Geographically speaking, I like The Great Smoky Mountains. I live where the only mountains are former landfills so they’re very impressive to me. Though an absolute terror to drive through.
There are too many. One of the big reasons that Americans don’t travel internationally so much is that there is so much to see and do throughout America… It’s huge and varied.
California, the coast, specifically in wealthy neighborhoods that have open front commercialized indie stores selling things like sea shells and gourmet gelato.
Idk guys… if I say a thing is nice, it’s usually just being polite. “Oh that’s so nice!” People are nice. Not things. So what is this question actually asking?
It might sound shallow, but Truist Park home of the Charlotte Knights. It’s just perfect. Hot summer day, grabbing some beers, Carolina Hot Dog, watching a ball game. Over.
Blue Ridge parkway
Overseas Hwy, Florida
Grand Canyon
Pacific Coast Hwy
Las Vegas Strip
Haleakala volcano, Hawaii
Waikiki beach, Hawaii
Niagara Falls
Top of Rockefeller Center, NYC.
Lake Tahoe
In general the whole country. We have pockets of crap just like everywhere else, but you can find beauty in every state. It all depends on what you’re looking for.
As others have said, the Pacific Coast Highway is beautiful. It’s probably one of the prettiest drives I’ve ever done. I’ve driven south from Carmel to San Simeon a couple of times, and the drive is gorgeous. It is a bit tedious as the driver, with the narrow two-lane road getting even narrower and very twisty at points. It slows down with down to 15mph speed limits in places… I was a passenger for one of those drives, very pretty, driving it another time was some work, but still very pretty.
America is the most beautiful place as a whole. I love this place and I never want to leave. The mountains, the coasts, endless skyways, the people. You can find beauty everywhere you go.
Western North Carolina; Vermont; Cambria, California; Sequoia National Park, California; Skyline Drive, Virginia; Annapolis, Maryland; Key West, Florida; Siesta Key, Florida; Mackinac Island, Michigan; Assateague Island, Maryland/Virginia; Kiawah Island, South Carolina; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Hocking Hills, Ohio; Red River Gorge, Kentucky; Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky/Tennessee; Winter Park, Florida; Old City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Savannah Historic District, Georgia; Charleston Historic District, South Carolina; Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.
Hanging Lake, CO. Just look up some photos — it’s breathtaking. Hiking up there is breathtaking in a totally different kind of way, though. The climb is long and at the very top a bit scary.
I’ve been to All 50 states and lived in a handful of them.
Like most people I’ve met who have made it to all 50, Alaska and Hawaii are my favorite.
Snorkeling with giant sea turtles. The snorkeling is better than the Great Barrier Reef. The Road to Hana with the Venus Pools, black beach, etc. and seeing Humpbacks breach from shore. The helicopter ride over the Wall of tears waterfall valley.
Alaska- the Glacier Bay boat tour was amazing. We saw a wolf, puffins, black and blonde bears, puffins, etc. Also anywhere you can see Glaciers calving, go fishing, tidepooling- we saw Christmas anemone and blue starfish and nudebranchs and octopi.
Natural beauty: the Powell Valley in Virginia and Tennessee and Cumberland Gap which is part of the northern ridge of the valley where Virginia and Tennessee and Kentucky meet.
Urban beauty: Chicago. The architecture is breathtaking.
Uniqueness: New Orleans. Coolest city in America, hands down.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness along the Minnesota/Canada border. Pristine wilderness of over 1,000 glacial lakes separated by dense forest but connected by hiking paths called portages where you can transport canoes and gear from one lake to another. There are basically no power boats allowed aside from on a few of the bigger, outer lakes. Once you get 1-2 lakes in from your entry point it’s canoes and kayaks only. Each lake has anywhere from 1-10 campsites which consist of a fire pit/grate and a latrine and that’s it! You are smack dab in the middle of the north woods with some of the best nature and freshwater fishing in the country!
I’m not even sure I could pick my top 50 nicest places in the US. It’s a big country and we have an incredible amount and astonishing variety of natural beauty here.
