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Use this free mapping tool to display the states that you have visited, driven or ridden through. Drivers, motorcycle riders, car touring enthusiasts: Create a color state map to show where you have travelled.

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Visited States Map

This page features an interactive and customizable map builder showing visited states. You can use it to track your US travel history by marking the states you have previously visited! Create a beautiful custom map in a few clicks, and share it with your community. Also, check out our Interactive US Map for Websites with advanced customization options!

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This very simple tool allows you to easily create a map of states you have visited. Simply click on the states on the map, or toggle a checklist item below the map to mark where you have been. You can also customize the colors, turn off labels, and show stats regarding the number of states you have visited.

You can use this tool to track how many US states you have been to. In the "Set Map Parameters" control, check the "Show stats" box. The number of states where you have been will be displayed below the map. When the "Show stats" control is active, the exact number of states you have been to and the percentage of states you have visited are shown below the map.

This page features buttons that allow you to share this map via Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Once you click the button, it will generate an image for the customized map and opens a new tab directing you to the social network you selected. You can also copy the URL and share it on any social network. If you opened map maker from a mobile device, use the share buttons built into your browser.

In the "Set Map Parameters" section, you will see four color options. Click on the associated color square to open the color picker. Once opened, can choose from millions of colors for the states and borders.

This can be done easily, and without the need for registration. Simply copy the unique URL and add it to your bookmarks.

You can quickly reset the map by clicking the "Clear map and reset colors" button. Note, this will reset all the states you have visited, along with reverting your color options and customized settings back to their default.

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The US States Visited app lets you keep track of the states you have visited in the US. You can create up to 20 different maps! For each state, you can mark it as visited, rate it, and add a small description. Also, you will see the capital of the state, the estimated state population, and the state flag. Good luck filling in the map!

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Plenty of people say they'd like to see all 50 states, whether that goal is within their lifetime or within a few years. While it's easy to say, actually visiting every state can be a daunting process — especially when you consider how many miles of travel that actually includes. That said, if it really is your goal to visit all 50 states, we've put together a few tips to help you get it done.

Think About Your Timeline

One of the first things you'll want to consider is what timeline you're looking at for your goal. If you only want to visit them in your lifetime and you're only in your twenties, you can move at a relaxed pace. If you want to visit them all in a year, you're going to have to move much faster. If you're older, chances are you've already been to quite a few states, so this is an advantage. There's no reason you can't revisit a few favorites along the way, but if you're looking at a shorter timeline, don't let this get in the way of making progress.

Also take into account what you consider "visiting" a state. Do you merely want to cross the border? If so, strategic layovers might work in your favor. But if you actually want to spend the night in each state and experience it fully, your trips may require more careful planning.

Group States Together

Unless you're planning to tackle every state or at least most of them in a single massive trip, you'll probably want to plan your visits by area. You'll find one of the easiest ways to rack up the state count is to group states together by region.

Of course, this is easier in some regions than others. Out west, states are much larger, so visiting a few is going to mean some serious travel time (though there are exceptions, like checking off the four states at the Four Corners). In the Northeast however, you can easily visit a few states a day if you want to. When it comes to the larger states, careful planning can help.

Plan Ideal Routes

While most people traveling throughout the U.S. take every opportunity to visit landmarks and scenic locations, you may not want to if you're looking to cover several states in a short period. If you really want to see states efficiently, you need to plan routes, which may take you away from the standard tourist routes.

You don't need to be efficient to a fault, but keep in mind that tools like Google Maps can make your life a whole lot easier. Moreover, you could make your goal cities ones that are close to other states to help cut down on travel time even further.

Travel Based on the Time of Year

Time of year is something that can make travel easier and more difficult depending on where you are. When you're making your way to every state, make sure this is working for you instead of against you. The easiest way is to think about how weather may affect you.

