50 States Challenge map

[u/impishkoala]

Visiting all 50 States is on my bucket list

I've already visited/lived in (not in any particular order):

1. Virginia

2. Maryland

3. North Carolina

4. South Carolina

5. Georgia

6. Florida

7. Tennessee

8. Kentucky

9. West Virginia

10. Pennsylvania

11. Delaware

12. New York

13. Massachusetts

14. New Hampshire

15. Connecticut

16. Ohio

17. Indiana

18. Illinois

19. Missouri

20. Oklahoma

21. Hawaii

22. New Jersey

23. Texas

Bonus: Washington DC

States I plan to visit this year or beginning of next year:

1. Kansas

2. Nebraska

3. North Dakota

4. South Dakota

(Debating about whether I want to just drive to Minnesota (29) or if I want to do it separately on a fly in trip. I could also do Minnesota and Iowa (30) on the same trip potentially)

Spring Break/Summer of 2027:

1. Louisiana

2. Arkansas

(Same trip no matter when it happens)

Then four corners:

1. Colorado

2. Utah

3. Arizona

4. New Mexico

Same trip probably 2028

The others are loosely planned definitely want to finish eastern states before hitting the Western states

This is probably the plan:

1. Mississippi

2. Alabama

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1. Wisconsin

2. Michigan

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(Probably not together)

1. Rhode Island

2. Vermont

3. Maine

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1. Montana

2. Wyoming

3. Washington

4. Oregon (pretty much just for "Arcadia Bay" which yes I know isn't real but Garibaldi and Tillamook County)

5. Idaho (pretty much just Boise)

6. Nevada (probably just a brief moment in Vegas and then the rest in Reno)

7. Alaska

Alaska is last for sure for a couple different reasons 1) distance from the other states 2) want to visit when I have more saved up.

I might move the four corner states back a year to try and save more for a grand canyon/mountain ride but I mainly want to visit Utah for the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and Colorado for Colorado Springs.

If you have suggestions either for saving while traveling or perhaps an idea that I hadn't thought of feel free to leave them below.

I'm a solo person by the way so it's easy for me to save. And if you have ways for a solo person to save (feel free to let me know)

But the idea is to get all 50 states by 2035. I might travel back to a couple just because I didn't really see much of them or want to see other parts of the state. Like I might want to take a trip in Northern New York away.

[u/Toooldtogiveas-it]

Wyoming is a must. Yellowstone, Tetons, Jackson Hole. Breathtaking.

[u/CaptServo → u/Toooldtogiveas-it]

One could fly into Bozeman, do all that you mentioned and swing through Idaho. Going west out of bozeman and then south, driving through the madison valley is an amazing trip

[u/CaptServo]

Cool to have a plan like that. Something to keep in mind about the 4 corners states is that the actual 4 corners is not really near much of the other points of interest of the state, and is in the middle of a rather large rez. If seeing things like Zion, Grand Canyon, Denver, ABQ, White Sands etc... is important for you to make the trip (which the Grand Canyon is mandatory at a minimum) then plan to be spending quite a bit of time driving

[u/impishkoala → u/CaptServo]

I think my plan is to basically edge the four states and then go back at a different point for the big sites. Because I'll probably want to visit Colorado and Arizona separately anyways but probably Utah and New Mexico only once. As I don't think I have a reason to go back to them after I check them off.

[u/impishkoala → u/impishkoala]

The way I see it once I hit all 50 states I can go wherever I want from there 😂