I'll vouch for that. I've taken a cruise, and visited Fairbanks and Anchorage during the summer solstice. I'm eager to go back someday. The only issue I had was at the hotel over a bar in Wasilla. 'Nuff said. :-)
My husband’s sister lived in Red River for a few years & absolutely loved it. Some great stories! Everyone in town even knew their dog! He roamed around & was the unofficial mayor!
@@davidkrehbiel2508 alone time is good and all. But not forever alone with your own self and thoughts. That would be very tough to do. Humans are social mammals that crave social interaction. So yes, wanting to be alone like that is definitely not normal. Many people can relate to it though
@Cicero Progontus If You would move to a New Country - and Didnt know the language ? There are many People - that never learn a 2nd language ! Have You ever thought about THAT ?
His name is Christopher Knight, Michael Finkel wrote a book about him; The Stranger in the Woods, the Extraordinary Story of Last True Hermit. He comes very close to encountering other people because he stole clothes and food from a kids summer camp (I think) several times before he was finally caught. I don't remember what his punishment was, I hope it wasn't too harsh. It is a very touching and page-turning story available on Kindle.
I had the same thought I hiked into supai and out two days later. Should've planned for longer, most beautiful place I've ever been. Also, I grew up at #4 on this list, lol.
10. Red River, New Mexico 9. Caribou, Maine 8. Crested Butte, Colorado 7. Point Roberts, Washington 6. Tucumcari, New Mexico 5. Nome, Alaska 4. Ely, Nevada 3. Neah Bay, Washington 2. Angle Inlet, Minnesota 1. Barrow, Alaska
I do admire the guy's persistence. Spending so much time driving to and from to document such places is amazing. Certainly, they're good places to be from.
If you want some truly isolated places (outside of Russia I guess) have a look at a map of Australia. We love that we *really can* get away from it all! You haven't seen a starlit night sky until you've camped in the Australian outback..
there’s a lot of open places in the usa too where there isn’t a light for miles and you can see every star. i mean, australia and the usa are pretty close in size
As an American who has been to Australia several times, I can vouch for our friends down under. It seemed like all of their towns and cities were on the coast. Almost the entire inland is empty for hundreds and hundreds of miles.
Yup, I went thru that Tunnel to get to Whittier and the wildest part is that the ENTIRE town is located in ONE BUILDING!!!! CRAAAAAAAAZY! But I loved it there! : )
10- Red River, New Mexico 09- Caribou, Maine 08- Crested Butte, Colorado 07- Pointe Roberts, Washington 06- Tucumcari, New Mexico 05- Nome, Alaska 04- Ely, Nevada 03 Neah Bay, Washington 02- Angle Inlet, Minnesota 01- Barrow, Alaska
The summer of '78 my family flew from the east coast all the way to California in my father's Piper Cherokee. At one point, while flying across New Mexico, we ran into a thunderstorm. I can still remember how scary it was... landed in in Tucumcari.
While you were talking about Crested Butte, I was wearing my Crested Butte shirt. My family has a cabin there that we visit there sometimes. Great place to be!
Dylan K That’s awesome. I really like Elko. Lamoille canyon is absolutely gorgeous. It’s a shame that a lot of it got burnt last year. Northeastern Nevada is a very special place. There really is nowhere else like it.
Kent I mean it’s alright I moved here from Southern California and it’s pretty I just miss having stores to shop at also wish elko was a little more progressive like the rest of Nevada but it’s getting there didn’t think it got this cold here tho oml 🥶🥶
Ely is not a small town. It is the big city where the residents of the rest of northeast Nevada go for services and amenities. If you want remote in Nevada go to Jarbidge. It has one unpaved road in. If you are lucky it is open on a weekend.
Kotzebue, Alaska is pretty isolated - and life is hard there. No food, no oil, no scenery, no sun - Most stuff comes in by air most of the year because the Arctic Ocean is frozen in Winter, and Winter comes early. I honestly don't know why people live there.
Our family took a road trip several years ago and tried to follow Route 66 as much as we could. One of the best parts was Tucumcari, NM. I wonder if the Blue bird Motel is still there? Another very secluded town is Binford, North Dakota. My husband's grandparents lived there in the 1930s, and the population was the same, about 310 people as it is now.
There's place in Kentucky (Hickman County) that's cut off from the rest of the State. You have to go through Southeastern Missouri and come back through Kentucky to get to it.
This entire video could’ve been done just listing places in Alaska. Think about it: Alaska has the same amount of miles of road as Vermont but we’re over twice the size as Texas!! But I guess it’s nice to include the lower 48 to make them seem special. Hahaha
You forgot Haines Alaska, Jim. Not only do you have to drive through Canada but you have to drive through two (2) Canadian provinces, Yukon Territory and British Columbia, to get to Haines. Don't ask me why but freight is dropped off in Haines and then trucked to Anchorage. Yep, been there and done that it it's a pain in the butt. Gotta' get through Canadian customs, entering YT from Anchorage, then leaving B.C, then American customs, load in Haines, leave export decs at American customs, declare at Canadian customs, B.C. and re-enter US north of Beaver Creek, YT. Tiresome.
No, Anchorage is a year round port so the only thing that I can figure is that there is additional Alaska bound freight from Haines. It's part of the Lyndon Transport network. Lyndon runs ships into Anchorage weekly. I was leased to them for several years and it's a seven day a week grind. Must be available until 3:00 PM daily. Turnpike doubles, two 45' trailers in the winter is a PITA.
Neah Bay averages 110 inches / 2.8 meters of rain a year. The Olympic Peninsula is my favorite place to visit, though only in the ‘dry’ season, aka summer! A little south of town is the Hoh River Trail which I love. It starts near the ridiculously gorgeous craggy coast, proceeds through a rare temperate rain forest, which gets upwards of 160 inches of annual rainfall, and gradually gains altitude until you finally arrive at a glacier! All this can be hiked easily in two enjoyable days on the trail.
