Alaska is BIG!
Alaska covers 586,412 square miles or 1/5 the size of the entire continental United States. It's the biggest state in the country and is 2.3 times the size of Texas, 10 times the size of Georga or Florida and 499.7 times the size of Rhode Island. Alaska also has over 33,900 miles of coastline and 1/2 the worlds glaciers.
| Admitted to the Union: | January 3, 1959 |
| State Motto: | North to the Future |
| Tree: | Sitka Spruce |
| Flower: | Forget Me Not |
| Mineral: | Gold |
| Gem: | Jade |
| Bird: | Willow Ptarmigan |
| Fish: | King Salmon |
Daylight
| Anchorage: | Summer Solstice: 19.21 hrs. Winter Solstice: 5.28 hrs. |
| Barrow: | Sun rises May 10 and sets August 2: 84 days of light Sun sets November 18 and rises January 24: 67 days of darkness |
