View Full Version : Which state offers the best outdoor recreation?
iamlegend
03-06-2006, 11:24 AM
Arizona
WellHungOver
03-06-2006, 11:27 AM
I live on the washington Idaho border and I can drive 15 minutes and be at a lake or in the woods or on a mountain. I don't though.
Nainoa
03-06-2006, 11:35 AM
I've been to 27 of the 50 states... More than half of which I've spent significant time...
While I would love to say Minnesota because it's my home state and all, I would have to go with Wisconsin...
While MN has more lakes, WI is still more than sufficiently stocked...
Also North Central WI is a much more untapped resource than much of MN, simply due to it's low population density.
Hunting in both is premiere for duck, goose, deer etc...
Fishing... Both are premiere with more access to more fish species than any other state (Not located on the great lakes.)
DNR is very progressive and well funded...
Both MN and WI carry the most bang for the buck with well rounded opportunities, but because of the WI's more untapped North Country I have to give them the nod...
Michigan comes in a close 3rd, especially for it's UP, and MASSIVE great lakes access.
Honorable mention to the Dakota's and Ohio...
I would imagine that Texas and Alaska could rank up there, but I've never been so I can't speak from experience.
I would have said Alaska hands down. I have never been there so it is not from personal experiance.
Hartski
03-06-2006, 11:59 AM
Arizona
Other than building sandcastles, I don't know what else it would offer.:D
My vote goes to the mountain states like Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Alaska.
Nainoa
03-06-2006, 12:41 PM
Other than building sandcastles, I don't know what else it would offer.:D
My vote goes to the mountain states like Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Alaska.
Oh... I should add Montan into my "Honorable Mention" Category...
Wyoming... Though it's clearly somwhere in the top 25, for it's excellent hunting (Primarily antelope.) I don't think it's well rounded enough or exploding enough with opportunities to make it into the Top list.
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Now I've never been to Alaska personally, but I've heard that one of it's drawbacks is that it's On Season is so incredibly short.
Hartski
03-06-2006, 01:01 PM
Now I've never been to Alaska personally, but I've heard that one of it's drawbacks is that it's On Season is so incredibly short.
It may have a short summer, but from the shows and pictures I've seen, there is no more beautiful place on the planet. Hell, 2 weeks up there would be like 2 months of vacation down here.
Budweiser
03-06-2006, 01:07 PM
I'd have to say it is a toss up between Wisconson, Minnesota and Colorado. But seems like any upper rocky mountian state or upper midwest state are always good.
Colin Gilbert
03-06-2006, 01:31 PM
Saskatchewan. Up North there be forests green with pines and flowing with rivers and lakes. The fishing is amazing, and the people you see are amazing. Pristine, virgin land as far as the eye can see, and sunsets beyond description.
Shike
03-06-2006, 01:48 PM
I'm gonna have to throw my vote in for Wi/Mn as well. I think they're similar enough to be called one and the same.
CO might beat you in winter sports but I don't see the summer sports as near to what MN/WI has.
Not familiar with Wa. It's one of the handful of states I haven't been too.
Nainoa
03-06-2006, 01:50 PM
Saskatchewan. Up North there be forests green with pines and flowing with rivers and lakes. The fishing is amazing, and the people you see are amazing. Pristine, virgin land as far as the eye can see, and sunsets beyond description.
Well yeah, IF Canada was a part of it, really anything Southern Canada is going to take the top spot... But this is "What State."
Hartski
03-06-2006, 01:55 PM
Saskatchewan. Up North there be forests green with pines and flowing with rivers and lakes. The fishing is amazing, and the people you see are amazing. Pristine, virgin land as far as the eye can see, and sunsets beyond description.
It's the largest unbroken tract of forest on the planet. Definately the place to hide out from the zombies/government/ex-wives.
mntbikedude
03-06-2006, 08:02 PM
I think that Utah is a pretty amazing state. I mean we have alpine mnts scenery. And cool deserts like arches national park.
Krunk Fu
03-06-2006, 08:16 PM
Arizona
Why would you ask a question with a new thread and answer it yourself? You suck at life.
it all depends on what kind of out door rec you're looking to do. i think AK is pretty high on the list. we have hunting, fishing, snowboarding/skiing, snowmobiling, hiking, etc. we have rivers, lakes, oceans, and mountains out the @ss. most of AK sucks for surfing; i dislike the snow resorts; but if you're good and have the money, the heli-riding trips would be heaven.
oh, and to the original poster. AZ? hell no. i think for a state to be at the top for outdoor rec, they have to be good for summer AND winter.
AnimalOnly
03-09-2006, 01:12 PM
I say North Carolina. We've got great beaches (Including the outer banks where you can camp on the sandstrip for free), incredible mountains, flatlands, etc. You can go camping, white water rafting, hiking, mountain/cave climbing, snowboarding, skiing, surfing, 4 wheeling ( We've got an ENTIRE FOREST called Uwharrie for this) , pretty much anything you want to do.
fitnessman
03-09-2006, 01:54 PM
I really Can't say..I have many to include:
Ohio (in the lead cause I live here and we have Erie).