LOVE OF PLANTS 🌻 We were in Neah Bay back in 2000. Has got to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Did you know that there are only 2 temperate rain forests in the world? The other one is in Chile. Loved living in the PNW. Incredibly beautiful
How about Jarbidge, NV. There is not a paved road within 20 miles of this towm. The nearest major cities are Elko, NV, 104 miles away, or Twin Falls, ID, 92 miles away. Winter population is about 12 (for the mine) and in summer can grow to about 120 people. The main business in town is the Red Dog Saloon and the town has wooden sidewalks and all of the roads are dirt. It is famous for being the sight of the last stagecoach robbery in the US in 1916.
Mackinac Island off of the coast of Michigan. Get there by ferry during summer months, snow mobile or plane during winter. Totally awesome place. No automobiles on the island, only horse draw carriages, bicycles, or walk.
I was thinking the same thing. I live in the LP and have only drove trough the UP once in my life going to Wisconsin, but I do remember it was a long stretch of nothing but trees or open land getting there.
Red River, lived there around 5 years. One thing you likely didn't know. Scientists from Los Alamos where they developed the nuclear bomb would visit on occasion. A good portion of the residents are formerly from Texas/Oklahoma who've set up shop. Off seasons are fantastic because you get a rest from the tourists. You could walk out on Main Street look both directions and not a car in sight. Oh yeah, off season are when the local drama happens. Sometimes can get rather interesting. In addition to living there I spent most summers vacationing there. Would I want to live there or visit there again. Not particularly. Sometime take a look at Newcastle Wyoming.
It would be low on the list, but Jackson Wy is surprisingly far from any major city. Idaho Falls is about 2 hours away one direction, Riverton (a total dump) about the same in the other. You have Victor Id about a half an hour drive over an insane mountain pass, but it's way smaller. Or a few truckstop towns about an hour and a half away through Hoback canyon. There's three roads into or out of town that are frequently closed in the winter.
Virginia is pretty expansive and once you're out of the Metro DC area, there are lots of small, out of the way towns, especially in the mountainous regions. You might want to do some exploring here in Virginia.
I drive out west once or twice a year and usually stay in Tucumcari, NM. It is, like you said, stuck in the past. They aren't trying to be charming - It's just that it doesn't rain much so old buildings don't rot so fast and why build a new one when the old one's still OK? They have many motels that haven't changed much in the past 50 years, and they're pretty cheap.
When I was about 8 years old my father and uncle took me to Warroad. Minnesota. The was a four way stop sign and a small restaurant and store on one corner for gasoline. We traveled from Thief River Falls and hunted partridge. The store had a rolled top juke box and the people were real friendly. My Dad came from Red Lake Falls and my grandfather named the county seat "Emardville" which is located in the town of Plummer, Minnesota.
Rod Palmer you have to hike down into bottom of a spur in the Grand Canyon. Or charter a helicopter. Population is mainly Supai Indians. Idyllicly beautiful.
@Street Deacon No, the stop typing comments were to call out all the pretentious assholes on youtube that can't exist without making annoying comments. If it offended you, chances are, you're one of them.
@@gennaropupa5599 : Perhaps...but each segment would last only three minutes, in which case, is it really worth the trouble of "stoppin' by?" Now, if that 'funny feller' were able to fill the time with more esoteric facts or history, THAT would be ideal! Still, his original idea for this series of segments is just a great one. kris k.
Incorrect, the northernmost town on earth that is not a research facility or military base is Longyearbyen, located on the archipelago of Svalbard, a land owned by Norway.
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 kilometres (508 mi)from the North Pole (as per Wikipedia)
I'm from Guam, but spent a part of my childhood in Bicknell Indiana. It was cool living near the wife of the city's founder. One of those towns that young people hurry to move out.
I've read Guam has so many snakes there are no birds! Did you encounter a lot of snakes? I knew a guy from Guam. He taught me they're known as Chomoran (sp?)
Good video, The sad thing is I will never know what life is like in Barrow Alaska. As I don't like cold like that . So I will just stay where I'm at . I really did like your video. Who would have thought right. U.S.A. ALL THE WAY. 😀👍🇺🇸
What about Dutch Harbor, Alaska? Waaaaay out on the Aleutian chain of islands, its main industries are fishing and canning. To get from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor: Drive southeast a couple hundred miles to where you can't drive anymore. Take a ferry. Take another ferry. Keep taking ferries, 7 in all. Arrive in Dutch Harbor 3 days later. Or drop a thousand bucks each for a 2 1/2 hour flight. Might be cheaper than the ferries....
Being that I too am a senior citizen Elie (SP?) seems nice to me. The prisoners are in the jail, right? Who cares. Seclusion is very nice when one reaches older years. Medical is a concern though. Retirees need and want peace and quiet. We been there and have done that nonsense already and it gets a person no where. You'll see.
How about a video on "10 cities with the best/safest water". Or "10 cities with no nuclear reactors/power plants". Or "10 cities with lowers elevations", "10 cities with highest elevations". "10 cities with the highest legal gun ownership"."10 states with the worst polluted lakes". "10 states or cities with the worst beach erosion". BTW: I Love Tucumcari, NM. Not much there, but the people are the nicest I have come across. I am a military brat & travel nurse...I've traveled all over this country. So, I've lived everywhere...lol. Gypsy at heart.
I am English and was amazed that a friend of mine travels 12 hours to go to the Orthodox Church in Canada! The distances are mind boggling for us who are never more than 70 miles from the sea in the UK!
