Outdoor Recreation USA

Explore the vast and diverse country of the United States, located in North America and bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. With its breathtaking landscapes, from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains to the coastal beaches of California and Florida, the United States is a place of wonder and cultural significance.Across the U.S. map, discover iconic landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Bridge, and experience the unique cities and cultures that make up this great nation. And experience United States maps with major cities, including the capital of the U.S.: Washington, D.C., which is a city with a rich history and a symbol of democracy worldwide.

EXPLORING THE US BY REGION

New England Region: 

(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Home to gabled churches, rustic antiques, and steeped in American history, New England offers beaches, spectacular seafood, rugged mountains, frequent winter snows, and some of the nation's oldest cities, in a territory small enough to tour (hastily) in a week.

Mid-Atlantic Region:

(Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C.)
The Mid-Atlantic is home to some of the nation's most densely populated cities (notably New York City), its most historically significant sites, rolling mountains, and seaside resorts.

South Region

(Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
The South is celebrated for its hospitality, down-home cooking, and its blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll, bluegrass, and country music traditions. This lush, largely subtropical region includes cool, verdant mountains, plantations, and vast cypress swamps.

Florida Region

Northern Florida is similar to the rest of the South, but this is not so in the resorts of Orlando, tropical Caribbean-influenced Miami, the Everglades, and 1,200 mi (1,900 km) of sandy beaches.

Midwest Region

(Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin)
A region of hospitable people, farmland, forests, picturesque towns, industrial cities, and the Great Lakes – the largest system of freshwater lakes in the world, which forms the North Coast of the U.S.

Texas Region

The second biggest state is like a separate country, with strong cultural influences from its Spanish and Mexican past. The terrain is quite varied, with swamplands in the southeast, flat land and cotton farms in the South Plains, sandy beaches in South Texas and mountains and deserts in far West Texas.

Great Plains Region

(North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma)
A former Wild West frontier land, the Great Plains region is full of large grasslands, badlands, valleys, dune fields, bluffs, and small mountains. Farmland is a common sight with towns, cities, and a few notable destinations like Deadwood, the Wichita Hills, the Little Jerusalem Badlands of Kansas, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The region is known for steppe wildlife (pronghorn, prairie dogs, and bison), as well as epic weather and spring-time storm chasing tours.

Rocky Mountains Region

(Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming)
The spectacular snow-covered Rockies offer hiking, rafting, excellent skiing, deserts, and a few cities and world-famous resorts.

Southwest Region

(Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah)
Heavily influenced by Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultures, this area is home to some of the nation's most spectacular natural attractions, spa retreats, resorts, and flourishing artistic communities.

California Region

Like the Southwest, California is heavily influenced by its former Spanish and Mexican rulers, and also by Asian culture and cuisine. California offers world-famous cities, deserts, rainforests, snowy mountains, and beautiful beaches.

Pacific Northwest Region

(Washington, Oregon)
The pleasantly mild Pacific Northwest offers outdoor pursuits and cosmopolitan cities. The terrain features spectacular rainforests, scenic mountains and volcanoes, beautiful coastlines, and sage-covered steppes and deserts.

Alaska Region

One fifth as large as the rest of the United States, Alaska reaches well into the Arctic, and features mountainous wilderness, including North America's tallest mountain, Denali, and Alaska Native culture unseen elsewhere in the U.S.

Hawaii

A volcanic archipelago in the tropical Pacific, with influences from its indigenous Polynesian people and large Asian-American communities, laid-back Hawaii is a great place for a vacation.