Traveling in the northern parts of the contiguous 48 states in the dead of winter, for example, will likely mean you could run into less-than-ideal or even hazardous weather. On the other hand, this is a great time to travel through the Southwest. If you're visiting Alaska, mid-May through September is prime visiting season, while November is when you'll find the cheapest flights.

Take Advantage of Layovers

Speaking of flights, visiting all 50 states is a great way to take advantage of long layovers. If a layover has you stuck in a city for more than a few hours, see if there are any nearby states you can check off your list.

For example, a layover in New York could let you easily check off New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, or Rhode Island. Depending on how long your layover is, you may even be able to make it further.

Join a Club

If you're looking for more help hitting all the states you want to visit, consider joining a club. Groups like the All Fifty States Club are dedicated to helping people make it to every state. You'll find people of all ages with different goals. Some want to take their time while others are less patient.

If you're the type who likes a challenge, these clubs will even measure record times. There are people who have visited all 50 states in five and a half days. Do you think you can do better? There's only one way to find out.

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Americans are traveling abroad in droves.

The number of U.S. citizens flying to international destinations reached nearly 6.5 million passengers in March, according to the International Trade Administration. That’s the highest March total in over five years and shows that the post-pandemic “revenge travel” trend is the new normal.

It wasn’t just March, which usually sees a spike in international departures for spring break. In every month of 2024 so far, more Americans left the country than last year and 2019. These trends point to a blockbuster summer for overseas travel.

Nearly half of Americans (45%) plan to travel by air and/or stay in a hotel this summer and expect to spend $3,594 on average, on these expenses, according to a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults, conducted online by The Harris Poll and commissioned by NerdWallet.

That's despite rising travel prices that have caused some hesitancy among would-be travelers. About 22% of those choosing not to travel this summer cite inflation making travel too expensive as a reason for staying home, according to the poll.

So where are traveling Americans going? And what does it mean for those looking to avoid crowds of tourists and higher travel prices?

New travel patterns

Nearly every region in the world saw an increase in U.S. visitors in March 2024 compared with March 2023, according to International Trade Administration data. Only the Middle East saw a decline of 9%. Yet not every region saw the same year-over-year bump. U.S. visitors to Asia saw a 33% jump, while Oceania and Central America each saw a 30% increase.

Comparing 2024 with 2023 only tells part of the story, however. The new patterns really emerge when comparing international travel trends to 2019. For example, Central America received 50% more U.S. visitors in March 2024 compared with March 2019. Nearly 1.5 million Americans visited Mexico, up 39% compared with before the pandemic. That’s almost as many visitors as the entire continent of Europe, which has seen a more modest 10% increase since 2019.

Only Canada and Oceania saw fewer visitors in March 2024 than in 2019, suggesting that interest in these locations has not rebounded. Indeed, the trends indicate a kind of tourism inertia from COVID-19 pandemic-era lockdowns: Those destinations that were more open to U.S. visitors during the pandemic, such as Mexico, have remained popular, while those that were closed, such as Australia, have fallen off travelers’ radars.

Price pressures

How these trends play out throughout the rest of the year will depend on a host of factors. Yet, none will likely prove more important than affordability. After months of steadiness, the cost of travel, including airfare, hotels and rental cars, has begun to sneak up again.

About 45% of U.S. travelers say cost is their main consideration when planning their summer vacation, according to a survey of 2,000 Americans by the travel booking platform Skyscanner.

That’s likely to weigh further on U.S. travelers’ appetite for visiting expensive destinations such as Europe, while encouraging travel to budget-friendly countries. It could also depress overall international travel as well, yet so far, Americans seem to be traveling more.

For those looking to avoid crowds while maintaining a budget, Skyscanner travel trends expert Laura Lindsay offered a recommendation many of us might need help finding on a map.

“Albania has been on the radar of travelers looking for something different,” Lindsay said. "Most people have yet to discover it, but flights and tourism infrastructure are in place, and there are fewer crowds in comparison to trending European destinations like Italy, Greece, or Portugal.”

