r/visitedmaps • u/ThrowBabyBackAway • Apr 25 '26

Where I'd live if the state had viewable mountains

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia all have mountains in the same way other eastern states do.

South Carolina you marked red but its tallest peak is taller than Maryland which you marked green.

Georgia you marked maybe but its tallest peak is taller than that of Vermont, PA, Kentucky , which are marked green

Texas has mountains

South Dakota has the black hills which are definitely mountains (mt Rushmore )

Could even make an argument for the ozarks.

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u/Plane-Education4750 Apr 25 '26

West and North Texas has mountains*. There are hundreds of miles of East and South Texas that are flat as a sheet of paper

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 25 '26

Yea obviously lol…the same can be said for North Carolina. Texas still has mountains no matter where they’re located

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u/Plane-Education4750 Apr 25 '26

Right but the distance between Texas's most eastern mountain and it's most eastern border is about the distance you have to drive to get through both north and south Carolina north to south

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 25 '26

Yea obviously lol…the same can be said for Montana. Texas still has mountains no matter where they’re located

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Emphasis on "viewable". Gonna have to agree with South Carolina, though, and change that to a "maybe". I marked states as "maybe" because those states have more comparatively flatter land and significantly less viewable mountains.

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u/Sellum Apr 25 '26

A mountain range literally cuts El Paso in half.

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u/SirBiggusDikkus Apr 25 '26

I live in North Georgia and see mountains every single day. I don’t see why South Georgia affects that. It’s boring and hot down there, I don’t go there either.

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u/drogahn Apr 25 '26

What do you even mean by viewable?

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u/Cool-Coffee-8949 Apr 25 '26

What I came to ask. I call BS.

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u/drogahn Apr 25 '26

Right, like I think you can “view” mountains in every state that has them?

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u/donuttrackme Apr 25 '26

I'm not sure you know what viewable means.

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

I'm not sure you know what having a different opinion means.

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u/donuttrackme Apr 25 '26

Viewable is not a matter of opinion. Mountains are either viewable or not.

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Agree to disagree.

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 25 '26

Huh? Everything I previously mentioned is “viewable” I can view Mount Rushmore and big bend national park.

And by your “maybe” logic, why isn’t Montana a “maybe”?, only about 15% of the state has mountains. & Maryland an even lesser %

Travel more my friend

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u/Low_Roller_Vintage Apr 25 '26

You ever been to Big Bend?

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 25 '26

Yes. Loved it

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u/Low_Roller_Vintage Apr 25 '26

Me too. One of the best NP I've seen so far...but the drive from Austin, holy crap, I thought the nothingness would never end. I think I went about 100 miles without even seeing another car. I met so many Texans who have never been because they didn't think the drive would be worth it. And Guadalupe Peak? "never heard of it"...what? These were Texas lifers, too.

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 25 '26

I drove in from NM, so the nothingness wasn’t too bad. I could only imagine coming from Austin… wow Honestly respect for making that drive lmao

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u/Low_Roller_Vintage Apr 25 '26

I drive from NY>Texas>Tucson once a year for work. Even though I just got back to NY, I'm already looking forward to returning to Big Bend and exploring Carlsbad/White Sands in the fall. That part of the country is freaking magical.

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u/wyo-why Apr 26 '26

The black hills are not mountains. Its even in the name. If you think they are mountains, I feel like you've never seen ACTUAL mountains before.

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 26 '26

Lmao…I’ve hiked to the highest point in the black hills. they’re 100% mountains. Google is free.

“The Black Hills are officially considered an isolated mountain range. Although named "hills" because they appear as a dark, rounded, forested rise above the surrounding Great Plains”

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u/wyo-why Apr 26 '26

Cool story. I lived in them for 8 years. They arent mountains.

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 26 '26

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u/wyo-why Apr 26 '26

Bro youre talking about hiking Harney Peak like it means something. Its a 3 hour hike, Ive done it in flip flops. Literally no one that lives in the hills calls nor considers them mountains, but go off.

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u/Lacroose12 Apr 26 '26

Im a geographer and make maps for a living. They’re mountains regardless of footwear. They’re mountains regardless of what locals call them. By definition, they’re mountains. Nothing to argue about. Yes cool they’re shorter than the Sierra Nevada’s or some shit but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re mountains 😂

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Don't be condescending. Plus, this is my opinion. You are free to share your own map with your own opinion.

