U.S. States to draw from memory

1. #1

   Easy · 41 vertices

   Colorado

   Treat it as a wide rectangle; save tiny survey-line deviations for later.

2. #2

   Easy · 41 vertices

   Delaware

   Think narrow vertical strip with a rounded Delaware Bay side.

3. #3

   Easy · 43 vertices

   Utah

   Draw a tall rectangle and cut the distinctive notch from the northeast.

4. #4

   Easy · 46 vertices

   New Mexico

   Start with a rectangle, then add the small boot heel in the southwest.

5. #5

   Easy · 50 vertices

   Wyoming

   Treat it as a clean rectangle and concentrate on proportion.

6. #6

   Easy · 56 vertices

   Connecticut

   Draw a low horizontal wedge with a short southwest panhandle.

7. #7

   Easy · 67 vertices

   Rhode Island

   Use one small mainland wedge and imply the bay rather than every island.

8. #8

   Easy · 70 vertices

   North Dakota

   Treat it as a rectangle with restrained river bends on two sides.

9. #9

   Easy · 75 vertices

   Kansas

   Draw the long rectangle first and add only the northeast river kink.

10. #10

    Easy · 83 vertices

    Nevada

    Think tilted wedge: straight east, diagonal southwest, short top.

11. #11

    Easy · 87 vertices

    New Hampshire

    Draw a narrow north-south wedge that broadens toward the south.

12. #12

    Easy · 90 vertices

    Vermont

    Use a tall wedge that is wider in the north and narrower in the south.

13. #13

    Easy · 91 vertices

    Pennsylvania

    Draw the wide rectangle and add the small southeast extension last.

14. #14

    Easy · 101 vertices

    New Jersey

    Use a slim hook with a rounded Atlantic side and pointed south.

15. #15

    Easy · 105 vertices

    South Dakota

    Build a long rectangle and keep the eastern river edge understated.

16. #16

    Easy · 116 vertices

    Arizona

    Use the slanted western edge and the small Colorado River notch as anchors.

17. #17

    Easy · 121 vertices

    Alabama

    Keep the tall body simple, then add the short Gulf Coast foot.

18. #18

    Medium · 130 vertices

    Nebraska

    Hold the long west-east proportion and simplify the Missouri River edge.

19. #19

    Medium · 155 vertices

    Massachusetts

    Draw the mainland bar before curling Cape Cod outward.

20. #20

    Medium · 160 vertices

    South Carolina

    Think rounded triangle with the point aimed northwest.

21. #21

    Medium · 163 vertices

    Indiana

    Start with a compact upright block and notch the northwest corner.

22. #22

    Medium · 165 vertices

    Oklahoma

    The long western panhandle is the anchor for the broader eastern body.

23. #23

    Medium · 167 vertices

    Tennessee

    Preserve the very long horizontal strip before adding border wiggles.

24. #24

    Medium · 168 vertices

    Ohio

    Use a compact shield shape with a flatter west and curved river south.

25. #25

    Medium · 178 vertices

    Iowa

    Use a broad box held between two gently curving river borders.

26. #26

    Medium · 194 vertices

    Oregon

    Start boxy, then replace the western side with one Pacific coastal curve.

27. #27

    Medium · 196 vertices

    Georgia

    Use a broad upper block and taper toward the short Atlantic coast.

28. #28

    Medium · 199 vertices

    Arkansas

    Start with a compact box, then soften the east with the Mississippi River.

29. #29

    Medium · 204 vertices

    Montana

    Use a wide northern band with a rougher, narrower mountain side below.

30. #30

    Medium · 206 vertices

    Hawaii

    Place the main islands on one northwest-to-southeast diagonal.

31. #31

    Medium · 224 vertices

    Missouri

    Draw a central block, soften both river edges, and add the bootheel.

32. #32

    Medium · 233 vertices

    West Virginia

    Find the compact center first, then extend both thin panhandles.

33. #33

    Medium · 235 vertices

    Illinois

    Keep it vertical and let the Mississippi River bend the western edge.

34. #34

    Medium · 249 vertices

    Idaho

    Draw the tall northern handle first, then widen sharply across the south.

35. #35

    Hard · 253 vertices

    Minnesota

    Start with the northern box, then shape the Lake Superior side.

36. #36

    Hard · 261 vertices

    Kentucky

    Think of a long east-west wedge that narrows toward the mountains.

37. #37

    Hard · 261 vertices

    New York

    Separate the broad upstate body from the southeast tail and Long Island.

38. #38

    Hard · 279 vertices

    Maryland

    Remember the long western handle and the deep Chesapeake Bay split.

39. #39

    Hard · 287 vertices

    Mississippi

    Keep the state tall and let the river create the uneven western side.

40. #40

    Hard · 303 vertices

    Maine

    Use a tilted wedge with a straighter west and a rough Atlantic edge.

41. #41

    Hard · 307 vertices

    Wisconsin

    Shape the Lake Michigan edge around a sturdy northern body.

42. #42

    Hard · 325 vertices

    Virginia

    Think long east-west wedge, then split the coast around Chesapeake Bay.

43. #43

    Hard · 333 vertices

    North Carolina

    Keep the state long and low, then suggest the Outer Banks with one arc.

44. #44

    Hard · 387 vertices

    California

    Preserve the long Pacific slant before adding the southeast angle.

45. #45

    Hard · 422 vertices

    Florida

    Join a horizontal panhandle to a long peninsula that curves southeast.

46. #46

    Hard · 437 vertices

    Washington

    Keep the north and east firm while simplifying Puget Sound and the coast.

47. #47

    Hard · 445 vertices

    Louisiana

    Build the northern block, then add the boot and delta below it.

48. #48

    Hard · 578 vertices

    Michigan

    Treat the Upper and Lower Peninsulas as two separate, related shapes.

49. #49

    Hard · 680 vertices

    Texas

    Place the panhandle, Gulf curve, and southern point before anything else.

50. #50

    Hard · 4142 vertices

    Alaska

    Draw the mainland mass first and reduce the Aleutians to one sweeping chain.

The order counts coordinate vertices after converting us-atlas/states-10m.json to GeoJSON. Dataset resolution, island inclusion, and river detail all affect the count, so “hard” here means a more detailed source path rather than a guaranteed harder memory task.