Rank US States (or regions in your country) based on natural beautyhttps://tiermaker.com/create/us-states-36606
>>2858679You definitely made some huge mistakes and betrayed your normie bias with that list.
>>2858679>Idaho in D Tier>Alaska not in Sanon's vision needs to be checked
in order within the tiers alsoPennsylvania image looking suspiciously like South Dakota >>2858682Idaho 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
>>2858694wait Ohio was meant to be in D. all the D and F are shit anyway
>>2858698michigan is not a fair pick because the UP and LP are completely different /out/ experiences.
>>2858679Based 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-outList will most likely change soon when I see the southwest and the rockies
>>2858795Wroclaw my hometown. It is a nice region with mountains and shit.
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.
>>2858795Leave my Cuiavian-Pomerania alone you bastaaaaaaard.
>>2858682Idaho 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.
>>2858774>Based only on states I've been /out/We don't do that here. We must give opinions on all 50 states even if we haven't left our home county.
>>2858680It's a climbing bias. Mountains are the only thing in nature that is beautiful to certain people. Nothing else exists.
>>2858679How is MN below New Jersey?
>>2859436Mosquitoes probably
>>2858679not just for out, but where I would like to live. I am from Germany. Some odd choices, I know.
>>2858679Criminally underrating Oklahoma
totally biased and only places i have visitedbasically everything not in f tier gets a passand i am pretty sure there's okay parts of all of three of them, i just didn't see them personally
Idaho, Nevada, Utah, California, Arizona would be top of my list. If you don't know what BLM land is don't reply
>>2858679Thank you for the honest rating, everyone please stay out of the upper Midwest for your own good. If you are a non-Germanic person I will zap you with my Aryan space laser
>>2859310>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 countryHuh?
>>2858679Texas in C? What the fuck is there? Unless you like driving several hours out of any metroplex.
>>2861297Anyone who rates Texas higher than a D- is not being honest and likely baiting. Do not take OP's post as being candid in any way.
>>2858928>being this scared of water
>>2858679i 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>>2858682while AK is beautiful it lacks variety, especially considering its sizehis S tier states have more variety than the A tier ones, excepting Hawaii and Utah
>>2858774>jersey mentioned>shouted out evenNew Jersey supremacy
>>2861297>>2861375Texas 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.>>2861399saying 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
>>2858679waitasec floridas mid? there's worse than here?
>>2858679Ranking 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, ColoradoB: North Carolina CDF: OhioIf you live in Ohio you don't really have /out/, it's the only state in the union that just miserably fails at that.
>>2861472>it's the only state in the union that just miserably fails at that.you've obviously never been to missouri then.
>>2858679>MN >DI 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
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
>>2861470i could have phrased that betteralaska lacks variety compared to states like california and arizona but definitely beats places like kansas or louisianaalso our wildlife is cool but scarce due to its sizein alaska:boreal forest near water>drive five hoursboreal forest>drive five hoursboreal forest but wet>drive five hoursboreal forest but no trees>drive five hoursboreal forest but now siberia cold>drive five hourssoggy tundrathe mountains are cool but compare that experience to california
>>2858679I suffer in OhioDisclaimer: western PA only
>>2861899you have an unusual taste, anon
>>2858679>Alaska A>Hawaii S>Idaho D>Utah Agarbage thread
>>2861873best part of CA is driving hours just to see burnt down forests!
>>2861932we are comparing with alaska, which has it's own huge fire season and new charred forests every year.
The UP is a mystical land that I make a pilgrimage to every year
>>2858679>Desert shitholes at S tierYea no.
wow the same bullshit opinions from people who havent visited half the states they rank, marvelous :^I
>>2858679>https://tiermaker.com/create/us-states-36606
>>2859436Anyone have this type of map of Michigan?
>>2858772The UP is uniquely beautiful, but the Lake Michigan beaches on the LP are some of the best in the country IMO.
>>2858679Every 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.
>>2866105Alberta and British Columbia are definitely S tier
>>2858679Sam Diego is tops specifically north county
>>2858679Only did the states I've actually visited. Tiers are ordered.
Here is Finland if someone even cares
>>2866105>>2866325I 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 thereI'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
if you do not consider Virginia S-tier or at least more beautiful than 90% of the West Coast, then you are a retard
>>2866444I've done some /out/ in Quebec, and I'd put it in a tier slightly below Vermont IMO.Haven't been to the Quebec Chic Chocs (picrel) yet, so that may change my mind.
>>2866377I care brotha
>>2858679>>2858682Idaho is an easy S for me despite not having ocean access. We have a great deal of variety here, we even have a rainforest and dunes.https://youtu.be/RGI0G9o01gM?si=q7qV01NJ0lwS4sAl
>>2866444Ontario and Manitoba go with the rest of the US Midwest in terms of /out/ in my opinion
>>2866531Idaho 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 MountainAnyway if this was an "/out/" ranking, whatever that really means, instead of a "natural beauty" ranking maybe Idaho can be S tier.
didn't bother ranking shit countries (almost every country has nice parts though). I've only been to 5 of these by the waysome justifications>UgandaI'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.>EcuadorThe Galapagos are like the holy grail for biogeography. Some of the best individual mountains in the Andes also.>France, UK, Denmarkoverseas territories included. not Antarctic claims though
>>2866570Just 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.
>>2866572well 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.
>>2866575I have literally been to Zermatt, and St. Anton is way way prettier IMOPlus like the actual skiing/hiking/climbing in France is way more fun and definitely gets rowdier than the rest of the AlpsLike the freeride in France is just *chef's kiss*, hit La Grave this year and had a blast
>>2866590well 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.
>>2866599I'm at Marmot Basin in Alberta right now for Spring skiing, and the views here are way better than the Matterhorn IMOHere's a pano I took from hiking Marmot 2 yesterday
lots of NC disrespect here
>>2866605Hearing about the awful state of snowpack south of the border this makes me feel a lot better. I was preparing mentally for a godawful smoky summer
>>2866605yeah I've been all around that area, Amethyst Lakes is probably the second most beautiful area I've backpacked in after Assiniboine. Also saw reindeer there which was cool.
I’ve lived all over the US and been to every state. Pure vibes based ranking.
>>2866572>Chile is overratedlol no
>>2866569Idaho doesn't have a National Park because the citizens here don't want one and have fought very hard to prevent one from being made. Idahoans don't want tourists.
>>2866654Is Iowa really as bad as Ohio and Indiana? I've always managed to drive around it. From an outsider it does seem like a direct downgrade from the surrounding states except Missouri
>>2858679
I’m not from there so I don’t have a dog in the fight, but southern New Jersey is pretty nice and surely should place the state above, at minimum, a lot/most of the Midwest
>>2866710There'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.
>>2866701>w-we don't want one anywaythis is just what Idahoans say to cope about not having a National Park, fact of the matter is that nowhere in Idaho deserves the status
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All you gays putting Rhode Island in f can kiss my ass. We have a world class striper fishery it’s A if you aren’t a poor fag without a boat.
>>2866818RI is a fake state much like Delaware.
>>2866821Good don’t come here we are full anyway.
>>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?
>>2866823no kidding
>>2866377We care and we respectfully disagree, we also suspect that you are from Turku cause no way it is S tier
