This quest involves crossing the 45th Parallel in each of the 12 US states it passes through.

Quest Objectives

What Qualifies (?)

Simply crossing the 45th Parallel within a state, or at its state boundary, counts as completing the objective. Only states with a land or bridge crossing are included (eg, Ohio and Pennsylvania do not).

List of Objectives

• Maine
• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• New York
• Michigan
• Wisconsin
• Minnesota
• South Dakota
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Idaho
• Oregon

Milestones or Smaller Quests

• (None)

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Quest Finishers

• R Scott Jones

Fellow Questers

• Tom Thrash

Related Quests

Tips and Resources

• Here’s a handy map of the various signs and memorials to the 45th Parallel, and here is a photo guide of each marker, courtesy of the Minnesota Museum of the Mississippi’s exhibit on the 45th Parallel.
• The originator of this quest was Tom Thrash

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