The state of Alaska is the easternmost state in the United States. While most of Alaska is in the Western Hemisphere, it stretches east from the border with Canada, and its Aleutian Islands cross into the Eastern Hemisphere. The islands stretch almost to Russia, making Alaska the state that is farthest east in the US. That means Alaska has the honor of being the easternmost, westernmost, and northernmost state in the country!
If one excludes Alaska and Hawaii and focuses on just the continental United States, Maine is the state with the easternmost point. West Quoddy Head, located on the coast of Maine near the border with Canada, is the easternmost point in the continental United States. West Quoddy Head is the site of a famous lighthouse, used by ships arriving on the east coast of North America since 1808.
https://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/nsewusa.htm
I am going to assume that you mean which state in the United States has the easternmost point. Interestingly, the state that is the furthest east is also the state that is the furthest west. The state that I am talking about is Alaska. The reason that it is the farthest east is because some of the Aleutian Islands cross the 180 degree line of longitude. This places those islands in the eastern hemisphere; therefore, they are east of the Prime Meridian. If this question is referring to the lower 48 states, then the answer changes. The state that is located farthest east among the 48 contiguous states is Maine. The eastern edge of Maine is 66 degrees west. Sail Rock just off the coast from the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse is also part of Maine and technically even farther east.
https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-07-30/semisopochnoi-island-alaska-maphead-ken-jennings
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