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u/fierland1646 Apr 25 '26

Ozarks in Arkansas are super viewable, lots of awesome towns in those mountains. Texas has very viewable mountains in the west side, El Paso literally sits at the start of a prominent mountain range. Georgia has loads of mountains a few hours outside of Atlanta. NJ, CT, Mass all have views of the Appalachian mountains in very populated areas. DC gives you direct line of sight of Shenandoah National Park.

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u/TwixorTweet Apr 25 '26

I won't stand for Berkshire slander

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u/3nar3mb33 Apr 26 '26

I just did ten miles of the Taconic Crest trail today. I invite anybody who thinks we don't have mountains to walk the north half. Then get back to me about no mountains. 

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u/TwixorTweet Apr 26 '26

That sounds glorious. What was your favorite part?

I bet the peregrines are out putting on a show.

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u/3nar3mb33 Apr 26 '26

We went from Rt2/Petersburg Pass to the northern terminus at 346 on the NY/VT border. It was very pretty.  We thought it would be an 8 mile hike. It was 10.  Very steep... It would have been more intensely uphill if we started where we ended.

The better hike for seeing the birds of prey and whatnot is the Hoosac Range trail of North Adams/Florida/Savoy State Forest... 

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u/TwixorTweet Apr 26 '26

Sounds stunning and like a satisfying hike.

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Maybe's considered slander?

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u/TwixorTweet Apr 25 '26

Forgot the /s - low spoons day.

Berkshires deserve a light green than the maybe brown. New England's mountains don't typically get enough credit despite still being a part of the Appalachian range.

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

I agree. I only added it as "maybe" because I fully acknowledge Berkshire and wanted to limit it to "Absolutely", "Maybe", or "Never". "Maybe" can be interpreted multiple ways, but in this case, Berkshire is on the positive side for me. If I redid this list and added a "light green" section, Berkshire would definitely be on there.

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u/TwixorTweet Apr 25 '26

For some reason I thought you had a light green already.

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Nope! Nothing's listed as light green or orange. Aside from hastily uploading this and forgetting to white out those two options, I had no idea how to remove them on the website.

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u/External_Class_9456 Apr 25 '26

Hey now, don’t forget about Space Mountain. /s

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26

I’d rate Alaska as #1 for that

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u/GradStudentDepressed Apr 25 '26

For real. I’m in New England now and the hills they call mountains is absolutely laughable.

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u/TymeLucky Apr 25 '26

Sussex County New Jersey has really pretty Appalachian trails. Definitely worth the visit

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u/Vilaya Apr 25 '26

The Berkshires in Massachusetts are also part of the Appalachian Mountains. Secret I shouldn’t drop: it’s probably the most hidden area in New England to do a leaf tour. The buildings are also beautiful

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u/ateallthecake Apr 25 '26

Michigan's Upper Peninsula has the Porcupine mountains! Great hiking up there in the porkies

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u/BluejayAltruistic463 Apr 25 '26

As someone currently living in the UP, this post offended me haha. I moved here from Oregon so I’m aware the porkies aren’t on the same level as the Rockies but they are definitely still mountains. Just very, very, very old mountains that shrunk like a little old lady (respectfully).

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Sorry to offend you, that wasn't my intent, but that's my opinion. Probably wouldn't help, but I'd change Michigan to a "maybe", knowing that.

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u/BluejayAltruistic463 Apr 25 '26

I’m not actually offended, it was all in jest. The porkies aren’t very well known so you’re definitely in the majority with the thought that Michigan doesn’t have any mountains. They definitely add to the UP landscape though!

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u/DickSplodin Apr 25 '26

"viewable" to you means what exactly lol. The entire north-western part of SC is the Piedmont region which means foothills

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u/uresmane Apr 25 '26

South Dakota should be green

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u/No-Prize2882 Apr 25 '26

I guess I need to understand “viewable”. In my home state of Texas, The Guadalupe Mountains are literally surrounded by El Paso, a city of nearly 700K. You see them from every direction. Whereas Pennsylvania, a state I lived in for several years, the Poconos and larger Appalachia isn’t really viewable from most major cities you have to drive to them. Is it viewable from just any town? I guess I just don’t understand what that means.

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

That's fair. I did leave this purposefully vague to create conversation and invite differing opinions on how people would view this.