On the flip side, American travelers looking to avoid crowds of compatriots would do well to avoid Japan, which has seen a staggering 50% increase in U.S. tourists between March 2019 and 2024.

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100 pages, 1 page per state (ordered alphabetically), lined on back, 6 x 9 handy size

Ever considered visiting all the states? Perhaps you've been to a few already and want to set some goals to see the rest. Maybe there's someone in your life who always travels on business and needs something to make the constant travel more fun. This book is handy, affordable, and exciting to complete, with short prompt spaces to keep things short and fun!

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LIVE: Several tornadoes, large hail reported Thursday

Tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms will blast across the central United States through the weekend as a multiday severe weather event threatens over a dozen states.

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 6:26 PM PDT

Blue shelf cloud moves over Arkansas

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Apr. 25, 2024 9:23 PM PDT

Heavy rain and hail hit Little Rock, Arkansas, as this shelf cloud passed through the area.

An incredible timelapse of a shelf cloud with blue hues was recorded in Little Rock, Arkansas Thursday afternoon. Flooding was also reported from the storms.

Shelf clouds often form at the leading edge of strong winds  flowing down and outward from a storm.  It is not uncommon for thunderstorms to contain blue or green tinted clouds , but there is no direct correlation to the severity of the storm.

Storm chaser wraps up a day of tracking severe weather, gets ready for tomorrow

By Monica Danielle, AccuWeather Managing Editor

AccuWeather meteorologist and storm chaser Tony Laubach is  wrapping up a day of tracking severe weather across Kansas  and is headed east to get set up for tomorrow. AccuWeather Prime’s Melissa Constanzer caught up with Laubach as he traveled through Quinter, Kansas.

“It has been more of a hail day today,”  Laubach said. “Most of the hail we saw was anywhere between nickel and quarter-sized. We had  hail reports in Kansas as big as two-and-a-half inches , that would be tennis ball-sized hail. ”

In the video below, Laubach explains why there was more hail than tornadoes:

Severe thunderstorms produced prolific hail across parts of the Plains on April 25, but cold air undercut the threat for tornadoes.

Tennis-ball-sized hail pelts the Plains

Apr. 25, 2024 8:50 PM PDT

Storm spotters reported  hail as large as 2.5 inches in diameter (about the size of a tennis ball)  near Russell Springs, Kansas, earlier Thursday evening, with 2-inch-diameter hail near Syracuse and Colby, Kansas.  Wind gusts also spiked to 70 mph  at a weather station near Sharon Springs, Kansas.

Hail as large as 4.5 inches in diameter  fell in the Carolinas last weekend.  A hailstone that fell in Vivian, South Dakota, on July 23, 2010 ,  holds the United States' record for largest hail size with  a diameter of 8 inches  and heaviest weight at 1.94 pounds.

Severe weather to escalate on Friday

By Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist

Apr. 25, 2024 7:59 PM PDT

Thursday is just the start of an extended severe weather event across the central United States . AccuWeather meteorologists say there is a high threat of severe thunderstorms on Friday and Friday night, the second-highest level on AccuWeather’s severe weather index.

Approximately 38 million people could face thunderstorms, the strongest of which may spin up tornadoes and unleash large hail and damaging winds.

Additional rounds of severe weather are in the forecast through the weekend , with some areas at risk of being hit multiple times.

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Apr. 25, 2024 6:34 PM PDT

A landspout tornado touches down in Akron, Colorado as another funnel cloud spins above it.

A landspout tornado touched down today near Akron, Colorado,  while another funnel cloud spun nearby. The landspout was on the ground for only five minutes.  Landspouts start as a column of spinning air near the ground  and aren't always connected to a severe thunderstorm, whereas tornadoes are spawned in a rotating thunderstorm and move down to the ground.

