Connecticut (230) (44) Connecticut is New England’s second smallest and southernmost state. Its 5,009 square miles (13,023 square kilometers) are bordered by New York State on the west, Rhode Island on the east, Massachusetts on the north and by Long Island sound on the south. Maine (225) (12) The capitol city of Maine is Augusta, in Kennebec County. Land Area: 33,215 square miles, Length of Coastline: 3,500 miles Massachusetts (236) (1642) Massachusetts is 190 miles, east-west, and 110 miles, north- south, at its widest parts. The northern, or New Hampshire-Vermont border, runs almost due east and west for 135 miles; the western, or New York boundary, is 49 miles long. On the south, Massachusetts borders Connecticut for 91 miles and Rhode Island for 65 miles. | New Hampshire (225) (18) New Hampshire is bordered on the north by the Canadian province of Quebec; on the east by Maine and the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by Massachusetts; and the on the west by Vermont. Rhode Island (226) (14) The official name of Rhode Island is "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". Known as the smallest state in the union Rhode Island measures 1,214 square miles, North to South - 48 miles; East to West - 37 miles. Vermont (225) (9) Vermont is the second largest state in New England after Maine. Dominating the state's geography are the Green Mountains, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. | |