PA
WV
Fla (fresh and salt)
CA (fresh and salt)
NV
Maine
Texas
IN
OK
WC
WA
SC
NC
I am missing some I am sure. Each state has something special to offer..Bottom line is, give me a rod and friends (old or new) and I am in heaven.
I REALLY want to fish MN. Rumor has it Nainoa is putting together a bb.com fishing weekend in MN!!!!
*Have boat have truck will travel*
achievasc92
03-09-2006, 03:15 PM
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Oregon
and the mecca of outdoor recreation......
New Jersey
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Oregon
and the mecca of outdoor recreation......
New Jersey
lol, new jersey? maybe if you call robbing liquor stores a sport.
Andvaranaut
03-09-2006, 05:38 PM
Alaska :)
Hopefully I'll be on Kahiltna this summer...
guest89
03-09-2006, 05:41 PM
Colorado... I moved there for a year so I could do alot of the outdoor stuff and I didnt even cover everything.
Some things I did/ was to do there.
Skateboarded, snowboarded, fished, hunted, rockclimbing, 4x4ing in trucks and jeeps,
wakeboarding, mountainboarding, longboarding, hanggliding/ parasailing/ basejumping/ bungeejumping, skiing, hiking (hiking trails all over),
mountainbiking, sleding, snowmobiling,repeling, camping, whitewater rafting/kayaking, prospecting (my dad had a friend who actually found gold in streams and all his wife's jewlery was made from stuff he found).
Im sure theres more but the above was the things I was interested in. On the downside theres not much indoor stuff to do there. It seems most of the people there are into being healthy and staying in shape.
I'd say Oregon is about the same as Colorado... I think California comes in close too but the hunting isnt much there and the gun laws are a bit much for me.
I wanna move to Oregon one day...Or back to Colorado, right now im stuck in ****ty louisiana.
Or Utah, it has some cool stuff, deff worth a visit... Thinking of moving to SLC area maybe.
JimmyC
03-09-2006, 07:53 PM
Florida
salt and fresh fishing
hunting
water sports any time of the year
off roading
gazing at all of the hot ass that roam the beaches on the weekends
Nainoa
03-10-2006, 07:02 AM
I REALLY want to fish MN. Rumor has it Nainoa is putting together a bb.com fishing weekend in MN!!!!
*Have boat have truck will travel*
Are you trying to hint at something here!
LOL!
fitnessman
03-10-2006, 07:04 AM
Are you trying to hint at something here!
LOL!
Who? Me? :D
Tyrbolift
03-10-2006, 09:30 AM
Being from Colorado, initially I was going to say my beautiful home state. There are places you can still get away and be relatively isolated; some very beautiful places.
But really, I'd have to pick California, since it's such a big state that has something of everything, including ocean and beaches, high mountains, high and low deserts, lush green fern-type areas, Big Sur, Mt Whitney (highest point in continental US), and Death Valley (lowest point in continental US).
I thought Pike's peak was the highest in the conus.
GREENFEATHER
03-10-2006, 05:41 PM
I'd have to say North Carolina or Virginia. Those were our haunts when we had the boat. M and I have caught just about everything there is to catch except for a Striper in the damned boat, lol! The first year we bought it and the second trip out we both hooked up at the same time and lost them both. Never hooked up again. :mad: I miss my boat! :(
KIDRR
03-10-2006, 07:18 PM
California. You can drive up north to lake Tahoe and be in the snow or fish or wakeboard ect.., you can drive to So. Cal during the middle of winter and it will be 75degs out and sunny, you can drive to the dessert and have fun on the sand doons, you can go to the bay area and have a nice mild climate, you can go to the beach throughout California, you can go to San Diego and pretty much be in Mexico.
SwollSooner 2.0
03-10-2006, 08:14 PM
oklahoma has some pretty good places for outdoor stuff, but texas would have to be top 3 for sure...its such a big state with pretty much anything u would want to do
rambone
03-13-2006, 10:01 AM
Florida "The Fishing Capital of the World" especially the southwest portion arount 10k islands north to sanibel
bulletproofsoul
03-15-2006, 11:31 AM
Hawai'i.
Florida.
Colorado.
SwoleMayne
03-16-2006, 02:03 PM
North Carolina, Never lived there but I have went hunting, fishing, hiking etc. there and its a great place to do Outdoor Sports. The hunting was fantastic.
GrizzlyMan
03-20-2006, 09:16 PM
CALIFORNIA FOR SURE
Yosemite nat. park along with the rest of the Sierra's
Also, beautiful beaches, great waves, and FINE women
BobbyZeus
03-20-2006, 09:57 PM
California for sure. People like to bag on Cali cause of its politics, but it's the Golden State. I live one hour from the Sequoias. One hour from the beach. One hour from the desert. Outdoor life, Beaches, Rivers, Woods, Forests, Mountains, Freaks, Snow, this state has it all. Last week I went to Frazier Park and played in the snow. Snow in California at Mid March? Better believe it :)