Amongst my suggestions are such places as Bar Harbor, Maine, which is near Acadia National Park and offers everything from sea kayaking to rock climbing, and even great road cycling. Moab, Utah gets the obligatory nod for its amazing mountain biking of course, and my friends in the Black Hills of South Dakota get a mention too, as it is an amazing place for outdoor adventure that still sits off the radar for a lot of travelers. One of my other picks, The Everglades of Florida, is another seldom visited place, and I'll be going there at the end of the month, so expect more details about that place as well.
I copped out a little bit in my selection of Alaska to the list. Yes, I picked the entire state, but there is just so much to see and do there, it was hard to narrow it down to just one location. Besides, no matter where you go in Alaska, you're bound to find some kind of outdoor adventure. Along the coasts you can sea kayak with whales, head into the interior and you'll find plenty of untouched wilderness for hiking and camping. And of course, mountaineers will head to Denali, or one of the other great peaks, for the climbing opportunities as well. It truly is an unmatched adventure destination not only for the U.S., but internationally as well.
Of course, narrowing down a list like this to just ten destinations is never easy. I did try to represent a variety of places around the U.S., giving fairly close options no matter where someone lived. Clearly Colorado is under represented as well, but that's mostly because places like Boulder and Fort Collins are already well known. Colorado is a great option, but I was hoping to spotlight a few that maybe people didn't know so much about or hadn't considered before. The list could easily have expanded to twice the size without too much trouble.
So? What are your favorite domestic adventure destinations?
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