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Best Places to Live and Play

National Geographic Adventure announces this year's top 50 adventure towns, state-by-state.   Text by Dan Koeppel

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Find out about these adventure towns
in our September issue, on newsstands August 14.
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For our September 2007 issue, contributing editor Dan Koeppel spent months tracking down and compiling a list of this year's top adventure towns. With an ideal mix of terrain, activity, and opportunity, each of the action hubs he found could inspire a complete and total life change.

Here's a preview of our first ever guide to the best mountain, urban, coastal, wilderness, and small towns in every state, where you can live the adventure dream daily. Pick it up on newsstands starting on August 14.


The 50 Best Adventure Towns, State-by-State

#1 Adventure Town: Las Vegas
The real action isn't happening on the Strip. Hikers, mountain bikers, and rock climbers have discovered a backcountry playground just beyond Sin City's limits. Introducing the nation's top spot to go all in on the outdoor game.

Wilderness  |  Small Mountain  |  Waterfront  |  City

Top Wilderness Towns
Homer, Alaska - Hot Spot*
Cody, Wyoming
Flagstaff, Arizona
Valdosta, Georgia
Medora, North Dakota
Rochester, Minnesota
Alexandria, Louisiana
Valentine, Nebraska
St. George, Utah - Hot Spot



Top Small Towns
Spearfish, South Dakota - Hot Spot
Bloomington, Indiana
Iowa City, Iowa
Northampton, Massachusetts
Lynchburg, Virginia
Marietta, Ohio
Fayetteville, West Virginia - Hot Spot
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Chatsworth, New Jersey
Hot Spring, Arkansas
Smyrna, Delaware



Top Mountain Towns

Bishop, California - Hot Spot
Gunnison, Colorado
Missoula, Montana
Hanover, New Hampshire
Wenatchee, Washington
Hood River, Oregon
Boone, North Carolina
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Montpelier, Vermont
New Paltz, New York - Hot Spot



Top Waterfront Towns
Waimea, Hawaii - Hot Spot
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Newport, Rhode Island
Rockland, Maine
Mystic, Connecticut
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Annapolis, Maryland
Beaufort, South Carolina
Lewiston, Idaho


Top Cities
Chicago, Illinois - Hot Spot
Nashville, Tennessee
Austin, Texas
Huntsville, Alabama
Gainesville, Florida
Overland Park, Kansas
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Springfield, Missouri
Hattiesburg, Mississippi



Hot Spot* - See extended coverage of these noteworthy towns in our September issue.



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