One overlooked area that’s just beyond gorgeous is northeastern Wyoming. Hardly anyone ever goes there, unless they’re really into Devil’s Tower, but wow the area is incredibly beautiful.
The southwest of the US doesn’t get enough love. I did a road trip around the southwest there about ten years and it was absolutely stunning and ever changing.
Most of the west coast is beautiful. Washington, Oregon and California. The coast, the mountains, the river gorges. Puget sound. Orcas. Best places in the world IMHO.
All of the nature I’ve see across America has been at least nice. Some of it has been absolutely stunning, or even had me crying because it was so beautiful.
The drive up the I-17 from Phoenix to Flagstaff is only about two hours but, climbing upwards, is remarkable for its constantly changing topography. You move from a cactus-laden landscape, through chaparral shrub land, into splendid pine forests, at the same time having great vasts of ‘big country’ all around you. Beautiful.
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The White Mountains are extremely beautiful. If you like cities, Boston and New York are both really impressive in different ways
Sedona AZ
Blue ridge mountains, Clearwater beach is like warm bath water, everglades
Just look up the national parks there is one in south Carolina that has glow in the dark mushrooms with like a swamp with a board walk over it
This place is way too large to name stuff without writing a book lol
Even in states like west Virginia you have a bunch of caves, in Utah there are unique sites
The wild, uninhabited parts.
Clearwater beach is my absolute favorite beach.
I personally love the green mountains, the Hudson valley, and Acadia.
The West Sierra mountains surrounding Yosemite are gorgeous.
I haven’t been to Yosemite proper, but I’m sure it’s equally beautiful.
St Augustine FL and Savannah GA are personal favorites
For general regions, I really like the Smoky Mountains
Big Sur, ca
Can you define ‘nice’? Do you mean nice people, or beautiful landscape, or charming/interesting architecture?
Crater Lake
Highway 1.
I am very partial to outer cape cod
New River Valley Virginia, Monterey California, Yosemite Valley national Park,
Can you explain what you mean by “nice”?
Ozarks, Texas hill country, Rocky Mountains, most of the western half of the US
Spearfish canyon in South Dakota was gorgeous. The Badlands also in South Dakota is also amazing to look at.
Estes Park Colorado
Manhattan
Depends on if you have a car or not
Southern coast of Lake Superior is probably the most slept on that I can think of
The area around Lava River cave in Flagstaff AZ
-Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii
-La Jolla, California
Moab & canyon lands & surrounding areas, and especially in the fall. Red mountains, yellow cottonwood, snaking green rivers-breathtaking!
The Pacific Northwest is very beautiful.
Santa Barbara, California
Yosemite (glacier point)
The Adirondacks
I’m biassed, but I’ll say the Oregon coast. Incredibly scenic.
Muir Woods
Shawangunk mountains outside of new paltz NY are beautiful. They filmed the outdoor episode of Severance there.
Achafalaya Basin and Smoky Mountains are my favorite places
Denali in Alaska. The Great Smoky Mountains and up through the Blue Ridge. Gulf Shores (Beach) in Alabama.
Geographically speaking, I like The Great Smoky Mountains. I live where the only mountains are former landfills so they’re very impressive to me. Though an absolute terror to drive through.
There are too many. One of the big reasons that Americans don’t travel internationally so much is that there is so much to see and do throughout America… It’s huge and varied.
Death Valley. It’s such a beautiful place and feels more like a different planet than anywhere I’ve ever been.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Hawaii. The coast only.
California, the coast, specifically in wealthy neighborhoods that have open front commercialized indie stores selling things like sea shells and gourmet gelato.
Florida, in Key West.
New York, in commercial television.
Utah, at Zion National Park.
Tube or tank down the Niobrara River. It’s peaceful flat water that doesn’t have anything that wants to kill you.
The Driftless Area
Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii
La Jolla, area of ca. I lived in Cardiff for a while and it was heaven on earth.
I live in Kentucky. Mammoth Cave National Park is a sacred space to me.
Sigh, Lake Tahoe.
Don’t come here, though.
