I love roadside oddities, but who doesn’t also stop for a geographic extreme? Here are the ones I’ve made it to thus far. Note: not all of the corresponding extreme points are publicly accessible, so this isn’t a quest that can be officially “completed.” I’m just keeping track of the places I’ve been.
Lowest Point in the US
Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park
Easternmost Point in the US territories
Point Udall, St Croix, US Virgin Islands
Westernmost Point in the US territories
Point Udall, Guam
Southernmost Point in the 50 States
Ka Lae (South Point), Hawaii
Northernmost Point in the Contiguous US
Northwest Angle Inlet, Minnesota
Southernmost Point in the Contiguous US
Key West, Florida
Easternmost Point on the US mainland
West Quoddy Head, Maine
Geographic Center of the Contiguous US
near Lebanon, Kansas
Geographic Center of the 50 States
near Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Geographic Center of North America
near Center, North Dakota
near Rugby, North Dakota
Lowest Lake in North America
Salton Sea, California
Deepest Lake in the World
Crater Lake, Oregon
Largest Freshwater Lake in the World
Lake Superior, Michigan/Minnesota/Wisconsin