FYI - you don't have to take a ferry to get to Seattle from Neah Bay. You can drive down through Bremerton and then across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge out to I-5 then up to Seattle.
Caribou Maine is about 25 miles from Grand Falls New Brunswick population of over 5000. Plus there are at least a dozen other towns all less than a hours drive away...LOL.
So, what about the Aleutian Islands....??? Adak, Alaska use to have a Navy port there...and is further away from Anchorage than Barrow. And then, there is Guam. It may be a territory...but it is apart of the US......Then...back to Alaska...Diomede Island...a small island that sits in the Bearing Straight, between Alaska and Russia.....and there are hundreds of little villages through out Alaska that are more remote than any town that you mentioned that are in the main part of the US (the Lower 48).....
Greetings from Nicaragua. New subscriber here. During the 20 years I lived in the States I took several cross country trips but now I wish I would have taken more back roads. I'll be using your videos as reference as soon as I go back. Thanks !
you forgot to mention that Ely is the beginning of the loneliest highway in America, U S highway rt 50 between Ely and Fallon, NV. I saw 8 cars in 4 hrs. traveling westbound from 8am till noon on a Saturday mourning.
U.S 60 between Mountainair and Encino New Mexico, only about an hour drive but if you pass anyone else you may be considered lucky... pretty lonely out there!
I have one to consider if you do a revised version. It is Cordova, AK. It is on a peninsula with no road access. There use to be a train but a 1964 earthquake took out the "million dollar" bridge and the cost of rebuilding it was prohibitive. The only access is ferry (during the summer) or plane. I know about Cordova because I interviewed for a job there in 2015.
I'm not sure I would include *any* town in Alaska that has regular service with Alaska Airlines, as there are plenty of towns to choose from which aren't served by Alaska Air. Nome and Barrow are pretty secluded by usual standards, but by Alaskan standards they are easy to get to. There are plenty of smaller towns in Alaska that you have to fly by jet to Nome or Barrow first, and then hop on a smaller plane to actually get to. At least in Cordova you have the option of getting there by ferry, most towns don't even have that option, and it's less than an hour flight time from Anchorage. By Alaskan standards, not secluded at all. When I lived in Nome in 2000-2002, we definitely had internet (I ran one of the ISP's in town, nome.net) and I was active in the satellite budding internet business. The towns we flew to, like White Mountain, to install satellite service were definitely more secluded than Nome or Barrow. Nowadays there are a chain of microwave towers which provide real terrestrial high speed internet to Nome and many other communities.
I live in the Scottish Highlands, I'm about a 3 hour drive to the nearest village, and that's when the weather is good. It's just me my girlfriend dogs hills and woods .
There is an actual town called Kremlin (in Montana - where I used to live) should be included - it's about 2-2.5 hours from the sprawling metropolis of Great Falls!
Thank you for the video footage. All I imagine is going somewhere secluded to relax for a few days/weeks. Total piece of mind. However just as I have concerns about driving in the 'deep south' bc of old mindsets, I have the same apprehension about traveling to any of these places. Prejudice is rampant in big cities. I'd hate to go somewhere and narrowly escape being skinned or lynched.
I've seen Supai, AZ commented a couple times, and totally should be on this list. Another is Diomede, AK. The only town on the island in the middle of the Bering Straight. Another few that came to my mind are Key West, FL Kalaupapa, HI and Acoma Pueblo, NM.
I was there from 1986 to 1989 at the Coast Guard Loran Station, I used to love walking "downtown" Caribou on Christmas eve during snow falling. I miss it, and yes it was beautiful. Best regards from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
When you're in Crested Butte during ski season and are overrun with skiers, or in the summer when you're overrun with hikers and other outdoor adventurers, just keep telling yourself that you're in one of the most remote places in the U.S.
When I drove thru Ely, NV in 1998, I saw a three story house for sale at a modest price of around $23,000 I think. I went in, not with intention to buy, but just to see how it was constructed. Even some of the molding was hand carved. What impressed me was that if the house was split up and carted to and reinstalled on an empty lot in, say, San Francisco, it could easily have been placed on the market for one to two million.
Barrow is definitely NOT a five and a half hour flight from Anchorage. I've flown there twice and it's somewhere in the range of an hour and a half to two hours on Alaska Airlines.
Deer river is not such a bad little town but it is not isolated--- it is right on highway 2 which is a high traffic main drag from Duluth to grand forks and is only maybe 10 or 12 miles from grand Rapids which is a fair sized town with all the amenities
Kenton Oklahoma nearest Walmart is 100 miles away in Guymon Ok, nearest town is Boise City population 1,500 only 1 hwy goes through it and it's in a different time zone then the rest of Oklahoma they are on mountain time while the rest of Ok is on central time.
walmart? i can name you 20 towns and villages in Alaska that has no walmart or any other big box store. and where your groceries are flown in, making a fresh salad but a dream!
Tazewell Virginia is remote enough when the nearest Walmart, interstate, decent hospital, shopping mall is 30 minutes away by car, the nearest commercial airport is 90 minutes away by car and the nearest major city in any direction is a 6 hour drive (Columbus Ohio, Nashville TN, and Richmond. VA).
Well, if no one else is gonna make mention of noticing your beaver puns, well then by golly, I will, lol. And I liked that joke at the end about the guy walking in to the bar.
Alaska is amazing no matter where you go. The remoteness of it is what makes it even better. The fewer people the better.
Alaska IS GREAT !
I'll vouch for that. I've taken a cruise, and visited Fairbanks and Anchorage during the summer solstice. I'm eager to go back someday. The only issue I had was at the hotel over a bar in Wasilla. 'Nuff said. :-)
Wow! U have the same last name as me. U must be French-Canadian.
What about living in Dutch Harbor?
