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As you know, the mountains are generally hundreds of miles inland from the eastern seaboard, unlike the five states in the west bordering the Pacific.
Counting territories, there are three areas where you still can see the Atlantic from a mountain, which are these?
Maine and New Hampshire are the first two. Then it gets tricky and I have no idea.
If I had to guess, I would say the third answer is probably in the North. As you go South, the mountains move diagonally away from the coastline. For instance, North Carolina has the tallest mountains in the East and Virginia has Mount Rogers, but they are so far inland I am not really sure if you can see the Ocean from there. Maybe on a very clear day? Mount Rogers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Going back North, you have the Blue Hills of Massachusetts. They are close to Massachjusetts Bay. I think you can see the water from them. However, not sure if it is the Ocean or even if the Blue Hills count as mountains. Great Blue Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Down in Connecticut, the Metacomet Ridge comes very close to Long Island Sound. But again, not sure if the Sound would count as part of the Ocean or whether it is a mountain or not. Metacomet Ridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pennsylvania is FILLED with mountains and hills but I don't think you can see the Ocean from either Pennsylvania or Maryland mountains.
Give us the answer!
Last edited by LINative; 02-16-2013 at 01:45 PM..
Reason: added mouintains to the sentence about Maryland. You can see the Ocean from Maryland, at the beach!
Maine and New Hampshire are the first two. Then it gets tricky and I have no idea.
If I had to guess, I would say the third answer is probably in the North. As you go South, the mountains move diagonally away from the coastline. For instance, North Carolina has the tallest mountains in the East and Virginia has Mount Rogers, but they are so far inland I am not really sure if you can see the Ocean from there. Maybe on a very clear day? Mount Rogers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Going back North, you have the Blue Hills of Massachusetts. They are close to Massachjusetts Bay. I think you can see the water from them. However, not sure if it is the Ocean or even if the Blue Hills count as mountains. Great Blue Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Down in Connecticut, the Metacomet Ridge comes very close to Long Island Sound. But again, not sure if the Sound would count as part of the Ocean or whether it is a mountain or not. Metacomet Ridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pennsylvania is FILLED with mountains and hills but I don't think you can see the Ocean from either Pennsylvania or Maryland mountains.
Give us the answer!
I have only gone to NH once, to Portsmouth. It was many, many years ago and I cannot recall if there were mountains nearby. But I did not know that from Mt Washington you could see the ocean. I guess as per my question I suppose I have to fix it, so there are four areas (I went recently to Connecticut and RI and I don't remember seeing mountains along the way through I-95 so I believe there are no more corrections needed. So NH and Maine have high views of the Atlantic.
I would not like to give the answer yet and see if someone else can guess which two more areas of the U.S. (again- including territories) besides Maine and NH share high views of the ATLANTIC.
So, to help, look at two things: INCLUDING TERRITORIES, and second, ATLANTIC. That means Michigan and Minnesota are out of the poll because although they may be considered part of the east, they only have views of the Lakes. The same applies to all states bordering the Lakes. The question refers to the Atlantic Ocean- not the Great Lakes or any major body of water found in the east. Only the Atlantic Ocean.
So, to help, look at two things: INCLUDING TERRITORIES, and second, ATLANTIC. That means Michigan and Minnesota are out of the poll because although they may be considered part of the east, they only have views of the Lakes. The same applies to all states bordering the Lakes. The question refers to the Atlantic Ocean- not the Great Lakes or any major body of water found in the east. Only the Atlantic Ocean.
Pssst, neither Michigan or Minnesota are part of the East. They are both Midwest States.
As for the original question my guesses would be Maine, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland.
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