Tornado watches issued as storms erupt

Apr. 25, 2024 6:18 PM PDT

Severe thunderstorms are rumbling over the Plains with  two tornado watches in effect  from eastern Colorado and southern Nebraska to the Texas Panhandle.  One thunderstorm in northwestern Kansas has already produced a tornado , according to a storm chaser in the area. Thunderstorms may become more widespread into Thursday night over the region, with additional watches possible. Three preliminary tornadoes have been reported across the entire region as of 5:10 p.m. CDT.

Tornado watches in the central United States as of 5 p.m. CDT on April 25, 2024. (AccuWeather)

A tornado watch means that weather conditions are prime for severe thunderstorms to develop and spin up twisters. Meanwhile,  a tornado warning means that a tornado is imminent or is happening  and that people in the path of the storm should seek shelter.

Calm before the storm

Apr. 25, 2024 3:03 PM PDT

A clear sky over Colby, Kansas, an area where tornado-producing thunderstorms are possible later Thursday afternoon. (AccuWeather/Tony Laubach)

Storm chasers are in position ahead of an outburst of thunderstorms expected to erupt over part of the Plains later Thursday afternoon.  AccuWeather Meteorologist and Storm Chaser Tony Laubach is in Colby, Kansas , located in the northwest part of the state, and is sitting under a sunny sky with a few patches of clouds.  A much different scene is foreseen to unfold over the region in a few hours, including the potential for tornadoes.

In-depth look at the severe weather threat

Apr. 25, 2024 1:07 PM PDT

AccuWeather Severe Weather Expert Guy Pearson joined Chief Meteorologist Bernie Rayno to talk about the forthcoming severe weather outbreak over the United States,  explaining why the threat of damaging thunderstorms will unfold over several days.  Watch the interview below:

The Plains and Midwest regions of the United States face a weekend of dangerous severe weather including the risk of tornadoes starting on Friday.

Types of tornadoes that may touch down through the weekend

Apr. 25, 2024 11:56 AM PDT

Tornadoes come in all shapes and sizes, but meteorologists can classify each one based on distinct features.  The smallest type of twister is a rope tornado , named after its long, thin appearance. It is one of the most common types of tornadoes and can be short-lived, but  some evolve into larger, more powerful twisters.

A large tornado spinning near Morton, Texas, on May 23, 2022. (Marcus Diaz via Storyful)

Wedge tornadoes are the largest type of tornadoes and can be over a mile wide . Some of the most intense tornadoes in history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, in 2011.  Click here to see more types of twisters that occur over the United States.

Severe weather outbreak to commence Thursday afternoon

Apr. 25, 2024 10:19 AM PDT

The first round of a multiday severe weather event is about to unfold over the central United States with  each day through the weekend bringing the risk of damaging winds, hail and tornadoe s. On Thursday, the severe weather threat will extend from northern Texas to eastern Wyoming, with  thunderstorms expected to erupt late Thursday afternoon.  The strongest storms are likely from the Texas Panhandle through western Kansas.

An even higher risk of severe weather is in the offing at the end of the week as the next round of thunderstorms unfolds. “ I think the worst days for severe weather, specifically tornadoes, is going to be [Friday] and then on Saturday ,” AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said.  Click here for a full breakdown of the impending severe weather outbreak.

How to stay alert when severe weather nears

By AccuWeather staff

Apr. 25, 2024 8:17 AM PDT

Knowing when  severe weather is approaching can be life-saving information , especially during a severe weather outbreak, like what is unfolding over the South Wednesday. One of the easiest ways to receive severe weather alerts, such as tornado warnings, is by  having the free AccuWeather App on your smartphone .   Unlock advanced, hyperlocal severe weather alerts when you  subscribe to Premium+  on the  AccuWeather app , which also provides an ad-free experience. AccuWeather Alerts™ are prompted by our expert meteorologists who monitor and analyze dangerous weather risks 24/7 to keep you and your family safer. These custom alerts can provide critical time to seek shelter before damaging weather moves into the area . Watching the AccuWeather Network and monitoring  AccuWeather’s website  are two other ways to stay updated with the latest weather information.

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