Distance to the sea: ranking of US metro areas

Order: highest value first. This indicator is neutral: a higher value does not mean a better one.

Distance to the sea: ranking of US metro areas: Des Moines ranks first (1,272 km) and Pensacola last (0 km). The median across 150 metro areas is 171 km. Observation period: 2006-2025. Source: Natural Earth, 1:50m coastline.

Straight-line distance from the city center to the nearest ocean or sea coast. Lakes are not counted.

Data quality: accuracy is limited by the map scale, on the order of a few kilometers.

#Metro areaValue
1Des MoinesIA1,272 km
2OmahaNE1,259 km
3Fort CollinsCO1,238 km
4MinneapolisMN1,190 km
5DenverCO1,171 km
6DavenportIA1,156 km
7Colorado SpringsCO1,107 km
8MadisonWI1,104 km
9PeoriaIL1,066 km
10RockfordIL1,056 km
11Kansas CityMO1,010 km
12MilwaukeeWI996 km
13ChicagoIL933 km
14WichitaKS905 km
15St. LouisMO898 km
16OgdenUT873 km
17ProvoUT872 km
18Salt Lake CityUT866 km
19Grand RapidsMI835 km
20SpringfieldMO801 km
21IndianapolisIN772 km
22LansingMI748 km
23LouisvilleKY738 km
24AlbuquerqueNM725 km
25Fort WayneIN717 km
26TulsaOK710 km
27FlintMI708 km
28Oklahoma CityOK676 km
29FayettevilleAR673 km
30Ann ArborMI668 km
31Boise CityID631 km
32LexingtonKY630 km
33CincinnatiOH627 km
34DetroitMI624 km
35ToledoOH623 km
36NashvilleTN615 km
37El PasoTX576 km
38MemphisTN526 km
39Little RockAR518 km
40ColumbusOH512 km
41ChattanoogaTN501 km
42ClevelandOH484 km
43KnoxvilleTN479 km
44HuntsvilleAL462 km
45AkronOH448 km
46HuntingtonWV448 km
47CantonOH423 km
48BuffaloNY413 km
49YoungstownOH390 km
50AshevilleNC383 km
51DallasTX379 km
52Las VegasNV376 km
53SpokaneWA363 km
54AtlantaGA362 km
55BirminghamAL327 km
56HickoryNC317 km
57RochesterNY312 km
58PittsburghPA304 km
59GreenvilleSC303 km
60WinstonNC288 km
61KilleenTX285 km
62ShreveportLA282 km
63PhoenixAZ261 km
64GreensboroNC255 km
65CharlotteNC246 km
66SyracuseNY246 km
67TucsonAZ231 km
68RenoNV219 km
69JacksonMS212 km
70MontgomeryAL207 km
71AustinTX202 km
72San AntonioTX192 km
73DurhamNC175 km
74FresnoCA175 km
75VisaliaCA175 km
76ColumbiaSC166 km
77AugustaGA157 km
78AlbanyNY156 km
79RaleighNC147 km
80ScrantonPA143 km
81FayettevilleNC129 km
82BakersfieldCA118 km
83HarrisburgPA105 km
84SpringfieldMA89 km
85McAllenTX85 km
86EugeneOR83 km
87Baton RougeLA82 km
88PortlandOR82 km
89AllentownPA78 km
90SalemOR78 km
91ReadingPA71 km
92YorkPA70 km
93ModestoCA66 km
94WorcesterMA62 km
95OcalaFL60 km
96RiversideCA58 km
97LancasterPA57 km
98OrlandoFL56 km
99SacramentoCA56 km
100HartfordCT55 km
101ManchesterNH54 km
102LakelandFL49 km
103LafayetteLA45 km
104TallahasseeFL40 km
105DeltonaFL39 km
106TrentonNJ38 km
107BrownsvilleTX34 km
108HoustonTX34 km
109RichmondVA31 km
110Santa RosaCA30 km
111BeaumontTX28 km
112JacksonvilleFL24 km
113Los AngelesCA23 km
114SalisburyMD23 km
115StocktonCA23 km
116San JoseCA22 km
117SavannahGA21 km
118Santa MariaCA20 km
119North PortFL13 km
120SalinasCA13 km
121New OrleansLA10 km
122Port St. LucieFL8 km
123OxnardCA6 km
124TampaFL5 km
125BaltimoreMD4 km
126PhiladelphiaPA4 km
127ProvidenceRI4 km
128San DiegoCA4 km
129BostonMA3 km
130New HavenCT3 km
131SeattleWA3 km
132MobileAL2 km
133New YorkNY2 km
134San FranciscoCA2 km
135AnchorageAK1 km
136BridgeportCT1 km
137Cape CoralFL1 km
138CharlestonSC1 km
139GulfportMS1 km
140MiamiFL1 km
141NaplesFL1 km
142PortlandME1 km
143Urban HonoluluHI1 km
144VallejoCA1 km
145Virginia BeachVA1 km
146WashingtonDC1 km
147Corpus ChristiTX0 km
148Myrtle BeachSC0 km
149Palm BayFL0 km
150PensacolaFL0 km

Only places with a value for the indicator are ranked; a gap is not a zero. A ranking on one indicator is not an assessment of a place to live.

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