Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 37° north passes through:
| Country, territory or sea | Notes |
|---|---|
| Mediterranean Sea | |
| Mediterranean Sea | |
| Mediterranean Sea | |
| Island of Sicily | |
| Mediterranean Sea | Ionian Sea |
| Peloponnese | |
| Aegean Sea | Including the Greek islands of Sifnos, Antiparos, Paros, Naxos, Levitha, Telendos and Kalymnos |
| Aegean Sea | |
| Caspian Sea | |
| Kashmir | Area administered by |
| Yellow Sea | |
| Sea of Japan | |
| Island of Honshū | |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| California Utah / Arizona border Colorado / New Mexico border Colorado / Oklahoma border Kansas / Oklahoma border Missouri Illinois (the area south of the parallel is only about 5 square miles) Kentucky Virginia | |
| Atlantic Ocean | |
| Santa Maria Island in the Azores | |
| Atlantic Ocean | |
| Atlantic Ocean | Gulf of Cádiz |
| Mediterranean Sea |
Landmarks on the parallel include Santa Cruz, California, Gilroy, California, Madera, California, Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, Colorado City, Arizona/Hildale, Utah, Four Corners at the intersection with 32nd meridian west from Washington (the only place in the United States where four states touch), Cairo, Illinois, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Newport News, Virginia.
The parallel 37° north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.