I couldn't agree more. People ruin everything.
My husband’s sister lived in Red River for a few years & absolutely loved it. Some great stories! Everyone in town even knew their dog! He roamed around & was the unofficial mayor!
Nothing wrong with living in the woods and not talking to anybody for 27 years. Pretty awesome actually.
Been to ME during the winter? He's a nut.
Until you need money or healthcare
Thanks to Corona ! Home Alone for 27 years ! A REAL PIONEER SPIRIT !
@@infinite3995 Or relationships or help. I don't get the fascination with being alone. The desire to live and die alone is not normal.
@@davidkrehbiel2508 alone time is good and all. But not forever alone with your own self and thoughts. That would be very tough to do. Humans are social mammals that crave social interaction. So yes, wanting to be alone like that is definitely not normal. Many people can relate to it though
3:00 Guy hasn't talked to anybody in 27 years. No one around to aggravate him, doesn't sound bad at all.
LOl. Yep, sounds like heaven!
27 years - if He had Nothing to say ? Just asking !
@Cicero Progontus If You would move to a New Country - and Didnt know the language ? There are many People - that never learn a 2nd language ! Have You ever thought about THAT ?
His name is Christopher Knight, Michael Finkel wrote a book about him; The Stranger in the Woods, the Extraordinary Story of Last True Hermit. He comes very close to encountering other people because he stole clothes and food from a kids summer camp (I think) several times before he was finally caught. I don't remember what his punishment was, I hope it wasn't too harsh. It is a very touching and page-turning story available on Kindle.
Is The Books name - Walk into Wild ?
I lived in Caribou, Maine as a kid! I remember we went to Canada for most things.
How is the life there?
How far is The Border ?
@@holoholopainen1627 about ten minutes by car
@@ThugShakers4Christ Which Country is cheaper to buy Goods ?
Christopher M simple, slow, stuck back in 1980, cold, sad......
Supia, Arizona, 3 hour drive out of Flagstaff then another 8 mile walk. They have no roads. Mail is delivered by mule train.
I had the same thought I hiked into supai and out two days later. Should've planned for longer, most beautiful place I've ever been. Also, I grew up at #4 on this list, lol.
Great - IS IT sunny thru Out The year ? You Have TV and Radio ?
Supia is a pretty secluded place.
@@nakayummy What was wrorg with The place ? Are You just used to too GOOD ?
Joe Bland he is correct. Both Supai Az and Phantom Ranch have US mail that is served by Mule.
10. Red River, New Mexico
9. Caribou, Maine
8. Crested Butte, Colorado
7. Point Roberts, Washington
6. Tucumcari, New Mexico
5. Nome, Alaska
4. Ely, Nevada
3. Neah Bay, Washington
2. Angle Inlet, Minnesota
1. Barrow, Alaska
Azure Mapping timestamps please
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And we wonder why Stephen King living in Maine doesn't have to try hard to write Stranger Than Fiction horror stories.
I do admire the guy's persistence. Spending so much time driving to and from to document such places is amazing. Certainly, they're good places to be from.
If you want some truly isolated places (outside of Russia I guess) have a look at a map of Australia. We love that we *really can* get away from it all!
You haven't seen a starlit night sky until you've camped in the Australian outback..
there’s a lot of open places in the usa too where there isn’t a light for miles and you can see every star. i mean, australia and the usa are pretty close in size
As an American who has been to Australia several times, I can vouch for our friends down under. It seemed like all of their towns and cities were on the coast. Almost the entire inland is empty for hundreds and hundreds of miles.
@@danielmoore1232 not only that but, Ozzy Man lives there.
@@maggiee.1105 where are they?
I lived in white cliffs nsw for seven months. 12 hour drive from Sydney. It was absolutely amazing.
Whittier, Alaska.
You have to go through a tunnel to get to it. A tunnel that closes at night.
Yup, I went thru that Tunnel to get to Whittier and the wildest part is that the ENTIRE town is located in ONE BUILDING!!!! CRAAAAAAAAZY! But I loved it there! : )
Lol. Wittier barely counts as a town. It's one building
@@TalenGryphon IT IS The ONLY one - with No Neigbours ! Many People Dont like Their Neigbours anyway ? More Space for Dogs & Cats !
I spent the night of July 4, 1981 in Barrow AK. There were still ice floes offshore. The sun never set all night long.
"This train will stop in Tucumcari."
Lee Van Cleef in For a Few Dollars More.
... and the subject of so many songs.
Train doesn't stop here anymore
10- Red River, New Mexico
09- Caribou, Maine
08- Crested Butte, Colorado
07- Pointe Roberts, Washington
06- Tucumcari, New Mexico
05- Nome, Alaska
04- Ely, Nevada
03 Neah Bay, Washington
02- Angle Inlet, Minnesota
01- Barrow, Alaska
I know. I watched it too.
I have family members who live in Barrow AK
Thank you.
The summer of '78 my family flew from the east coast all the way to California in my father's Piper Cherokee. At one point, while flying across New Mexico, we ran into a thunderstorm. I can still remember how scary it was... landed in in Tucumcari.
While you were talking about Crested Butte, I was wearing my Crested Butte shirt. My family has a cabin there that we visit there sometimes. Great place to be!
The crusty butt!
Ely, NV is one the prettiest small towns I’ve ever seen. It’s a really unique place.
Kent I live in elko not to far from ely ahaha
Jeremy Mettler bro ion know wtf you talking about
Dylan K That’s awesome. I really like Elko. Lamoille canyon is absolutely gorgeous. It’s a shame that a lot of it got burnt last year. Northeastern Nevada is a very special place. There really is nowhere else like it.