Almost anywhere in Hawaii. Probably the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen.
RMNP
North Cascades in Washington or the entire island of Kauai.
Idk guys… if I say a thing is nice, it’s usually just being polite. “Oh that’s so nice!” People are nice. Not things. So what is this question actually asking?
I assume you mean visually impactful in a positive way since your tag is geography.
Gotta see the Grand Canyon at least one time.
The western states have unique topography.
The Badlands is supposed to be surreal and beautiful but make sure your car is in perfect condition, there’s nothing for miles and miles.
The underwater museum of art in Florida. I’ve been to maybe half of the states and there’s something nice to see in every one of them
Acadia National Park. Really anywhere on the coast of Maine north of Portland.
Zion National park in Utah is STUNNING
10/10 with I could go back
The islands in Florida – Boca Grande, Sanibel, Captiva.
It might sound shallow, but Truist Park home of the Charlotte Knights. It’s just perfect. Hot summer day, grabbing some beers, Carolina Hot Dog, watching a ball game. Over.
Blue Ridge parkway
Overseas Hwy, Florida
Grand Canyon
Pacific Coast Hwy
Las Vegas Strip
Haleakala volcano, Hawaii
Waikiki beach, Hawaii
Niagara Falls
Top of Rockefeller Center, NYC.
Lake Tahoe
Not discounting most of the National parks.
Vermont
In general the whole country. We have pockets of crap just like everywhere else, but you can find beauty in every state. It all depends on what you’re looking for.
Yellowstone, San Diego, Boston, West Coast beaches
As others have said, the Pacific Coast Highway is beautiful. It’s probably one of the prettiest drives I’ve ever done. I’ve driven south from Carmel to San Simeon a couple of times, and the drive is gorgeous. It is a bit tedious as the driver, with the narrow two-lane road getting even narrower and very twisty at points. It slows down with down to 15mph speed limits in places… I was a passenger for one of those drives, very pretty, driving it another time was some work, but still very pretty.
The Hill Country in central Texas
There is something nice to be found everywhere
Sedona, AZ
America is the most beautiful place as a whole. I love this place and I never want to leave. The mountains, the coasts, endless skyways, the people. You can find beauty everywhere you go.
Western North Carolina; Vermont; Cambria, California; Sequoia National Park, California; Skyline Drive, Virginia; Annapolis, Maryland; Key West, Florida; Siesta Key, Florida; Mackinac Island, Michigan; Assateague Island, Maryland/Virginia; Kiawah Island, South Carolina; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Hocking Hills, Ohio; Red River Gorge, Kentucky; Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky/Tennessee; Winter Park, Florida; Old City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Savannah Historic District, Georgia; Charleston Historic District, South Carolina; Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.
The Black Hills of western South Dakota are stunning. Massively overlooked by foreign tourists.
Finger Lakes, NY
Zion and Bruce Canyons, UT
Bandolier National Monument, NM
Ouray, Colorado and the surrounding mountains are beautiful.
Cape Cod and really all of New England. If I could afford to live there that’s what I would pick. PNW.
And my personal favorite – Alaska. Lived there for several years when I was a kid. My dad was in the military. It’s so beautiful.
Hanging Lake, CO. Just look up some photos — it’s breathtaking. Hiking up there is breathtaking in a totally different kind of way, though. The climb is long and at the very top a bit scary.
Santa Barbara , CA
The Maine and New Hampshire coasts
Door County, Wisconsin is a nice place.
San Diego
I’ve been to All 50 states and lived in a handful of them.
Like most people I’ve met who have made it to all 50, Alaska and Hawaii are my favorite.
Snorkeling with giant sea turtles. The snorkeling is better than the Great Barrier Reef. The Road to Hana with the Venus Pools, black beach, etc. and seeing Humpbacks breach from shore. The helicopter ride over the Wall of tears waterfall valley.
Alaska- the Glacier Bay boat tour was amazing. We saw a wolf, puffins, black and blonde bears, puffins, etc. Also anywhere you can see Glaciers calving, go fishing, tidepooling- we saw Christmas anemone and blue starfish and nudebranchs and octopi.