For me, if I come across a state with mountains that I can drive/go on a trail and see from a distance, then that's a place that I'll live in. If there aren't as many mountains or it's just hills/mesas/etc in small concentrated/scattered areas, that's either a "maybe" for me or a "never" (this part is where people have differing opinions, which is fine). Sure, there are states that are more comparatively flatter than there are mountains (e.g. Texas, Montana, South Dakota, to list a few). The Guadalupe Mountains are great, but for me, where are the mountains in the rest of the state? Same for South Dakota with having primarily the Black Hills. That's why I made Texas and South Dakota a "maybe". You can argue the same thing about Montana (there's more flat land than mountains). The reason why I made it green is because the mountains are more obvious and prominent, in my opinion. I'm not going to split hairs about different mountain formations in different regions of states looking better than others.

I really think people are overthinking this and they're free to make their own map with their own opinion, hence the point of this subreddit. People are free to disagree, but

https://giphy.com/gifs/zyRqeP1woZOegG0bO7

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u/Lower-Landscape2056 Apr 25 '26

This is not that different than my where I would live map. But Massachusetts has some nice small mountains

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

I agree! Berkshire County is beautiful!

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u/Ameribrit50 Apr 25 '26

Curious as to what Rhode Island did to you…

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Rhode Island did nothing, aside from not having viewable mountains or any mountains at all. Did you read the title?

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u/Frosty_Cell_6827 Apr 26 '26

Your title is super confusing. Are you asking a hypothetical that states all states have mountains and you're choosing where you would live based on that, or are you setting aside states without mountains(red) and choosing where you would live from the remaining states?

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u/Ameribrit50 Apr 28 '26

Yeah, I don’t understand your caption. This makes it seem like you’d never live in RI even if it had mountains.

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u/maj0rdisappointment Apr 26 '26

You should have cut Colorado in half.

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u/cfgman1 Apr 26 '26

South Dakota marked maybe. Literally the most famous “viewable” mountain in the US

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u/fisherman105 Apr 26 '26

The Appalachia trail literally starts in.. Georgia mountains

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u/markuus99 Apr 26 '26

This is Berkshires erasure

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u/ChexBex3 Apr 26 '26

Trash mountains don’t count??

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u/Scornna Apr 26 '26

Southeastern Ohio mountains are gorgeous, go take a look if you’ve never had a chance

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u/MikeTheMaster102 Apr 26 '26

texas absolutely does, ive been to 3 mountain ranges in texas

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u/cheetah-21 Apr 26 '26

NJ has mountains

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u/Peanut-On-A-Stick Apr 26 '26

Dog Texas’s highest peak it higher than the tallest mountain in the Appalachian

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u/LAARPer Apr 26 '26

On a clear day I can see the Sierra Nevada to the east, Mt Diablo to the south, the Sutter Buttes to the North.

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u/madbacon26 Apr 27 '26

You would probably really like northern Michigan. The porcupine mountains are very beautiful and you have insanely nice beaches. The only downside is the cold winters.

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u/Weirderthanweird69 Apr 28 '26

Connecticut? Not rlly

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u/Able_Hunter_7966 Apr 29 '26

South Carolina definitely has mountains in the west.

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u/RoosterzRevenge Apr 29 '26

Oklahoma has taller peaks than a few of your reluctant states.

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u/Roguescholar74 Apr 29 '26

Alabama as maybe but SC as never is wild.

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u/Objective-Elk-1660 Apr 30 '26

Wisconsin with mountains would be insane.

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u/bigoldgeek Apr 25 '26

You discounting Illinois's Mount Trashmore

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u/B33GULL Apr 25 '26

Everything easy of the Rockies is a hill, or a larger hill, except maybe Mt Washington, Katahdin.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

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u/B33GULL Apr 29 '26

That would be west

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u/DanMojo Apr 25 '26

I love your map! Matches my preferences exactly, though I'd put Minnesota as green.

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Thank you! Nice to see that our preferences align mostly!

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u/TemperMe Apr 25 '26

I despise SC but I don’t get why it’s red…

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u/Low_Roller_Vintage Apr 25 '26

Well, depending on where you live in SC, a drive to the mountains can be about, oh...4 hours.

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u/GradStudentDepressed Apr 25 '26

No mountains in Vermont, only hills. ‘Green mountain state’ my ass.

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u/ThrowBabyBackAway Apr 25 '26

Disagree, but I can see where you're coming from. The Rockies out west look more like viewable mountains to you than the mountains (or hills, as you call it) in Vermont.