How Many States Have You Backpacked In?

“How many different states have you backpacked in? It'd be cool to backpack in all 50, I wonder if anyone has done it.

Dayhikes don't count, too easy.

My list so far (in chronological order):

1. Florida
2. New York
3. Pennsylvania
4. New Jersey
5. Maine”

“California, Nevada (the trail went a little into nevada, so that counts :P) Oregon”

“HA
day hikes dont count???
well that puts leaves me with my home state, ALABAMA.
i do have a four day trip to pisgah planned in early june”

“1. Montana
2. Michigan
3. Ohio
4. New Hampshire
5. Pennsylvania
6. West Virginia
7. New York
8. Kentucky”

“Tarabull you need some western states in that list...THE WEST ROCKS!”

“Yeah, I know. Montana was beautiful and made an excellent first time backpacking trip. I definitely need to get all over the country.

P.S. You need some mid-west and eastern states on your list! Come out and play with us! :-)”

“not very many:
KY
TN
SC
NC

on my wishlist:
CA
and WA, and....so many more states.”

“I'd love to hike Washington state also.. along with Montana, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Colorado, California, Arizona, Utah, and about three or four dozen others. :-P”

“From the west AK, CA,”

“Artex, i forgot about all of them. man, so many places not enough of me.”

“GA, SC, NC, TN, AZ, CA, VA...

I think I got really close to Kentucky at Cumberland Gap, too.

(7½)”

“From the west I have hike in AK, CA, MT, AZ, WY, CO, TN, KY, OH, NC. Dayhike alot of WA. and OR and have been to been to all but HI, RI, CT. and the one above SD.”

“Mon
Ind
Ill
Ky
Wv
Va
Nc
Nh
Mn
Oh
Tn
Me
Fl
Vt

Did I leave any out?

8)”

“If you're on the north side of the Colorado where Phantom Ranch and Bright Angel CG are... what state are you in then?”

“Michigan,Ohio,Kentucky,Pennsylvania,Colorado,Georgia,Washington,Arkansas,Nevada, and Panama (not a state I know but worth adding).”

“Confusion
Bliss
Dispair
Joy
Confusion (I get confused a lot)
Drunken stupor
Blind ambition
Wretched stench (My British vegitarian friend has digestive problems)
Idle wandering
Purpousful goal minded achievement
and
Altitude induced euphoria.”

“LMAO @ Big Wave Dave!!!!”

“1. Pennsylvania
2. New Jersey
3. New York
4. New Hampshire
5. Maine
6. North Carolina
7. Virginia”

“1. Pennsylvania
2. New Jersey
3. New York
4. New Hampshire
5. Maine
6. North Carolina
7. Virginia
8. kentucky
9. Tenn.
10. Wisconsin
11. W. Va.
12. Ohio”

“CA
Canada
CO
WA

Sorry to say, you can't backpack in my home state, or I would include it. You can, however, rack up enormous amounts of bag nights here....”

“Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Kentucky
Ohio
Virginia
Michigan
North Carolina
Florida
South Dakota
Texas
Arizona
New Hampshire”

“Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Tennessee
I've hiked but not backpacked in Michigan, unless you count packing a lunch for me and the dog.”

“Backpacked in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. Dayhiked in Colorado.”

“Backpacked in CA, AZ, MT, WY

Dayhiked in NV, UT, HI”

“Washington
Oregon
Montana
British Columbia
Alberta

Dayhiked: Hawaii, Jalisco & Quintana Roo”

“chronologically
tennessee
north carolina
maine
new hampshire
arkansas
georgia
wyoming
utah
california
florida
montana

dayhiked hawaii ..ok, doesnt count, but i lived there...and the digs were tentlike...:)”

“hmmm....MI, CO, AZ, OH, KY, WV, PA have dayhiked in: SD, UT, NV, and KS.”

“backpacking...

Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Massachussetts
New Hampshire
Maine

Dominican Republic (not a state, I know) :o)

I really do need to get out West!!”

“I forgot to add the MI. I forgot about my frozen trip to Tahquamenon Falls.”

“MAINE!

...and NH this weekend.

:)”

“you forgot to put TN”

“Michigan
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
North Carolina”

“Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Vermont
North Carolina
Tennesee
Washington”

“Not very many for me. Lessee...

California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
New Mexico
Colorado
Missouri
Alabama
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky

There. I think that's it.”

“Not counting day hikes

New Zealand
Australia
Papua New Guinea
Malasia
Thailand
Nepal
Yugoslavia
Austria
Germany
Luxembourg
Spain
Scotland
England

Colorado
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
California”

“Well hell, if the little flower from New Zealand can do it, I'm throwin' in Mexico and Canada...”

“Not many for me

Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Kentucky”

“backpacked:
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
(all above connected)
Washington
Arizona
British Columbia

Canoe Camped and portaged the boat and pack in Minnesota/Ontario”

“Utah
New Mexico
California
Colorado
Montana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Tenn
Kentucky
North Carolina
Indiana

I might try to bag Texas this year in the Fall.”

“Hmm something to think about.

TN
VA
NC
CA
CO
KY
AK

But hey have day hiked in those plus
OHIO
AZ

Gee I need to add more to my list. But here where I live there are so many places so little time.
Barbara”

“I've got bag nights (lifetime) in

New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Lousiana, New Mexico, California, Oregon, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

I've walked with a heavy backpack on (esp. ages ago when I bummed around the country, hiking and hitch-hiking).”

“1)Ohio
2)kentucky
3)Indiana
4)Tennessee
5)N. Carolina
6)S. Carolina
7)Georgia
8)Arkansa
9)W. Virginia
10)New Mexico
11)Colorado
12)Wyoming
13)Montana
14)Arizona

I think thats about it!

Best state I hiked in was probably Arizona (Rainbow Gathering '98) or New Mexico '99.”

“Rainbow gathering 98....funny you should mention that! Once when I was hitching up to oregon I found an old beat up diary written by a girl who went to that and lived in a cave in arizona...I DIDN"T MEAN TO READ IT!....But I found an address and mailed it off to someone who must of known her.”

“Lets see..

Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Montana
Wyoming
Kentucky
Idaho

Soon to be a lot more come summer..”

“I'd have a lot more if dayhikes counted... does canoeing count? i doubt it, so..

Minnesota
Montana
Michigan
Virginia”

“Flowerda and Collyraddo and Wyodaho and Nu Hampster and Pennysavanna and The Tukky and Norf Cardinal and Cumby Eyland and Monnyloosa and Nu Yort and Cohutty and Abalama and prolly some nother places.”

“Free23 that is crazy because at the gathering we met this girl and her dog. She wanted a picture of the dog and herself because she said she never had a camera. So we take one and she goes on her way. Then realizing we forgot to get her address! oops! Well on the way back to New Mexico we found her notebook that was left in the back of our van. Thats very weird!”

“Sarabelle must be using her daddy's log-in. :-)”

“Sarabelle is posing as gojo still!!

New Mexico - Philmont

Wyoming - Wind Rivers, Big Horns, Absoraka's

Montana - Beartooths

Minnesota and Canada - If you count portaging on a canoe trip”

“hey now, i didn't get to count portaging...”