Kent I mean it’s alright I moved here from Southern California and it’s pretty I just miss having stores to shop at also wish elko was a little more progressive like the rest of Nevada but it’s getting there didn’t think it got this cold here tho oml 🥶🥶
Ely is not a small town. It is the big city where the residents of the rest of northeast Nevada go for services and amenities. If you want remote in Nevada go to Jarbidge. It has one unpaved road in. If you are lucky it is open on a weekend.
Kotzebue, Alaska is pretty isolated - and life is hard there. No food, no oil, no scenery, no sun - Most stuff comes in by air most of the year because the Arctic Ocean is frozen in Winter, and Winter comes early. I honestly don't know why people live there.
ROGER2095 It’s home to many natives and has been for many many generations. It’s their home.
No phone, no lights, no motorcar, not a single luxury...
@@frankkolton1780 "Like Robinson Crusoe, it's primitive as can be." I'm sure the natives like it that way.
Do They Play / Ice hockey There ?
Well, about to watch this in 2021 and figure out where I need to move to!
I started watching this thinking I probably haven't been to any of these, and then boom so far I have been to 3.
If there's a Dollar General Store then it's on the map.
Our family took a road trip several years ago and tried to follow Route 66 as much as we could. One of the best parts was Tucumcari, NM. I wonder if the Blue bird Motel is still there?
Another very secluded town is Binford, North Dakota. My husband's grandparents lived there in the 1930s, and the population was the same, about 310 people as it is now.
It's called the blue swallow motel and is still in business .
It's still there - I just went through
@@thomasfletcher4109
That might be where I stayed on my way to Vegas. Cinder block bathroom walls.
I'VE BEEN AROUND HUMAN BEINGS ALL MY LIFE AND HAVN'T HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE FOR 28 YEARS SO I HAVE THE MAINE HERMIT BEAT BY A YEAR
But You are doing fine ? Thats The main Thing ! Maine IS GREAT - outdoors and Good People !
Good for you. Congratulations.
Janice Livingston ~ 😅👍
Maybe it's because you were talking in all CAPS, might have turned them off 😂
@@danielmccauley5512 hahahahaha 😄😄😄😄😄
Good choice for #1. Barrow is as cold and as isolated as it gets. Like somewhere in Siberia.
There's place in Kentucky (Hickman County) that's cut off from the rest of the State. You have to go through Southeastern Missouri and come back through Kentucky to get to it.
Guess you could say the residents are called hicks?
Yeah, but in contrast to Point Roberts, Washington and Angle Inlet, Minnesota you don't need a passport to enter or leave the place.
Can i go there if im not white? Im spanish lol
Are you talking about the Kentucky Bend? If so, that's in Fulton County.
This entire video could’ve been done just listing places in Alaska. Think about it: Alaska has the same amount of miles of road as Vermont but we’re over twice the size as Texas!! But I guess it’s nice to include the lower 48 to make them seem special. Hahaha
And yet you still have more people than VT. Heck, there are even a few towns in Vermont with a population of 0.
You forgot Haines Alaska, Jim. Not only do you have to drive through Canada but you have to drive through two (2) Canadian provinces, Yukon Territory and British Columbia, to get to Haines. Don't ask me why but freight is dropped off in Haines and then trucked to Anchorage. Yep, been there and done that it it's a pain in the butt. Gotta' get through Canadian customs, entering YT from Anchorage, then leaving B.C, then American customs, load in Haines, leave export decs at American customs, declare at Canadian customs, B.C. and re-enter US north of Beaver Creek, YT. Tiresome.
The Anchorage Port is not open year round. However, that drive from Haines to Tok is amazingly beautiful in the winter.
No, Anchorage is a year round port so the only thing that I can figure is that there is additional Alaska bound freight from Haines. It's part of the Lyndon Transport network. Lyndon runs ships into Anchorage weekly. I was leased to them for several years and it's a seven day a week grind. Must be available until 3:00 PM daily. Turnpike doubles, two 45' trailers in the winter is a PITA.
You get to meet alot of People - this Way ! Nice to Have People working for Your country US / Can !
good info, fyi Yukon is not a province, just fyi.
on a typical work day, have you ever cross-threaded your piss jug?
Neah Bay averages 110 inches / 2.8 meters of rain a year. The Olympic Peninsula is my favorite place to visit, though only in the ‘dry’ season, aka summer! A little south of town is the Hoh River Trail which I love. It starts near the ridiculously gorgeous craggy coast, proceeds through a rare temperate rain forest, which gets upwards of 160 inches of annual rainfall, and gradually gains altitude until you finally arrive at a glacier! All this can be hiked easily in two enjoyable days on the trail.
LOVE OF PLANTS 🌻 We were in Neah Bay back in 2000. Has got to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Did you know that there are only 2 temperate rain forests in the world? The other one is in Chile. Loved living in the PNW. Incredibly beautiful
Ely is the only one of these towns that I have been to. I recommend the Huevos Rancheros at the Hotel Casino.
How about Jarbidge, NV. There is not a paved road within 20 miles of this towm. The nearest major cities are Elko, NV, 104 miles away, or Twin Falls, ID, 92 miles away. Winter population is about 12 (for the mine) and in summer can grow to about 120 people. The main business in town is the Red Dog Saloon and the town has wooden sidewalks and all of the roads are dirt. It is famous for being the sight of the last stagecoach robbery in the US in 1916.
Mackinac Island off of the coast of Michigan. Get there by ferry during summer months, snow mobile or plane during winter. Totally awesome place. No automobiles on the island, only horse draw carriages, bicycles, or walk.
lapetitemoma Drummond Island (just North East a bit), is far more remote, less populated and much more beautiful.
YEP NO CARS ALLOWED
You mean like Back at The Old Good Days ?
the whole UP of Michigan is pretty much secluded outside of Marquette, St St Marie, and Escanaba. I'm from there I know.
