Three closest states that you have not driven in

[ZLoth]

From where you are living now, what are the three closest states that you have never driven even a mile in. I took out the measuring tools of Google Earth, and found that my three closest states were:

• Missouri
• Kansas (by just a couple of miles)
• Mississippi

[Rothman]

The only state in which I was driven in, but did not drive, is Oklahoma.  I have driven in all 49 of the other states.

Canadian Provinces:

Quebec: I have been driven in and walked into Quebec, but I have not driven myself.

PEI:  Been driven in, but I did not drive.

Manitoba:  Have not visited.

Mexican Estados:

Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila: Not visited

[zzcarp]

1. Montana
2. Idaho
3. Arkansas

[WillWeaverRVA]

Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana

[JayhawkCO]

Chihuahua
Sonora
Coahuila

[MATraveler128]

North Carolina
Kentucky
Michigan

[ozarkman417]

Texas
Louisiana
Minnesota

[corco]

In the U.S. (though I have been a passenger):
Florida
Hawaii

Including Canadian provinces
1. New Brunswick
2. Prince Edward Island
3. Nova Scotia

[GaryV]

New Jersey (although I was on a charter bus there)
Delaware
Connecticut

[1995hoo]

I'm not sure whether Rhode Island or Vermont is closer to home. I've been a passenger in both of those on family vacations as a kid, but I haven't driven in either.

The next-closest after those is Michigan, which falls into the same category (I've only been there once, on a family vacation when I was 14 that included a trip to Isle Royale).

Taking a cue from corco to add Canadian provinces: 1. New Brunswick; 2. PEI; 3. Newfoundland. (Again, I've been a passenger in all three, mostly recently on a 1989 Boy Scout trip to PEI for the Canadian Jamboree–we drove from Virginia to PEI and, while I was old enough to drive, the troop's liability insurance would not provide coverage if someone under age 18 were to drive.)

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Since I've now revisited all the states I hit on family trips as a teenager, the only three I have not driven in are the three I have never been to, Alaska, Hawaii, and West Virginia.

[wanderer2575]

In order of increasing distance:  New Jersey, Minnesota (almost identical distance for these two), and South Carolina.  Alabama is a very close fourth.

I've driven in Ontario and Quebec.  All the other Canadian provinces are farther from me than these states.

[CoreySamson]

Here are mine:

1. Alabama
2. Florida (the only state I have been to with a driver's license but not driven in)
3. New Mexico

To be fair, however, there are 3 Mexican provinces that are all closer to where I live than the 3 above states, which are:

1. Tamaliupas
2. Nuevo León
3. Coahuila

[TheStranger]

Oregon
Idaho
Utah

[Ted$8roadFan]

Missouri
Wisconsin
Minnesota

[Big John]

Missouri (passenger only)
South Dakota
Nebraska

[flan]

Michigan
(Ontario)
Nebraska
(Manitoba)
Missouri

I've been to Manitoba and Nebraska, but both were before I got my license.

[Konza]

Chihuahua
Baja California Sur
Sinaloa

All are closer to me (as is most of Mexico) to the only US state in which I have not driven, which is Alaska.

[jp the roadgeek]

Mine (distances approximate as the crow flies)

(Quebec 235 miles)
(Ontario 255 miles)
(New Brunswick 370 miles)
(Nova Scotia 375 miles)
North Carolina 385 miles
Ohio 395 miles
Michigan 513 miles

Been to Quebec and North Carolina before I got my license.  Rest I haven't been to

[clong]

Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey - on a charter bus for both my trips through these states

Been in 42 states, driven in 34 of them

[zachary_amaryllis]

Nebraska
Kansas
Utah

[dlsterner]

From home base in Maryland, distance as the crow flies.  Including any Canadian provinces that could make the list.

Illinois   (was there for a conference, flew into Midway and only rode shuttle busses.  It was flat.)
Wisconsin     (have never visited; maybe this September?)
(New Brunswick)
(Nova Scotia)
Missouri     (changed planes at Lambert; never left the airport [on the ground].)

If I get Wisconsin this September, then Arkansas (never visited) moves into the top three.

[JKRhodes]

1. Kansas
2. Nebraska
3. Oregon (passenger only)

Including Mexican states:

1. Chihuahua
2. Baja California (passenger only)
3. Sinaloa

*edit* I guess if I wanna get technical, Sonora should be #1 because I drove less than a mile; crossed into Agua Prieta by accident, turned around first chance I got and made a beeline back to the border. Customs agents had a jolly good time messing with me over that. .

[FrCorySticha]

1. (British Columbia - Should rectify this some time)
2. Arizona
3. New Mexico
4. (Northwest Territories)
5. (Nunavut)
6. Alaska

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Florida
Manitoba
Nova Scotia