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States of the U.S. Hotlist
Come and sample this hotlist of Internet sites to learn more fascinating facts about our country.
The US50.com
http://www.theus50.com/
Wow! An excellent site full of information about each state. Click on the map to select a state. You'll find general history, current weather information for the major cities in the state, famous people born in the state, geography, state symbols, and much more.
U.S. Trivia
All of Florida is south of California.
Excite Travel
http://www1.excite.com/travel/travelguide/destination/0,20310,North_America-553,00.html
Click on a state or U.S. territory to find further information. Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory. What is the weather like today in San Juan, its capital? According to this site, the best time to visit there is from December to April when the temperatures are in the 70s and 80s. When is Puerto Rico's hurricane season?
U.S. Trivia
Wyoming became the first place in the USA to allow women to hold office and vote. This was in 1869, even before Wyoming became a state.
50 States.com
http://www.50states.com/
Select a state from the main menu. Or at the bottom of the page, select "Fast Facts and Trivia" for each state or choose "State Quarters Information" to find out about each state's design for the new quarters from the U.S. Mint. You can also select the "Biography Directory" to find a listing of famous people from each state. Oklahoma was the birthplace of a famous Native American Olympic athlete; who was he? Which state's license plate features a man on a bucking bronco?
Stately Knowledge From the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html
Which state ranks first in terms of population? Which state is the least populous?
NetState
http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html
Select a state and find state symbols, history, and almanac-type information. The median (average) age of all people in New Hampshire is 33.3 years, and the average person lives 72.64 years. What is the median age in Utah?
U.S. States
http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html
You'll find links to each state's official home page. Who is the governor of Oklahoma?
U.S. Trivia
In Minnesota, there is an acre of water for every 20 acres of land !!
Stately Knowledge: Chart of Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/chart.html
Which state's state flower is mistletoe?
U.S. Trivia
St Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the United States. The city was named by Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1672 on the day he landed.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Choose a state and find maps, satellite images, and state information.
Landforms of the United States
http://lists.uakron.edu/geology/natscigeo/Lectures/land/landform.htm
See what the Rocky Mountains look like
U.S. Trivia
Kentucky has the largest cave system in the world. Mammoth cave has over 200 miles of caves
Geobop's State Symbols
http://www.geosymbols.org
Some states have a state mineral, a state gem, AND a state rock. Hawaii only has a state gem. It is an appropriate-sounding gem for Hawaii. What is it? Utah has a state mineral, gem, and rock. What are they?
Official State Symbols and Mascots
http://www.ecben.net/statesym.shtml
What's the state fossil of Missouri?
U.S. Trivia
If Los Angeles county were to become a state of its own, it would rank 9th in population behind California, Texas, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan.
U.S. Trivia
Louisiana has 2,482 islands, covering nearly 1.3 million acres.
U.S. State Images from NOAA
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/state.shtml
Find satellite images of every state.
U.S. Trivia
Texas has more counties (254) than any other state.
America's Roof
http://www.americasroof.com/
Which state has the highest mountain in the United States? That easy--it has to be Alaska's Mount McKinley at 20,300 feet. In which state is the highest elevation only 345 feet?
U.S. Trivia
San Francisco is the most popular city in the world for tourists, and has held that record for the last 25 years. Paris is second.
State Highpointers
http://highpointers.org/
What is the highest point in Mississippi? What is the highest point in Colorado?
U.S. Trivia
Due to it's geographically central location, the state of Ohio, for it's size, has more interstate freeways, and more interstate traffic per mile, than any other state.
Roadside America
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Your online guide to offbeat tourist attractions in America. In which state will you find the grave of Stonewall Jackson's arm and then find the grave of the rest of him?
U.S. Trivia
Maine has more ocean shoreline than California due to the many coves.
50 States Government Officials
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
Links to the governor of each state, the official home page of each state, and the senators and representatives from each state.
U.S. Trivia
The highest city in the USA is in Colorado. The city, Leadville, is 10,200 feet above sea level.
Library of Congress Guide to State and Local Governments
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html
Links to local information for each state.
U.S. Trivia
The US city located within the greatest number of people in North America is Mansfield, in North-central Ohio. Within 500 miles of Mansfield lies 75% of the population of the US, including not only the major Ohio cites of Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron & Dayton, but also such major cities and metropolitan areas as New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington DC, Charleston WV, Richmond VA, Charlotte NC, Atlanta, Louisville,Nashville, Chattanooga, Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison WI, Detroit, and the Canadiancities of Toronto and Ottawa.
Geography World - Geography of the United States
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/US.html
Lots 'o links to many U.S. geography sites.
U.S. Trivia
The southernmost incorporated city in the US is Naalehu, Hawaii on the Big Island. It lies at 19.07 degrees north of the equator.
National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/parklists/pickstates.html
Click on the map to find all national parks within a state. Find 23 national parks or national monuments in California and 12 in Tennessee.
Smithsonian Institute
http://www.si.edu/
The Smithsonian is THE museum of the United States.
U.S. Trivia
The Top Ten largest Metropolitan areas are: (1997)
New York City, New York; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Phillidelphia, Pennsylvania; Detroit, Michigan; San Francisco, California; Washington DC; Dallas, Texas; Houston, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts
Postcards From America
http://www.postcardsfrom.com/
Follow along with some United States adventurers as they visited every single state. You see a digital postcard from every state as well as fun facts.
U.S. Trivia
The present population of California (32 million-1997) is equal to that of the entire United States at the outbreak of the civil war.
Maps of the United States
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/GEO/maps.htm
Different topographical U.S. maps.
Panoramic Maps
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html
These are old, historic maps of the states. See what New York City looked like in 1897.
U.S. Trivia
Niagara Falls, on the New York-Canadian border and fed by the waters of Lake Erie, goes down 193 feet (59 meters) to feed into Lake Ontario. Enough water plunges over the edge to fill approximately 4,000 bathtubs every second!!
Animated United States Flags
http://www.fg-a.com/stateflags.htm
What ocean-type item is on the flag of Rhode Island?
State Flags
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/flags/stflag.shtml
More state flags.
Teacher Resources
U.S.
State Capitals Matching Game
http://www.quia.com/custom/4main.html
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