I was thinking the same thing. I live in the LP and have only drove trough the UP once in my life going to Wisconsin, but I do remember it was a long stretch of nothing but trees or open land getting there.
Red River, lived there around 5 years. One thing you likely didn't know. Scientists from Los Alamos where they developed the nuclear bomb would visit on occasion. A good portion of the residents are formerly from Texas/Oklahoma who've set up shop. Off seasons are fantastic because you get a rest from the tourists. You could walk out on Main Street look both directions and not a car in sight. Oh yeah, off season are when the local drama happens. Sometimes can get rather interesting. In addition to living there I spent most summers vacationing there. Would I want to live there or visit there again. Not particularly. Sometime take a look at Newcastle Wyoming.
Thatswhy Nobody knows about Red River !
It would be low on the list, but Jackson Wy is surprisingly far from any major city. Idaho Falls is about 2 hours away one direction, Riverton (a total dump) about the same in the other. You have Victor Id about a half an hour drive over an insane mountain pass, but it's way smaller. Or a few truckstop towns about an hour and a half away through Hoback canyon. There's three roads into or out of town that are frequently closed in the winter.
Well done. I enjoyed learning about these out of the way places. Love your sense of humor!
Virginia is pretty expansive and once you're out of the Metro DC area, there are lots of small, out of the way towns, especially in the mountainous regions. You might want to do some exploring here in Virginia.
How in the world did you miss Stehekin, Washington? The only way to get there is by a 55 mile long ferry trip.
IS Fishing Any goood ?
Love Stehekin. Canoed there once.
@@bbarber1066 Glad that You made IT Back ! So IT Isnt The End of The Road !
@Paul Freedom IS There Anything on RUclips about those ? IT Would Be nice to see !
Plus Point Roberts is close to Bellingham
I drive out west once or twice a year and usually stay in Tucumcari, NM. It is, like you said, stuck in the past. They aren't trying to be charming - It's just that it doesn't rain much so old buildings don't rot so fast and why build a new one when the old one's still OK? They have many motels that haven't changed much in the past 50 years, and they're pretty cheap.
I've been to Tuccumcari 5 times,not to bad ,they wre supposed to get a Race track,I wonder if they did?-Stacy Strout.
You ran the stop sign in Barrow, Alaska 🤣👍
And Galena Alaska
When I was about 8 years old my father and uncle took me to Warroad. Minnesota. The was a four way stop sign and a small restaurant and store on one corner for gasoline. We traveled from Thief River Falls and hunted partridge. The store had a rolled top juke box and the people were real friendly. My Dad came from Red Lake Falls and my grandfather named the county seat "Emardville" which is located in the town of Plummer, Minnesota.
Thank you for sharing secluded small town/city in the USA.
"Nothing worse than someone poaching your beaver." Lol, I'm dying! 😂
The most secluded place in the lower 48. Supai, AZ.
Patrick, would you consider Supai a worthy destination as a cool place to visit?
Rod Palmer
you have to hike down into bottom of a spur in the Grand Canyon. Or charter a helicopter. Population is mainly Supai Indians. Idyllicly beautiful.
Helen Patterson
thank you for your reply, will be something to put on the tourist agenda. :)
Yes Supai needs to be on the list.
Yeah, I watched the video with Supai in mind. It's an amazing place.
You used my Tucumcari footage at 5:45 - 6:32, not that I mind so much but giving me credit for it would be the proper thing to do.
Hey, I am sorry about that. I have a friend who is a trucker that sends me footage. I think I thought that was his. I will put you on my title.
Thank you.
If you don't mind me using other footage of yours I will give you credit and a link in the description and while your portion of the video plays.
That would be fine, thank you for asking!
Thank you
Point Roberts, WA is one of my favorite places of all time, it's beautiful and small. I love it up there. 🙂♥️
Lot of "beaver" jokes, but they all fell flat.....
@Street Deacon No, the stop typing comments were to call out all the pretentious assholes on youtube that can't exist without making annoying comments. If it offended you, chances are, you're one of them.
Would be better without the ridiculous attempt at humour.
@@gennaropupa5599 : Perhaps...but each segment would last only three minutes, in which case, is it really worth the trouble of "stoppin' by?" Now, if that 'funny feller' were able to fill the time with more esoteric facts or history, THAT would be ideal! Still, his original idea for this series of segments is just a great one. kris k.
All of Briggs' jokes fall flat. The funniest thing he has ever said was when he called himself a comedian.
You forgot Dalhart Tx. They are 40 miles from a Walmart and 80 miles from Amarillo Tx.
Dede Pyle It’s funny you base it on........how far the town is from a Wal Mart!!
No place in Tennessee is more than 7 miles from a dollar store
Have you done one on small town hidden gems? EUREKA SPRINGS AR #1
Incorrect, the northernmost town on earth that is not a research facility or military base is Longyearbyen, located on the archipelago of Svalbard, a land owned by Norway.
Exactly, it has a commercial airport too. This guy just spouts off crap off the top of his head, just making stuff up
He said in the US lol
this vlog was most secluded US towns, not most secluded in the world
Alert NWT isn't America, but it is the most northernmost in North America
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 kilometres (508 mi)from the North Pole (as per Wikipedia)
I'm from Guam, but spent a part of my childhood in Bicknell Indiana. It was cool living near the wife of the city's founder. One of those towns that young people hurry to move out.
I've read Guam has so many snakes there are no birds! Did you encounter a lot of snakes? I knew a guy from Guam. He taught me they're known as Chomoran (sp?)
Hafa adai!
@@PancakesMusicLife Hafa Adai!
@@NellieBelle we're Chamorro although some committee changed it to Chåmoru in recent years.
