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Rank US States (or regions in your country) based on natural beauty
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in order within the tiers also
Pennsylvania image looking suspiciously like South Dakota
>>2858682
Idaho is also at the bottom of the western states for me, still better than pretty much anywhere else though. I like New York because Niagara Falls is cool as hell (though technically the best part of it is in Canada). the adirondacks and finger lakes area is good too though
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>>2858679
Based only on states I've been /out/
>New england in the fall mogs anything I've ever seen, but southern new england is too small
>Mountains of upstate ny and pa are beautiful, as is the UP in the winter
>Wisco has great lakes (pun intended)
>Fl and tx are unique but actually /out/ing is a miserable experience
>Everyone else is fairly boring, pine barrens get a shout-out
List will most likely change soon when I see the southwest and the rockies
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There are a lot of beautiful places in this country, and people who are not generous with their ratings have simply not explored enough. Driving across a state on the interstate doesn't count.
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>>2858682
Idaho should have been C but a lot of the state is just strip-mined badlands. The pretty mountain lakes are a small portion of the country.
Alaska is kind of one dimensional and is infested with mosquitoes. It is very pretty but mostly just swamp and tundra. Washington is basically the good parts of Alaska condensed.
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totally biased and only places i have visited
basically everything not in f tier gets a pass
and i am pretty sure there's okay parts of all of three of them, i just didn't see them personally
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>>2858679
i tried to distribute them evenly to the ranks but in actuality half of states are worth visiting for a while and another half simply are not
>>2858682
while AK is beautiful it lacks variety, especially considering its size
his S tier states have more variety than the A tier ones, excepting Hawaii and Utah
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>>2861375
Texas defender here. Big Bend is great, Guadalupe and Palo Duro Canyon are nice, some nice spots in Hill Country, Caddo Lake is pretty in a kind of mystical way, wild beaches on the barrier islands, lots of cool caves. The Rio Grande Valley has good birding, Aransas is the best place to see the endangered Whooping Crane, arguably the best state for birding in general. Also pretty good for other wildlife in places like Big Bend or along the coast, also has the largest bat colonies and bat flights which are really cool.
>>2861399
saying Alaska lacks variety is nuts. It has the largest temperate rainforest in the world and some of the largest dune fields in the country. Nevermind the mountains, coast, tundra, wetlands, volcanoes, icefields etc. Also the best state for wildlife by far.
wildlife is imporant for me when it comes to "natural beauty" by the way
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>>2858679
Ranking the states I've actually been to, and done some /out/ in:
S: Arizona, Florida, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Tennessee
A (these could be argued to be S tier, in my opinion): Utah, Louisiana, Oregon, Colorado
B: North Carolina
C
D
F: Ohio
If you live in Ohio you don't really have /out/, it's the only state in the union that just miserably fails at that.
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>>2858679
>MN
>D
I know im biased cuz I grew uo there but MN has great out- northwoods, great lake, lush river valleys, drifless area, prairies...and lakes- a bajillion lakes over almost all of it. BWCA is one of the premier out in the US. "D" is fake and gay
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I've never been to the west coast because my family was poor and we always drove whenever we wanted to go somewhere so I'm excluding all of that. New York is just in f tier because I took the train from Philly directly into NYC and basically never saw a tree
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>>2861470
i could have phrased that better
alaska lacks variety compared to states like california and arizona but definitely beats places like kansas or louisiana
also our wildlife is cool but scarce due to its size
in alaska:
boreal forest near water
>drive five hours
boreal forest
>drive five hours
boreal forest but wet
>drive five hours
boreal forest but no trees
>drive five hours
boreal forest but now siberia cold
>drive five hours
soggy tundra
the mountains are cool but compare that experience to california
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>>2858679
>https://tiermaker.com/create/us-states-36606
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>>2858679
Every single person has Indiana in F, what about the dunes and beaches? I think it should get a little bump, even if only a very small part of the state is really pretty.
Would love a version with the Canadian provinces, since British Columbia and Alberta completely demolish all the S tier states IMO for natural beauty.
