The eastern border of Maryland follows the Delaware river with New Jersey. Iowa and Missouri lose their contours with the Missouri River, while Wyoming's eastern border is crooked. Some states, while not removed, are significantly distorted. (The Eastern Shore of Virginia, which is not connected to the rest of Virginia and only borders Maryland, is also not shown-presumably to make way for New Jersey replacing much of the Delmarva Peninsula). Even the non-contiguous Northwest Angle of Minnesota is depicted. This seems to be a legitimate oversight, as the map includes numerous smaller islands in detail, including Michigan's Beaver Island and North Manitou Island. The map is also missing Isle Royale, Michigan, the third-largest island in the contiguous U.S. The other two deleted states are Pennsylvania and Delaware, with the states to their south and north slid/extended to fill the gap. Oklahoma and Texas, which are directly south of these, are slid over to the west into the space freed up by deleting New Mexico. Most of these are accomplished by eliminating a column of states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. The map in this comic is "Alaska and Hawaii's revenge", with seven additional states removed: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The District of Columbia is not ( yet) a state, but is contiguous with the states. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa), which are not contiguous with states. The United States also includes 5 permanently inhabited territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Typically, these 2 states are included in inset maps, separate sections usually placed at the bottom of the main map. As these states are not contiguous to the rest of the 48 states, they may be omitted from maps of the United States. Hawaii, annexed in 1898, is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. Alaska, purchased from Russia in 1867, is separated from the rest of the United States by the country of Canada, or at least appears to be as a result of the Mercator Projection. Two states are separated from the other 48 states, Alaska and Hawaii. The United States of America is composed of 50 states, 48 of which are contiguous – meaning they share common borders. They've added 'contiguous,' 'coterminous,' 'conterminous,' and next year they're adding 'conterguous.' AMENITIES FOR CYCLISTSĬyclists can park in the RV Lot and will have access to showers in the GEICO Premium RV Lot. Free hydration station locations will be available for water fill-ups around the track.Title text: Linguists, settling some inscrutable grudge, have been steadily sneaking more backdated synonyms for 'sharing borders' into the dictionary. During peak periods, alternative access to/from COTA via SH21 may result in the fastest travel time. Take SH21 to exit FM812 and travel west on FM812 5.5 miles to Lot T. During peak periods, alternative access to/from COTA via SH21 may result in the fastest travel time.ĭirections: Take SH130 (from Austin/San Antonio/Dallas) or SH71 (from Houston/Bastrop) to SH21. Travel west on Fagerquist Rd for 3 miles to Elroy Rd. Travel south on Wolf Ln for 3.5 miles to Fagerquist Rd. and travel south to COTA Blvd.ĭirections: Take SH71 to Wolf Ln. Exit at FM 812 and travel east to COTA Blvd.ĭirections: Take SH130 to Pearce Ln. The best driving route to that parking lot will appear.ĭirections: Take SH130 to FM 812.
Open the Waze App on Android or iOS and enter in the lot you're headed to (ex: "Lot T - COTA").
Guests are encouraged to use Waze to help find the best way to get to COTA, as well as the best route to specific parking lots.