Arizona is best known for its desert landscape, which includes cacti. Arizona is also known for its exceptionally hot summers and mild winters. Less well known is the pine-covered high country in the north-central portion of the state, which contrasts with the lower deserts of the state.Of the state's 118,000 square miles, approximately 15% is privately owned. The remaining area is government forest and park land, recreation areas and Native American reservations.Arizona is best known for its desert landscape, which is rich in xerophyte plants such as cactus.Less well known is the pine-covered high country of the Colorado Plateau in the north-central portion of the state, which contrasts with the desertic Basin and Range region in the southern portions of the state.Arizona has an abundance of topographical characteristics in addition to its desert climate. More than half of the state features mountains and plateaus and contains the largest stand of Ponderosa pine in the United States. The Mogollon Rim, a 2000-foot escarpment, cuts across the central section of the state and marks the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, where the state experienced its worst forest fire ever in 2002.

The northern part of Georgia is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast mountain system of the Appalachians. The central piedmont extends from the foothills to the fall line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the continental coastal plain of the southern part of the state. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet (1,458 m) the lowest point is sea level.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

There are plenty of places to stay in Cooperstown,NY if you are visiting. In Hartwick Seminary, a small hamlet just south of Cooperstown there is a Best Western, Red Carpet Motor Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and a newly built Howard Johnson's which would be your first lodging facility to come to as you head into Cooperstown from I-88. Farther south of Cooperstown you have Knott's Motel that sits on Goodyear Lake.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

Tennessee features six principal physiographic regions: the Blue Ridge, the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region, the Cumberland Plateau, the Highland Rim, the Nashville Basin, and the Gulf Coastal Plain.The state is trisected by the Tennessee River.Interstate 40 crosses nearly the entire state in an east-west orientation. Its branch interstate highways include I-240 in Memphis I-440 and I-840 in Nashville and I-140 and I-640 in Knoxville. I-26, although technically an east-west interstate, runs from the border below Johnson City to its terminus at Kingsport. I-24 is the other east-west interstate crossing Tennessee.

With a land area of 145,552 mi, the state of Montana is the fourth largest in the United States.The topography of the state is diverse, but roughly defined by the Continental Divide, which runs on an approximate diagonal through the state from north to southwest, splitting it into two distinct eastern and western regions. Montana is well known for its mountainous western region, part of the northern Rocky Mountains.Montana has eight National Forests and over 20 National Wildlife Refuges. The Federal government administers 36,000,000 acres . 275,000 acres are administered as state parks and forests.

The Connecticut state capital is Hartford, and the other major cities include New Haven, New London, Norwich, Stamford, Waterbury, Danbury and Bridgeport. In all, there are a total of 169 incorporated towns in Connecticut.The highest peak in Connecticut is Bear Mountain in Salisbury in the northwest corner of the state.The Connecticut River cuts through the center of the state, flowing into Long Island Sound, Connecticut's outlet to the Atlantic Ocean.

California's diverse geography ranges from the sandy beaches of the Pacific to the rugged, snow capped Sierra Nevada mountains in the east. The central portion of the state is dominated by the California Central Valley and the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most vital agricultural areas in the country. The Yosemite Valley, famous for its glacially-carved cliffs, is located near the California-Nevada border, and ancient redwood trees dot the Northern Californian coastline. California is also home to the lowest and hottest place in the Western Hemisphere: Death Valley, located in the Mojave Desert.The Central Valleys are home to California's important large agricultural industry.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

Little Dixie is an area of Missouri that lies along the northern side of the Missouri River. The Ozark plateau begins south of the Missouri river and extends into Arkansas, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma. Springfield in southwestern Missouri lies on the Ozark plateau. Southern Missouri is the home of the Ozark Mountains, a dissected plateau surrounding the Precambrian igneous St. Francois Mountains. It is in the Ozarks that a distinct dialect, often compared to that of residents in certain areas of Kentucky and Tennessee, still exists.

The northwest corner of the state is part of the greater metropolitan area of Chicago.Gary, and the cities and towns that make up the northern half of Lake, Porter, and La Porte Counties bordering on Lake Michigan, are effectively commuter suburbs of Chicago.The state capital, Indianapolis, is situated in the central portion of the state. It is intersected by numerous Interstate and U.S. highways, giving the state its motto as "The Crossroads of America".Other cities located within the area include Anderson, Bloomington, Columbus, Lafayette, Muncie, and Terre Haute.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

North Dakota is bounded on the north by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, on the west by Montana, on the south by South Dakota, and on the east — across the Red River of the North and the Bois de Sioux River — by Minnesota.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

The northwest corner of the state is part of the greater metropolitan area of Chicago.Gary, and the cities and towns that make up the northern half of Lake, Porter, and La Porte Counties bordering on Lake Michigan, are effectively commuter suburbs of Chicago.The state capital, Indianapolis, is situated in the central portion of the state. It is intersected by numerous Interstate and U.S. highways, giving the state its motto as "The Crossroads of America".Other cities located within the area include Anderson, Bloomington, Columbus, Lafayette, Muncie, and Terre Haute.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

Texas is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which ends in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Texas has four major physical regions: Gulf Coastal Plains, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, and The Basin and Range Province.Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the most counties of any state. Round Rock is the headquarters of Dell and the surrounding area is known as "Silicon Hills". Dallas is a famously cosmopolitan metropolis and the birthplace of the integrated circuit, Houston is a global leader in the energy industry. The cultures of San Antonio and El Paso retain their Mexican heritage while Fort Worth maintains its western heritage.Ranked by population of cities (incorporated municipalities), the six largest cities in Texas are Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, and El Paso.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

South Carolina is composed of four geographic areas, whose boundaries roughly parallel the northeast/southwest Atlantic coastline. The lower part of the state is the Coastal Plain, also known as the Lowcountry, which is nearly flat and composed entirely of recent sediments such as sand, silt, and clay. Just west of the coastal plain is the Sand Hills region, which is thought to contain remnants of old coastal dunes from a time when the land was sunken or the oceans were higher. The Piedmont (Upstate) region contains the roots of an ancient, eroded mountain chain. It tends to be hilly, with thin, stony clay soils, and contains few areas suitable for farming. Much of the Piedmont was once farmed, with little success, and is now reforested.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

Are you always wondering about how a multi tool can help you in the great outdoors ? Multi Tools can be very useful for hunters and fishermen. There are a few different types of multi-tool products on the market today too. Whether you need a good set of pliers while on the go, or you need a knife that can cut through anything, this type of tool can be the perfect accessory for anyone who is in the field. The best part about this type of tool is that you are not restricted to any type of tool set for your use. This means you can choose the tool sets that provide grooming accessories, and you can also choose tools that provide many helpful working accessories to assist you with completing your toughest jobs. So, whether you need to tighten a bolt while you are working on a fishing reel, or you need to simply remove a broadhead from an arrow, you can utilize a multi tool.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>

Denver is the capital and largest city. As of 2000, the state's population was 4,301,261. The state is in the Mountain, Southwestern and Central regions of the country.East of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains are the Colorado Eastern Plains, the section of the Great Plains within Colorado at elevations ranging from 3,500 to 7,000 feet .The plains are sparsely settled with most population along the South Platte and the Arkansas rivers and the I-70 corridor. The major cities and towns lie just east of the Front Range, in the I-25 corridor. The majority of the population of Colorado lives in this densely urbanized strip.  Continue To Outdoor Article-->>>>>