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>>2866325
I would imagine Nunavut is close to shit tier, and probably PEI too (is there even any place to go /out/ there?), but every other province and territory has so much unmolested space that even northern SK would drag that province pretty high up there
I've only been /out/ for any length in Alberta but it's probably like BC/AB/Yukon/Labrador tippity top tier, everywhere else at least bretty gud
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>>2866531
Idaho is nice and there's a lot of opportunity to recreate but it's just not as spectacular as other states. I wouldn't go out of my way to visit.
There's a reason Idaho is the only western state without a proper National Park (besides the sliver of Yellowstone). That's probably a good thing for some people around here, but for whatever faults they have I do believe the National Parks generally encompass the most beautiful and spectacular areas in the region. Except Rocky Mountain, fuck Rocky Mountain
Anyway if this was an "/out/" ranking, whatever that really means, instead of a "natural beauty" ranking maybe Idaho can be S tier.
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didn't bother ranking shit countries (almost every country has nice parts though). I've only been to 5 of these by the way
some justifications
>Uganda
I've been fascinated by the Rwenzori mountains forever, number one place I want to see. Also I rate wildlife and Uganda has most of the usual African fauna, and also gorillas and chimpanzees.
>Ecuador
The Galapagos are like the holy grail for biogeography. Some of the best individual mountains in the Andes also.
>France, UK, Denmark
overseas territories included. not Antarctic claims though
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>>2866570
Just going to comment on countries I've been hiked/skied/climbed in and disagree with your ratings on:
Chile is insanely overrated here.
Peru should be way lower too.
The best stretch of the Alps is through Austria and France. Easily A+.
The UK, Portugal, & Germany should be garbage tier.
New Zealand should be highest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Go to Banff or Jasper and then tell me Canada isn't S tier.
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>>2866572
well from photos and videos and stuff the most beautiful parts of the Alps seems like Switzerland to me, places like Lauterbrunnen and Zermatt, and then Italy with the Dolomites. Maybe they aren't the best experience because of all the tourists or the price or whatever but that's a bit different, not what I was ranking.
I've visited Canada pretty extensively, it's great, probably some of the best mountains anywhere, certainly the best I've seen. But variety was a big factor for me for the highest tiers and Canada doesn't have the variety I think.
Chile does however. The fjords and mountains of Patagonia are like New Zealand or Norway on steroids, just much harder to access and actually experience, but the ranking is about how beautiful/spectacular these places are. Look up Marc Adamus, he's a photographer who goes deeper than most into the Patagonia fjords, stunning stuff. And Chile has volcanoes, the high Andes, rainforest, and the Atacama is a top tier desert.
For Peru, the Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash seem to me like the best part of the Andes outside of Patagonia. And it also has good variety.
Portugal is carried by Madeira and the Azores, both look super pretty to me. The Algarve coast looks nice too.
Scotland and Wales have some great spots, but also the UK has many overseas territories. South Georgia is a favorite of mine, it's pretty scenic but I'm more interested in it as a wildlife destination.
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>>2866575
I have literally been to Zermatt, and St. Anton is way way prettier IMO
Plus like the actual skiing/hiking/climbing in France is way more fun and definitely gets rowdier than the rest of the Alps
Like the freeride in France is just *chef's kiss*, hit La Grave this year and had a blast
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>>2866590
well I'll have to see for myself, just hard for me to believe you can beat that iconic view of the Matterhorn. I've been to Mt Assiniboine and its the most beautiful mountain I've seen, but the Matterhorn seems even prettier from photos.
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>>2866599
I'm at Marmot Basin in Alberta right now for Spring skiing, and the views here are way better than the Matterhorn IMO
Here's a pano I took from hiking Marmot 2 yesterday
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>>2866710
There's nothing in NJ worth looking at you can't see a better version of by driving 45 minutes away. It has all the disadvantages of a small state with none of the benefits.
The fact that it's a strictly worse version of Pennsylvania and Maryland I think should count for a low score. I'm not saying it's worse than Indiana but it's definitely not a huge improvement either.
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>>2861472
>you live in Ohio you don't really have /out/, it's the only state in the union that just miserably fails at that.
Doesn't it at least have extensive bike trails?
Does iowa have /out/ that ohio doesn't?
