# I've now visited all 49 continental US states. Plus DC, PR, and USVI. I'm looking at you next, Hawaii **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160 "2025-07-21T20:56:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/41 "2025-07-22T12:56:40Z")
I don’t have to worry about the plane-change thing, because every state where I’ve changed planes, I’ve also had some other contact with the state. Most of my flying has been between Cleveland and Bozeman, MT, and the stopovers are always Denver, Salt Lake, or Minneapolis. Utah had been iffy, because my first foray into Utah was just Four Corners, but then one time I got bumped from my connecting flight and the airline comped me a hotel room in SLC, which was time enough to see Temple Square and the visitor’s center, which so far as I can tell is the only thing in Salt Lake City. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/42 "2025-07-22T13:05:25Z")
I don’t think this has changed for 3 years ago. So it looks like 39. > [@How many Canadian provinces and US states have you been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615/37): > > I used to drive around the country a lot. I also flew to several IT Conferences. My Navy time added a few extra states and Vancouver. I seem to have 40 total. Only British Columbia in Canada so far. I’ve missed the North West from the Dakotas over. The far North East and Arkansas. play_button Summary ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/43 "2025-07-22T13:14:00Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > You went on a cruise of the US Northeast? Without docking? I didn’t know they did that. It was a transatlantic cruise starting in Southampton. Originally stopping in Bermuda but diverted to Halifax due to hurricane Tammy. Brian ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/44 "2025-07-22T13:34:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Temple Square and the visitor’s center, which so far as I can tell is the only thing in Salt Lake City. There are surprisingly decent restaurants, some Mormon choir, and if you are able to drive a little out of town, some super hiking. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/45 "2025-07-22T13:41:43Z")
In my book airports/train stations/cruise harbors don’t count. I have to get “boots on the ground” elsewhere. So the countless layovers and plane changes at O’Hare don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/46 "2025-07-22T14:31:06Z")
I’ve been to 49 states on various road trips. As far as “boots on the ground”, I’ve at least stopped at a roadside attraction or spent the night in each. Probably the least memorable was an overnight stop in Rhode Island late on a rainy evening where I left early the next morning. I don’t know if I’ll ever make it to Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/47 "2025-07-22T19:22:49Z")
I’ve lived in at least one state in the East, South, Midwest and West. Been to Mexico and was across the river from Canada Of the 48 states (no Alaska or Hawaii)… Haven’t been to a few eastern states: Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont Others I haven’t been to: Louisiana, Michigan, North Dakota and Oklahoma. For Arkansas, it was similar to what someone said earlier.. Was in Memphis, crossed over the bridge and turned around and came back. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/48 "2025-07-22T23:11:38Z")
I think I’m at 35 or so. Your jaunt to Nebraska looks very much like my journey to Iowa. We drove there while on vacation in Wisconsin because it was close and I hadn’t been there. Got about 5 minutes past the state line, got out of the car to stand on the earth, then got in and drove back to Wisconsin. My kids were like, “what the heck was that all about?” mmm ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/49 "2025-07-22T23:51:46Z")
By the OP’s definition of ‘visited’, it’s 32 plus DC, PR, Guam and USVI. And 16 of Alaska’s boroughs. Had a couple of stopovers in HI, but was never able to visit there. I’ve actually lived in eight states. It’s interesting to me that I’ve also visited 38 countries (and lived in 10 of them), and not just for a stopover. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/50 "2025-07-23T03:12:07Z")
Definitely missing TX, OK, AR, MS and AL. Not sure about TN, NC, SC and GA, because I might have been through them during a car trip when I was little. Been to DC and US Virgin Islands, but not Puerto Rico. My parents and my paternal grandparents visited all 50 states, so I hope to someday visit the rest, just to say I did. But I don’t have any great urge to visit the missing states otherwise. Countries (besides the US): Canada, Mexico, Wales, Scotland, England, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Not counting Luxembourg or Lichtenstein as I’ve never gotten out of the train, or even stopped there. We were very close to Vatican City, but didn’t cross the border. I just realized we could have visited the square without booking a tour. Oh well. Missing YK, NT, NU and NL of Canada - just picked up NB, NS and PE last year. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/51 "2025-07-23T04:47:27Z")
@robby those clickable maps are great at keeping track! Coincidentally, my current count is 25 US states and 25 world countries. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/52 "2025-07-23T04:58:26Z")
> **[Interactive Map of Visited States](https://www.fla-shop.com/visited-states/?st=AL%2CAR%2CCT%2CFL%2CGA%2CIL%2CIN%2CKY%2CLA%2CMA%2CMD%2CME%2CMO%2CMS%2CNC%2CNH%2CNJ%2CNY%2COH%2COK%2CPA%2CRI%2CSC%2CTN%2CTX%2CVA%2CVT%2CWV&vc=1ca032&uc=90cfea&hc=40bfa6&bc=ffffff&sl=on)** > > Mark the states you've visited and share the interactive map with friends in a couple of clicks. Simple navigation and visually-attractive maps are guaranteed! I’m not sure If I’ve been in Delaware or Kansas so I left them out. I’ve also been in Michigan but only on a layover at the Detroit airport so I don’t count that. I’ve also been in Washington DC, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. I’ve never been in a country other than the United States or Canada. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/53 "2025-07-23T05:11:55Z")
Not that many for me, but then I don’t live in the US. Going from memory: New York, Illinois, California, Texas, Tennessee, Hawaii, Michigan, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Louisiana, and also Washington, DC. I may be forgetting one or two. In Canada, I’ve visited every Canadian province except Newfoundland and PEI, and the Northwest Territories but not Yukon or Nunavut. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/54 "2025-07-23T10:55:01Z")
Excluding airport terminals, I’ve been on the ground in 44 states. The missing ones are Alabama, Arkansas, Alaska, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. And I’ve spent at least one night in somewhere between 37 and 39 of the states I’ve visited: I know I haven’t spent the night in Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, or Wyoming. I’m not sure about Idaho and Nevada; I took a trip across the U.S. and back in the summer of 1983, and I’d have to dig out my trip logs from wherever I’d buried them to see whether I’d stopped for the night in either Nevada or Idaho; otherwise, I just drove across them, as I did with Minnesota, Missouri, and Wyoming, though in Wyoming I did stop for a close encounter with Devil’s Tower before continuing on my way. Oklahoma, I’ve just stepped over the line from Kansas; my uncle, aunt and cousins lived on a ranch just two miles north of the state line. New Mexico: in addition to having visited the Four Corners area, I took a train trip across the country in 1987, got off in Gallup, rented a car, and drove up to visit my relatives in Cortez, CO. Of the states I haven’t yet visited, Alaska is the only must-see state in the bunch. I will be spending some time in Oklahoma at some point; my Kansas cousins all seem to have migrated to Tulsa, which is also the home of the Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie centers. And I have a stepbrother in Iowa, so one of these days I may make it out there as well. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160/55 "2025-07-24T14:12:52Z")
I was inspired to create a map like in the OP. I found [United States - Counties | MapChart](https://www.mapchart.net/usa-counties.html), which allows you to fill in counties. It’s pretty straight-forward to use. As you can see, I’m not nearly as well-traveled as most of you all: [![](https://i.imgur.com/bePIyxx.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/bePIyxx.jpeg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160.md?page=2)