Clinching Counties' Highways

[paulthemapguy]

I'm not sure if I should count Hardin County, IL, unless I've taken the Cave-in-Rock ferry.

[Rothman]

I'm not sure if I should count Hardin County, IL, unless I've taken the Cave-in-Rock ferry.

Well...have you?

[NWI_Irish96]

I'm not sure if I should count Hardin County, IL, unless I've taken the Cave-in-Rock ferry.

At TravelMapping they don't consider ferries to be highways, so by that standard you can count it. I didn't take it either, but I drove right down to it.

[webny99]

Tangentially related... I've counted some counties as clinched (meaning just visited, not clinched all highways) despite having nothing logged in that county in Travel Mapping.

A current example is Cheshire County, NH, which I entered on NH 119 but did not come close to driving the entirety of the first segment in TM, so I couldn't justify logging it. A former example is Washington County, NY, which I first entered on foot from Lake George, but have since entered on NY 67/NY 22.

[NWI_Irish96]

Tangentially related... I've counted some counties as clinched (meaning just visited, not clinched all highways) despite having nothing logged in that county in Travel Mapping.

A current example is Cheshire County, NH, which I entered on NH 119 but did not come close to driving the entirety of the first segment in TM, so I couldn't justify logging it. A former example is Washington County, NY, which I first entered on foot from Lake George, but have since entered on NY 67/NY 22.

I always try to go into a county far enough that I can log at least one segment in TM, but if the segment is really long, I might not do that. I do have some counties I've only entered by train.

[webny99]

Tangentially related... I've counted some counties as clinched (meaning just visited, not clinched all highways) despite having nothing logged in that county in Travel Mapping.

A current example is Cheshire County, NH, which I entered on NH 119 but did not come close to driving the entirety of the first segment in TM, so I couldn't justify logging it. A former example is Washington County, NY, which I first entered on foot from Lake George, but have since entered on NY 67/NY 22.

I always try to go into a county far enough that I can log at least one segment in TM, but if the segment is really long, I might not do that. I do have some counties I've only entered by train.

The section of NH 119 in question is about 6.5 miles long. We went about a mile and turned around, mostly just to get a picture of the welcome sign and say we'd visited New Hampshire.

It has struck me as odd that I have no problem counting a county (and in this case, an entire state!) on the basis of such a short visit, but still not log anything in TM. Then again, TM is a lot more technical by nature (as if county-counting isn't technical enough!). I've considered logging any segment I've traveled any part of, which would be less egregious in spirit than counting a county for clipping a tiny corner, but the fact that TM tracks mileage has deterred me from doing so.

[Molandfreak]

I don't really keep track, but there's a few I could reasonably assume I've driven all of the highways in.
MN: Cook, Lake, Goodhue, Rice, Carver.
WI: Ashland, Bayfield, Menominee, maybe Pepin but I don't know about WIS 25 north of Durand.
MI: Gogebic, Keweenaw.
SD: Hyde
ON: Greater Sudbury

[NWI_Irish96]

Two more in Illinois yesterday, bringing my Illinois total to 23. If things go as planned, I'll get six more by the end of the year.

[clong]

Updated

AL: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, Dekalb, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Marshall, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega

[NWI_Irish96]

Got my first two new ones in a while: Winnebago and Stephenson in Illinois. Up to 25 in Illinois.

[pderocco]

At this point I've clinched 36 out of California's 58 counties. If you include signed county routes (the pentagonal blue and yellow signs with a letter and a number), that drops to 24 out of 58.

[NWI_Irish96]

Got my first two new ones in a while: Winnebago and Stephenson in Illinois. Up to 25 in Illinois.

On my way to visit new counties in Iowa, I finished off Carroll and Jo Daviess counties. Up to 27 in Illinois.

[flan]

Updated from last fall

Minnesota (48): Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Dakota, Douglas, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Lac Qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Mahnomen, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Nicollet, Otter Tail, Pine, Pope, Ramsey, Rice, Rock, Roseau, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington, Wilkin, Wright

North Dakota (5): Foster, McHenry, McLean, Sargent, Sheridan