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Arizona: Meteor Crater&Montezuma Castle(well I think they are pretty cool at least.....everything "cool" in AZ is overshadowed by the Grand Canyon)
Nevada: Mt Charleston just right on the fringes of Vegas is a beautiful outdoor recreation area.....who needs the strip
Georgia: Southern Appalachia just north of the Atlanta area is a nice and scenic area. Also Tybee Island and the whole Georgia coast is beautiful
Nevada/Arizona: Not very exciting really but the Hoover Dam is a "one time" thing if you've never been
MS/AL/GA: The old plantations in the rural south I think is a must see and greatly ignored
There's a lot more I just can't think of any at the moment.........
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Taos, New Mexico: Where sage brush covered high desert meets the Rockies, where the Rio Grande carves a stunningly beautiful and deep gorge, a Native American pueblo that has been settled there since 1,000 AD, and a very cool, historical, and artistic town to boot.
Durango/Silverton/Ouray, Colorado: This is Colorado and all the Rocky Mountain splendor at it's very best. It's quite isolated and a long way from Denver (ABQ is closer), but the Million Dollar highway has some of the most stunning mountain scenery in the US with a large collection of 14'ers, steep vertical rises and beautiful lodge pole pine and aspen forests.
NY - Finger Lakes, Letchworth State Park, any of the gorge parks (Watkins Glen is probably my favorite, but there are plenty), Taughannock Falls
AZ - Mogollon River and Salt River Canyon to name two
WI - all the lakes up in the northern part of the state
New Jersey is a very stereotyped and underrated state overall, and I know that we don't have big mountains or canyons or anything like that but we do have some truly beautiful areas people from elsewhere would never think to visit.
There's also the Gateway National Recreation Area, a park in both New Jersey and New York (the land bordering the entrance to New York Harbor - thus the term 'Gateway'). On the New Jersey side, Sandy Hook is comprised of the northernmost beaches in NJ and it's also a large preserved park area for hiking, biking, fishing, boating, and more. There's a lighthouseJimi and an old military base you can tour, which is actually pretty cool. It's a pretty beach and bay area and on a clear day you can see Brooklyn, Queens, and the Manhattan skyline from the beaches Gateway National Recreation Area - Gateway National Recreation Area
There's also the Pine Barrens (Pinelands) which are a large undeveloped and uninhabited pine tree forest preserved in the western-southern part of the state. There's great wildlife and plant life within, as well as rivers, ponds, and lakes so you can boat, hike, and birdwatch but honestly I know less about this and the website kept redirecting me. But this is a really pretty area, no one would ever guess there's a huge empty forest smack in the middle of NJ making up about 22% of our land!
There's more but those are probably the best and most interesting.
There's also our lovely little demon of a state mascot, the Jersey Devil out in the Barrens. Real si.ple, ya go bird watching with three kids and the hubby, ya come back with two kids and the hubby.
A tithe is always in order for the JD when exploring the barrens..
Very good thread, I will add Washington NC for its inner banks view.
Mount Roger VA beautiful view of Appalachians and Shenandoah Valley.
Cumberland Lake in Tennessee also in Shenandoah Valley
Edisto Island SC so natural and serene.
Add me to Tybee Island GA fan club I love that place
Western Arkansas is incredibly underrated for its rugged yet lush terrain and awesome fall foliage.
I said Southeastern but I meant Southwestern Arkansas. Eastern Arkansas is like Mississippi in its terrain. It has its beauty but really nothing to write home about.
New Jersey is a very stereotyped and underrated state overall, and I know that we don't have big mountains or canyons or anything like that but we do have some truly beautiful areas people from elsewhere would never think to visit.
There's also the Gateway National Recreation Area, a park in both New Jersey and New York (the land bordering the entrance to New York Harbor - thus the term 'Gateway'). On the New Jersey side, Sandy Hook is comprised of the northernmost beaches in NJ and it's also a large preserved park area for hiking, biking, fishing, boating, and more. There's a lighthouse and an old military base you can tour, which is actually pretty cool. It's a pretty beach and bay area and on a clear day you can see Brooklyn, Queens, and the Manhattan skyline from the beaches Gateway National Recreation Area - Gateway National Recreation Area
There's also the Pine Barrens (Pinelands) which are a large undeveloped and uninhabited pine tree forest preserved in the western-southern part of the state. There's great wildlife and plant life within, as well as rivers, ponds, and lakes so you can boat, hike, and birdwatch but honestly I know less about this and the website kept redirecting me. But this is a really pretty area, no one would ever guess there's a huge empty forest smack in the middle of NJ making up about 22% of our land!
There's more but those are probably the best and most interesting.
Also although I am personally not a birder I believe the Cape May wetlands are one of the largest migratory bird watching places in N America and may have near the most unique species which traverse it each year
Yep. I would also include the Virgin Canyon on the Arizona/Utah Border (i-15)
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