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Did You Know!

👉 Maine has more coastline than California.

That sounds impossible—but it’s true by official measurement. While California’s coast is long and relatively smooth, Maine’s shoreline is extremely jagged, packed with thousands of bays, inlets, coves, and over 4,600 coastal islands.

• Maine’s coastline: ~3,478 miles
• California’s coastline: ~840 miles

Because coastline is measured by following every curve and inlet, Maine’s rocky, fractured shore dramatically increases its total length.

Why almost nobody knows this:
People picture sandy beaches when they think “coastline.” Maine’s coast is mostly rocky, island-dense, and irregular, which quietly makes it one of the longest in the entire world by complexity.