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>>2866702
The Loess Hills, the Driftless Area, and isolated parks near the big rivers are enough to bring it out of F tier, but it's still 97% private land with a big chunk of that being monocrop farmland.
Basically anything that wasn't flat enough to farm on is either a city or owned by your co-workers uncle.
>t. A 30-year Iowan
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>>2866850
Rhode Island is a dumb state which is trying to turn itself into a sprawling slum. The state government is building low income house everywhere and there are laws that make sure every town has to build it but the border between eastern ct and western ri is the nicest place in southern New England before you hit the lakes region in nh.
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Nebraska has the best grasslands, an under-appreciated landscape
Too bad it's almost all private though. But driving around the sandhills in summer when it's lush is nice, super pretty.
Some other nice areas too, please don't bully Nebraska
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>>2867298
Wrong. Low income housing brings low income people and welfare warriors which shit up the town. No want wants an influx of poor retards in rural areas with low population density who immediately will outnumber the original residents and change the character of the area.
Plus they are building low income condo developments where only a small percentage are “low income” which means it’s just a sweetheart deal for developer cronies and their politician butt buddies to open up land for development that would otherwise be unavailability due to zoning laws. But because it’s low income they can avoid zoning laws that would prevent condo construction in rural towns.
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I love my area of Appalachia. As I type this the windows to my home are wide open and I am awash in the scent of the honeysuckle that grows along the fence in my back yard. I bought 10 acres with a 2,000 sq foot house at a very reasonable price. My property is in an area that is mostly national forest and for that reason is very lightly populated. A 200 acre state wildlife sanctuary borders my western property line. Appalachia has a moderate climate, lush vegetation, abundant sunshine and rainfall. We have strong storms that bring heavy rain that quickly pass leading to sunny days. These strong passing storms provide us ample rain while allowing a high percentage of sun during the day. Portions of Appalachia are designated as temperate rain forest.
Appalachia has a tremendous amount of freshwater streams and rivers enabling an abundance of fish and wildlife, including large game such as white tail deer, feral pigs and black bears.
Appalachia also has a rugged, independent, even rebellious population. Appalachia's rugged terrain, moderate climate, abundant fresh water and game make it a perfect area for the guerrilla war fighter.
There are many reasons that US Army Green Berets and Rangers retire to Appalachia. It is a place that calls people steeped in guerrilla warfare home.
Picrel is my horse grazing in a sunlit pasture next to an Appalachian mountain lake 900 feet from his barn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo
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>>2861873
S central AK has rainforest (literally 200 inches+ annual precipitation), boreal forest/taiga (dry and wet and Siberia tier), tundra, glaciers, boglands (flesh fly hell), volcanoes, unlimited rivers and streams, the ocean, bigass forested islands with no humans on it, beer, hunting and fishing etc all right in pic related.
Unfortunately, Alaska is terminally full and terrible.
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>>2859862
OP summed up:
>durr, there no mountains!
The Atchafalaya Basin is the largest swamp in the US and absolutely breathtaking, but there’s no hiking and no elevation gain so coasties can’t even comprehend how to enjoy it.
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I just did the states I've been /out/ in.
>AK
No explanation needed; nothing even comes close.
>CO
Carried hard by the mountains but luckily there are a shitload of them. The plains are third-rate, sadly.
>MT, OR, WA
Gud mountains in the west (plus coast for OR and WA) and the east has fascinating geology. The Palouse is very underrated.
>WY
Gorgeous mountains and better-than-average plains, especially the karst areas.
>ID
The geological features are incredible and the wilderness is top-shelf.
>CA
Sure as shit wouldn't want to live there but man there's a lot of pretty scenery in the state, for all tastes. Deep desert, rainforests, coastal cliffs, lava flows, mountains...
>ME
Outstanding coast, outstanding fishing, ancient and fascinating mountains, excellent hardwood forests and nice pines.
>NH
Like Maine but not as good.
>HI
Completely overrun with people but I've been lucky enough to visit some of the parts with almost no people and it's beautiful. I think it holds up better than Samoa or Fiji and is about as pretty as New Caledonia though in a different way.
