mainland" means that I didn't consider any islands.  If you open it up to Alaska and include islands, the task becomes virtually impossible for myself or anyone else.  Hey, I might be crazy but I'm not stupid!

On Monday, November 28, 2016, I visited the 16th and final point, the southernmost point of the contiguous United States, which is near Cape Sable, Florida in Everglades National Park.  The 16 extreme compass points, and the dates that I visited them, are:

This section describes the rules and methodology that I used, as well as each of the 16 points that I visited.  So please read on!

 
Above:  The 16 extreme geographic compass points that I visited on my trip.  The red dots are the locations and the blue lines are the bearing lines I used to determine each location.  If you zoom in, you'll start seeing the descriptions.

 

The 16 Extreme Compass Points of the "Lower 48"

The Northwesternmost Point of the U.S.

The Westernmost Point of the U.S.

The North-Northwesternmost Point of the U.S.

The West-Northwesternmost Point of the U.S.

The West-Southwesternmost Point of the U.S.

The Southwesternmost Point of the U.S.

The South-Southwesternmost Point of the U.S.

The Northernmost Point of the U.S.

The North-Northeasternmost Point of the U.S.

The Northeasternmost Point of the U.S.

The East-Northeasternmost Point of the U.S.

The Easternmost Point of the U.S.

The East-Southeasternmost Point of the U.S.

The Southeasternmost Point of the U.S.

The South-Southeasternmost Point of the U.S

The Southernmost Point of the U.S.

 

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