Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Here's a geography trivia question that trips people up: "What six states border Alaska?" The answer? Zero. None. Alaska shares no land borders with any other U.S. state.
Instead, America's largest state by area connects to the rest of the country only by air and sea. Its only land neighbors are Canadian territories: the Yukon Territory to the east and British Columbia to the southeast. The misconception likely stems from Alaska's massive size—it's larger than Texas, California, and Montana combined—and our mental map tendency to assume all states touch at least one neighbor. Hawaii is the only other state with zero interstate borders.