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What are your picks for the most scenic areas of the U.S.? The other day I got lost in the Smoky Mountains (I forget the name of the national forest there), which were awesomely beautiful but rather dangerous to navigate. Anyone been there before? Some of the best views I've seen in America.
What are your picks for the most scenic areas of the U.S.? The other day I got lost in the Smoky Mountains (I forget the name of the national forest there), which were awesomely beautiful but rather dangerous to navigate. Anyone been there before? Some of the best views I've seen in America.
When I retire, Tennessee is going to be my destination. The mountains, forests, people, sunsets air, everything is fantastic.I live in another scenic part of the country, down in the Ozarks of Missouri. The hills, rivers, and forests here are also pretty spectacular. Some mornings, the fog situates just right through the hills and the rising sun over then is pretty awesome. The rivers and creeks here are nice too... most of them spring fed.I guess everyone has their own preferences.. oceans, while majestic don't really do it for me. Gimme some mountains and rivers any day!
New England area: Tuckerman Ravine (on Mt. Washington, NH…heck of a hike to get there, but MAN is it worth it)Cape Cod, MA, Franconia Notch, NH (those cliffs are the backside of Cannon Mt, my favorite ski area in New England)Other areas: Yosemite (my #1 pick, but have never been there)Key West (going there Labor Day weekend..woohoo!!)Jackson Hole, WY (if I ever win Powerball or get rich from my IRA, the first thing I'm doing is buying a slope-side condo there)Rt. 70 west of Denver, CO. (Vail, Breckenridge, Aspen. Need I say more?)
The Tetons or the contintental divide in the area around Glacier National Park in Montana, the Smokies in Western Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, the Carolina coast, and I'll echo Rt 70 west of Denver.I currently live not too far from the mouth of the Shenandoah Valley, and it has its own kind of beauty - which is why this general area will aways be my home (now that I'm done PCSing every few years).
I've yet to see a state more beautiful than Kentucky. Rolling meadows with horses, forest covered hills and mountains, lakes, rivers, and green green bluegrass everywhere. Old farms dot the landscape with fields of tobacco, corn, and soybeans. We have natural land bridges and caves. Southern belle cities and towns with some Midwestern appeal. Kentucky can be everything to everyone.
I've yet to see a state more beautiful than Kentucky.
Oh ye who doesn't fly, have you seen any other state besides Kentucky? 😀
I've been to Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida. None of these states are as pretty as Kentucky in my opinion. 🙂
I think the Ozarks in Missouri and Northern Arkansas are beautiful as well as some of the desert areas out west in Arizona and Nevada. I also think the Pacific Northwest along the Cascades is pretty. Last but not least, the Smoky Mountains in Tennesee and North Carolina have to have some of the most beautiful scenery in the country. I have walked parst of the Appalachian Trail through Tennessee and North Carolina and the scenery is the best. the Smoky Mountians are the prettiest in my book.Don, the "Land Between the Lakes" in southern Kentucky is very pretty as well. I spent two wonderful weeks backwoods camping there with a girlfriend when I was stationed at Fort Knox.
I just made a trip across part of the country, from Iowa down to Georgia. Passed through Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee. It was pretty while driving around Nashville and Chattanooga, but not nearly as beautiful as it was driving through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a couple of years ago.