Could have been worse, could have been Decker, IN
"Viewer Version" was good, too (beaver!). Nice job on these; lots of info, a bit of humor, interesting side-comments, and good voice moderation.
You are so very funny!! This was so interesting. This is my first time here and I will definitely sub.
1 night stand for 3 months 😯🙍🏾♂️ that joke was priceless though 🤣
Good video, The sad thing is I will never know what life is like in Barrow Alaska. As I don't like cold like that . So I will just stay where I'm at . I really did like your video. Who would have thought right. U.S.A. ALL THE WAY. 😀👍🇺🇸
Clothes - You ADD Clothes - when The Sun doesnt warm You ! 12 months - but Not all are below zero / like at Summer !
What about Dutch Harbor, Alaska? Waaaaay out on the Aleutian chain of islands, its main industries are fishing and canning. To get from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor: Drive southeast a couple hundred miles to where you can't drive anymore. Take a ferry. Take another ferry. Keep taking ferries, 7 in all. Arrive in Dutch Harbor 3 days later. Or drop a thousand bucks each for a 2 1/2 hour flight. Might be cheaper than the ferries....
I've been to Tucumcari! I loved it! Stayed two nights in their route 66 motel! And Dels Restaurant down the street from there, 👍👍👍
Being that I too am a senior citizen Elie (SP?) seems nice to me. The prisoners are in the jail, right? Who cares. Seclusion is very nice when one reaches older years. Medical is a concern though. Retirees need and want peace and quiet. We been there and have done that nonsense already and it gets a person no where. You'll see.
Columbus, Ohio checking in
Love your voice.
New sub : )
Man, you need to visit Wyomin'! On second thought - don’t 😎
wyoming doesnt exist
I've been to crested butte!!! It's so insanely gorgeous
I imagine the powder skiing is insane as well!
You are funny, thanks for the laughs! :)
How about a video on "10 cities with the best/safest water". Or "10 cities with no nuclear reactors/power plants". Or "10 cities with lowers elevations", "10 cities with highest elevations". "10 cities with the highest legal gun ownership"."10 states with the worst polluted lakes". "10 states or cities with the worst beach erosion".
BTW: I Love Tucumcari, NM. Not much there, but the people are the nicest I have come across. I am a military brat & travel nurse...I've traveled all over this country. So, I've lived everywhere...lol. Gypsy at heart.
77Wells homophobes are usually self-loathing homosexuals themselves...anything you wanna share 😂😂😂
ASG66 the fact that you replied with hostility just proves my point. Come out already. No one cares Chad, really they don’t.
Amazing the number of towns on your list I have either been to or lived in. Nome was a nice place to live, but I liked Barrow better.
World Travellers - The Nice & Cool Places only ?
NOME ALASKA HAS HAD BROAD BAND FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS. GCI.
Just another internet "guru" wanting to impress but doing nothing but spouting lies and factual failures.
Great - Now You know - what IS Going on in The World !
Nome should have search and rescue for icebreakers.
I am English and was amazed that a friend of mine travels 12 hours to go to the Orthodox Church in Canada! The distances are mind boggling for us who are never more than 70 miles from the sea in the UK!
FYI - you don't have to take a ferry to get to Seattle from Neah Bay. You can drive down through Bremerton and then across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge out to I-5 then up to Seattle.
@77Wells - Well, aren't you clever
Caribou Maine is about 25 miles from Grand Falls New Brunswick population of over 5000. Plus there are at least a dozen other towns all less than a hours drive away...LOL.
He said that. A bunch of tiny towns but no real town. Idiot.
“...snowed in with no beaver.” Priceless comment!
Bawhahaha!
So, what about the Aleutian Islands....??? Adak, Alaska use to have a Navy port there...and is further away from Anchorage than Barrow. And then, there is Guam. It may be a territory...but it is apart of the US......Then...back to Alaska...Diomede Island...a small island that sits in the Bearing Straight, between Alaska and Russia.....and there are hundreds of little villages through out Alaska that are more remote than any town that you mentioned that are in the main part of the US (the Lower 48).....
Greetings from Nicaragua. New subscriber here. During the 20 years I lived in the States I took several cross country trips but now I wish I would have taken more back roads. I'll be using your videos as reference as soon as I go back. Thanks !
Great video! Crested Butte was great but you really had me at Pt. Roberts!
you forgot to mention that Ely is the beginning of the loneliest highway in America, U S highway rt 50 between Ely and Fallon, NV. I saw 8 cars in 4 hrs. traveling westbound from 8am till noon on a Saturday mourning.
I rode the "Loneliest Highway in America" US 50 and stayed in Ely, the day Pat Nixon died. Turns out she was from Ely.
RIP Pat Nixon
U.S 60 between Mountainair and Encino New Mexico, only about an hour drive but if you pass anyone else you may be considered lucky... pretty lonely out there!
US 50 runs Delta Utah to Fernley Nevada. It's a spooky route for a trucker like me.
@@russelllangille5969 Nixon was Great ! Did alot - some great things !
I have one to consider if you do a revised version. It is Cordova, AK. It is on a peninsula with no road access. There use to be a train but a 1964 earthquake took out the "million dollar" bridge and the cost of rebuilding it was prohibitive. The only access is ferry (during the summer) or plane. I know about Cordova because I interviewed for a job there in 2015.
Roy Davis - Did You get The Job ?
Doing what?
I'm not sure I would include *any* town in Alaska that has regular service with Alaska Airlines, as there are plenty of towns to choose from which aren't served by Alaska Air. Nome and Barrow are pretty secluded by usual standards, but by Alaskan standards they are easy to get to. There are plenty of smaller towns in Alaska that you have to fly by jet to Nome or Barrow first, and then hop on a smaller plane to actually get to. At least in Cordova you have the option of getting there by ferry, most towns don't even have that option, and it's less than an hour flight time from Anchorage. By Alaskan standards, not secluded at all.