Ocean City, Maryland
Waikiki Beach, Hawaii
Montana. Like, all of it.
Yellowstone. It’s on my bucket list.
Napa Valley. My home. Doesn’t get any nicer than this.
Oregon Coast- all of it – Lincoln City specifically.
We have some of the best national parks and mountain ranges in the world
Hawaii the scenery is incredible
Hoh Rainforest
A few of my favorite places. Red Lodge, Montana. Ouray, Colorado. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Puerto Vallarta.
The Adirondacks
Yosemite in the winter. It’s magical
Utah has the Mighty Five National Parks which are breathtaking. And some gorgeous hiking in our mountains.
Alaska
It’s different for everyone. To me, the most beautiful place in America is Southern Utah or the San Juan’s in Colorado.
Santa Cruz
Sedona, Arizona
Maui
Natural beauty: the Powell Valley in Virginia and Tennessee and Cumberland Gap which is part of the northern ridge of the valley where Virginia and Tennessee and Kentucky meet.
Urban beauty: Chicago. The architecture is breathtaking.
Uniqueness: New Orleans. Coolest city in America, hands down.
Well having now walked myself all the way down here handing out karma to all the runner ups.
The correct answer Yellowstone National Park
The north east in the Fall. Jerome, AZ looking over the Sedona Valley at sunset. Laguna Beach, CA. These are some of my favorite places.
Love the coast of Maine.
The National Parks
NYC & Honolulu, Hawaii are 2 of my favorites.
Gary Indiana
Yellowstone. Black hills. Boundary waters.
I’m going to preface this with the fact that I go fishing.
New York City or LA.
Buffalo River in N Arkansas is my favorite place
Jean Lafitte Natl Preserve, south of new orleans is my 2nd
Olympic Natl park is 3rd (Hoh rain forest, in particular)
Crater lake Natl Park
National Mall, Washington DC
Waterville, Va
Lunenburg, Ma
Avon, NC
Lake City, Co
There are wonderful nice places in every single state. Cute towns, nice people, natural scenery
My livingroom is nice.. my bedroom is better
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness along the Minnesota/Canada border. Pristine wilderness of over 1,000 glacial lakes separated by dense forest but connected by hiking paths called portages where you can transport canoes and gear from one lake to another. There are basically no power boats allowed aside from on a few of the bigger, outer lakes. Once you get 1-2 lakes in from your entry point it’s canoes and kayaks only. Each lake has anywhere from 1-10 campsites which consist of a fire pit/grate and a latrine and that’s it! You are smack dab in the middle of the north woods with some of the best nature and freshwater fishing in the country!
I’m not even sure I could pick my top 50 nicest places in the US. It’s a big country and we have an incredible amount and astonishing variety of natural beauty here.
One overlooked area that’s just beyond gorgeous is northeastern Wyoming. Hardly anyone ever goes there, unless they’re really into Devil’s Tower, but wow the area is incredibly beautiful.
The Sonoma coast.
Great smoky mountain national park is the nicest place on earth in my opinion. Except maybe Neyland stadium, but I’m biased there.
The southwest of the US doesn’t get enough love. I did a road trip around the southwest there about ten years and it was absolutely stunning and ever changing.
Most of the west coast is beautiful. Washington, Oregon and California. The coast, the mountains, the river gorges. Puget sound. Orcas. Best places in the world IMHO.
All of the nature I’ve see across America has been at least nice. Some of it has been absolutely stunning, or even had me crying because it was so beautiful.
The drive up the I-17 from Phoenix to Flagstaff is only about two hours but, climbing upwards, is remarkable for its constantly changing topography. You move from a cactus-laden landscape, through chaparral shrub land, into splendid pine forests, at the same time having great vasts of ‘big country’ all around you. Beautiful.
Bar Harbor, and Schoodick Point in Maine.
White Mountains of New Hampshire
Cape Cod MA
Wow. This too vague to answer. America is gigantic, with such vast diversity that this is an impossible question to answer without specifics.