Three closest states that you have not driven in

[SkyPesos]

Alabama
Mississippi
Iowa

[ozarkman417]

Texas
Louisiana
Minnesota

These are the closest states for which I have not at least been in a car as a passenger. If we count states that I myself have not driven in, it becomes:

Illinois
Kentucky
Nebraska

[Bickendan]

Alaska
Hawai'i
Nebraska
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Yukon
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Baja California
Baja California Sur
Sonora

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont .

Occitania, Andorra, Madrid.

[Jim]

I've driven in all 50 states, so I will go with provinces/territories of Canada.

1) PEI
2) Newfoundland
3) NU is closer but driving there seems unlikely for anyone, so I'll go with NWT

[paulthemapguy]

Alaska, Hawaii, and Delaware, simply because they're the only 3 states in which I have not driven a vehicle.

[US 89]

1. Indiana (though I have as a passenger)
2. Ohio
3. Maryland

[kennyshark64]

Never been in any of these states as a driver or traveler.

1. Wisconsin
2. Minnesota
3. Iowa

[JayhawkCO]

3) NU is closer but driving there seems unlikely for anyone, so I'll go with NWT

Other than Oscar, right? I'm actually toying with the idea of burning some miles to go up there in the next few years.

[Jim]

3) NU is closer but driving there seems unlikely for anyone, so I'll go with NWT

Other than Oscar, right? I'm actually toying with the idea of burning some miles to go up there in the next few years.

Is there a way other than flying into a village and renting a car to drive the immediate area?  I have to admit, I've never really investigated beyond Google Maps telling me I can't drive there.

[JayhawkCO]

3) NU is closer but driving there seems unlikely for anyone, so I'll go with NWT

Other than Oscar, right? I'm actually toying with the idea of burning some miles to go up there in the next few years.

Is there a way other than flying into a village and renting a car to drive the immediate area?  I have to admit, I've never really investigated beyond Google Maps telling me I can't drive there.

Unless you can get access to the Contwoyto Ice Road, flying in is the only way, yeah. Edit - Looks like the ice road no longer goes all the way to Nunavut.

[Jim]

An alternative version of the question at hand: what states have you not driven in on a trip in which you drove there from your home?  My list is short: Hawaii.  I've driven to and in all others at some point on the same trip.

[JayhawkCO]

An alternative version of the question at hand: what states have you not driven in on a trip in which you drove there from your home?  My list is short: Hawaii.  I've driven to and in all others at some point on the same trip.

Hawai'i and Alaska. Everything else has been driven from home.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

An alternative version of the question at hand: what states have you not driven in on a trip in which you drove there from your home?  My list is short: Hawaii.  I've driven to and in all others at some point on the same trip.

Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and DC. I flew into BWI to visit a friend in 2014, and have not driven in those states on any other trips.

[Bruce]

1. (Saskatchewan)
2. Alaska
3. Colorado
4. North Dakota

All four are also places I have not visited. The closest state I have visited (and been outside the airport) without personally driving is Illinois.

An alternative version of the question at hand: what states have you not driven in on a trip in which you drove there from your home?  My list is short: Hawaii.  I've driven to and in all others at some point on the same trip.

Alberta and Quebec. I've never driven in a U.S. state without also starting from home.

[hbelkins]

The closest is easy: Nebraska. Beyond that, it's iffy.  A family vacation took me into South Dakota and Wyoming in 1991, but I don't remember if I was ever behind the wheel in those states or not. I also can't remember if I drove in Arizona or Nevada on that trip. Assuming I did, then definitely Oregon and Washington, the only two of the lower 48 I've never visited. I've also been in California, but never drove there.

[ethanhopkin14]

A few questions:  Is the question have you been to the state, but didn't drive?  Is the qualifier literally driving (being in the driver's seat) so being a passenger doesn't count?  I would assume being a passenger would qualify because this being a road forum, I thought the qualifier would be you didn't see any of the roads. 

Anyway:

Minnesota is the only state I have been to but didn't drive.  Had a layover more than once at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.

Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Oregon are the only lower 48 states I haven't been to so they can qualify since I obviously haven't driven in those states.

I have been in a car in Tamaulipas and Coahuila, but I wasn't driving.

I have been to Nuevo Leon and Baja California but wasn't in a car at all. 

I have never been to Sonora. 

[fhmiii]

• Iowa
• Nebraska
• South Dakota

It seems strange to think of it, but I have never driven in Nebraska nor Iowa.  I've always just been a passenger in the vehicle.

Oklahoma would have been next on the list, but I drove through it earlier this year.

I've also only flown in and out of airports in Minnesota and Wisconsin, so they'd be next on the list.

[1995hoo]

I understand Jim to be hypothesizing that you go on a car (or RV or van or whatever) trip in which you start at home and the question is, on all such trips, what states are there in which you have not driven? To give an example of a trip that would not count, in September/October 2015 I drove in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah, but my wife and I flew to Albuquerque, rented an SUV, and drove to Phoenix via Four Corners, the Valley of the Gods, Monument Valley, and the Grand Canyon; after visiting relatives in Phoenix, we flew home from there. So that trip doesn't count because we didn't drive from home. (This makes sense to me given that if you view Jim's website, you'll understand why Hawaii is the only state he lists–if you live in the 48 contiguous states or Alaska, Hawaii is the only state you cannot reach by driving from home the entire way.)

Using that understanding as the criterion, my answers are Texas, Arkansas, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Michigan (adding Canadian provinces adds New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland). On all those trips my father was doing the driving.

[Rothman]

An alternative version of the question at hand: what states have you not driven in on a trip in which you drove there from your home?  My list is short: Hawaii.  I've driven to and in all others at some point on the same trip.

Oof.  So...

OK: Haven't driven in, but was a passenger.
AZ, NM, : Drove home from a one-way trip back (flew out, drove back).
AK, HI: Flew out, drove around, flew back
SD, NE, WY, WA, OR: I was a passenger on a trip(s) and then only drove here on a fly out, drive around, fly back trip.

The other 40 states count.

Had one trip where we flew out to UT from NY, drove with my SIL's family back to OH, and then flew back to NY that threw me off...

[DandyDan]

1. North Dakota
2. Oklahoma
3. Arkansas

Only went to North Dakota once as a kid and never went to Oklahoma or Arkansas.

[tigerwings]

1 Wisconsin
2 Minnesota
3 Quebec
4 Delaware

Only a few miles difference between 3 and 4

[Roadgeekteen]

Given that I've barely driven (only have a learners permit)- Rhode Island probably.

[Jim]

I understand Jim to be hypothesizing that you go on a car (or RV or van or whatever) trip in which you start at home and the question is, on all such trips, what states are there in which you have not driven?

Yes, that was my intent.

For several years, my only travels in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, were on a trip where I flew to Jackson for a conference in Vicksburg.  I was able to tack on a day to my rental car to check out that area.  At that time, those states would have been part of my set.  I've driven to each multiple times on trips starting at home in the 25 years since.

[ethanhopkin14]

An alternative version of the question at hand: what states have you not driven in on a trip in which you drove there from your home?  My list is short: Hawaii.  I've driven to and in all others at some point on the same trip.

The answer for me is none.  I love to drive and I am 99% driving.  Especially now that we have a Class A motorhome, I am the only one that can drive it.