>UT, NV
Endless high-altitude arid lands and desert. Decent mountains and the Red Rocks country is unique but overall I'm left with a half-chub at best.
>AR
It's okay. Beautiful in the fall and I like the rocks but nothing about it really stands out to me for better or worse.
>AZ
Debated moving it up just because of the GC, but eh. Good deserts, decent mountains, very photogenic rocks all over the place.
>KS, OK
Flat and brown. Not offensive but man they're bland. inb4 "muh ozarks".
>TX
Furnace in the west, sauna in the east, 98% private and generally not that interesting to me. Big Bend is neat and the scenery isn't horrible but overall I don't have much to say.
>NM
Honestly I hate New Mexico (GOTT STRAFE PÑON) aside from the little dingleberry of the Sangres that hangs down into the north but I can recognize that a lot of it is pretty photogenic so I had to set my feelings aside.
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>>2858679
I've been to all the states, so I can post this with an educated opinion. S Tier is for states with truly unique natural beauty that stands out from the other states. F tier is for the shitholes that are more city than nature. I don't give a fuck if a state has nice parks or one or two tourist destinations if they're exceptionally difficult to reach or enjoy. I fucking hated my time in California and couldn't enjoy one goddamn place I went to. Meanwhile, every methed out ghost town in Arkansas is surrounded by the most beautiful pine forests in the world.
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Seeing Florida in the mid tier in a lot of these lists makes me feel a palpable sense of scorn for everyone responsible for the destruction of the state's wildlife. There is geneuine beauty to be found in the natural beaches and the varying ecoregions but by God I cannot stand people moving into that state and buying up the land. I CURSE EVERYONE FOR DESTROYING MY BEAUTIFUL HOME
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>>2867885
south central is nice in a way most people don't enjoy. anchorage and the valley have very nice weather with defined seasons but it's always shittier in whittier. girdwood is cool only if you like like skiing or prune fingers, the kenai peninsula is just lame for half of it's area and valdez is whittier except with more oil. there is a unique charm but it just disappears with more exposure
i'm not saying alaska is bad, i'm making the point that people glorify it to S tier when there are states that are simply better for /out/ings almost anywhere within their borders while alaska is halfway just shitty swamps where it gets cold in winter, hot and bug infested in summer, and you can't physically walk through them at any time of year
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>>2858679
Wisconsin
F
Anon what the fuck. Go north of hwy10 and the whole state is absolutely beautiful. Also the driftless zone in the south.
You dont know shit.
Your thread is shit.
All the states except iowa and IL are S rated.
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>>2868277
>Wisconsin F
I'm not complaining keeps the normies and grey hordes out of our state, while the true residents can enjoy the state. Also keeps property values from exploding if they don't know about it.
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>>2868277
>zero mountains
>zero unique animals
>zero unique plants
>zero landmarks
>zero old growth forest
Wow sounds fucking awesome
Midwesterners should be banned from /out/ and I am not even kidding you people are so fucking stupid lol
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>>2858679
didn't put the overseas territories because I've never been and don't know them well enough to rank them. They probably all go to S or A+ though.
>>2868339
>France should be A+
if you go by diversity it's hard to put mainland France above A, including overseas territories I'd move it up yeah. Italy B+ is criminal though
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>>2868179
Agreed, with one exception right here. Anyways, educate yourself fool:
>>2868147
Iowa has underrated green rolling hills
Oklahoma has some of the most remote yet green reservations and vast yet diverse areas in the east
South Dakota is more naturally diverse than you apparently know, and it is out of the way
All underrated pearls where one most likely won't run into paste eaters like yourselves.
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>>2869422
maine is basically the logical conclusion of new england beach forests: a saltwater crag with a secluded beach and a pine forest. it is a really comfy style of camping that is unique to coastal new england, and the way i do it is to sail across a harbor and camp in a small forest accessible by cove. then i harvest wild mussels for dinner and bathe in the salt water, which is ultra clean compared to fresh water.
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>>2868046
What went wrong in California? Did you go on trails in national parks and sperg because it was so busy? Any time somebody doesn’t immediately love California for its outdoor potential you know they’re retarded or didn’t explore that much
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