List of landlocked U.S. states

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A landlocked state is any state whose territorial boundaries do not touch an ocean, gulf, or bay. All of the landlocked states in the U.S. are situated in the contiguous 48 states on the North American mainland. Sixteen states and the federal capital, Washington, D.C. are considered to be singly landlocked given that one must travel through only one other U.S. state, Mexican state, or Canadian province to reach an ocean, gulf, or bay. One state, Hawaii, is completely insular, meaning it only borders water and no other territories.

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Singly landlocked

The 16 singly landlocked states, and the District of Columbia, with routes to their nearest ocean, gulf, or bay (plus Ohio):

Doubly landlocked

The 10 doubly landlocked states, with routes to their nearest ocean, gulf, or bay:

Triply landlocked

Nebraska is the only triply landlocked state. [1] To reach an ocean, gulf, or bay from Nebraska, one must travel through at least three states, such as through Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina to reach the Atlantic Ocean, through Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon to reach the Pacific, or through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas to reach the Gulf of Mexico. Alternatively one can travel through the Dakotas and Manitoba, making it two U.S. states and a Canadian province to enter the Hudson Bay or through Colorado, New Mexico and the Mexican State of Sonora to reach the Gulf of California.

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