When I lived in Nome in 2000-2002, we definitely had internet (I ran one of the ISP's in town, nome.net) and I was active in the satellite budding internet business. The towns we flew to, like White Mountain, to install satellite service were definitely more secluded than Nome or Barrow. Nowadays there are a chain of microwave towers which provide real terrestrial high speed internet to Nome and many other communities.
Jarbidge Nevada should be on the list. 2 to 3 hours from anywhere population 20 and the the sight of the last stagecoach robbery in the USA
Did They FIND Out - WHO Did The last one ? - or Did They Go hiding / Out of The Country ?
I live in the Scottish Highlands, I'm about a 3 hour drive to the nearest village, and that's when the weather is good. It's just me my girlfriend dogs hills and woods .
Living rent free in the woods inside a carved out tree works for me!
There is an actual town called Kremlin (in Montana - where I used to live) should be included - it's about 2-2.5 hours from the sprawling metropolis of Great Falls!
Diomede is also a great example of a secluded town.
Finn is Mediocre Absolutely. It’s also the only town in the US where Russia is visible.
Thank you for the video footage. All I imagine is going somewhere secluded to relax for a few days/weeks. Total piece of mind. However just as I have concerns about driving in the 'deep south' bc of old mindsets, I have the same apprehension about traveling to any of these places. Prejudice is rampant in big cities. I'd hate to go somewhere and narrowly escape being skinned or lynched.
This town has no roads, no airport, and mules are used to transport goods. This is Supai, AZ. Check this place out.
lol you had too much fun with the beaver thing haha, i loved it, gereat fun vids im really enjoying them ;-)
I've seen Supai, AZ commented a couple times, and totally should be on this list. Another is Diomede, AK. The only town on the island in the middle of the Bering Straight. Another few that came to my mind are Key West, FL Kalaupapa, HI and Acoma Pueblo, NM.
I drove from Albuquerque NM where I lived at the time to Acoma Pueblo at 6 AM Christmas morning to be at the indian Dances....amazing experience.
Lmao pueblo. I lived there a couple times.
Warroad, MN, might be a "glorified truckstop", but they dominate in high school hockey.
Warroad is a nice town, this narrator is an ignorant putz.
Warroad is Hockeytown USA....despite what Detroit likes to think.
It actually is a pretty decent town, and I would be willing to bet that the local ice arena is open 24/7/365
caribou is my home town! It really is beautiful!
I was there from 1986 to 1989 at the Coast Guard Loran Station, I used to love walking "downtown" Caribou on Christmas eve during snow falling. I miss it, and yes it was beautiful. Best regards from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
I'm from Washburn myself. Lived on the Caribou Rd.
When you're in Crested Butte during ski season and are overrun with skiers, or in the summer when you're overrun with hikers and other outdoor adventurers, just keep telling yourself that you're in one of the most remote places in the U.S.
When I drove thru Ely, NV in 1998, I saw a three story house for sale at a modest price of around $23,000 I think. I went in, not with intention to buy, but just to see how it was constructed. Even some of the molding was hand carved. What impressed me was that if the house was split up and carted to and reinstalled on an empty lot in, say, San Francisco, it could easily have been placed on the market for one to two million.
Winnemucca, Nevada - a truck stop and not much else, in the middle of nowhere.
Tal Keetna....love that town...has anyone noticed what your "name" actually is? It's also pretty nice up there....
Winnemucca put on World Map ! How Many People ?
Wells Nevada to
Sneedville, Tennessee beats all these...research it. Sneedville is home to the Melungeons.
What / WHO are Those ? Melungeons ? IS IT a Cult / or Food ? Thanks
You've been to Maine?
@@joesphschramm3754 I Have Been / If that was for Me ! L.L Bean & Bangor etc etc Fishing !
No, it was to M60 Sneedville guy
@@joesphschramm3754 Ok / Thanks - Lets Listen what he has to say !
You forgot Paisley, OR. It is a 5 and a half hour drive on a forest road from Eugene, I think
THANK YOU FOR PRONOUNCING ELY CORRECTLY!!!
Barrow is definitely NOT a five and a half hour flight from Anchorage. I've flown there twice and it's somewhere in the range of an hour and a half to two hours on Alaska Airlines.
I knew you would of had a town from Lake of the Woods Minnesota!
How about Vemillion,Minn. ,very small town-Stacy Strout.
I lived in Deer River, MN. Less than 900 people. Smallest town I've seen.
Deer river is not such a bad little town but it is not isolated--- it is right on highway 2 which is a high traffic main drag from Duluth to grand forks and is only maybe 10 or 12 miles from grand Rapids which is a fair sized town with all the amenities
I ski at crested butte. Lake city colorado could have made the list
I used to live in Lake City.
I would think lake city would have made it more than crested butte.
Kenton Oklahoma nearest Walmart is 100 miles away in Guymon Ok, nearest town is Boise City population 1,500 only 1 hwy goes through it and it's in a different time zone then the rest of Oklahoma they are on mountain time while the rest of Ok is on central time.
walmart? i can name you 20 towns and villages in Alaska that has no walmart or any other big box store. and where your groceries are flown in, making a fresh salad but a dream!
Amen from a fellow Alaskan. Walmart is an overnight trip for us--unheard of for our Lower 48 brethren.
Enjoy your videos!!! I did subscribe too!! Loved Washington state.
Tazewell Virginia is remote enough when the nearest Walmart, interstate, decent hospital, shopping mall is 30 minutes away by car, the nearest commercial airport is 90 minutes away by car and the nearest major city in any direction is a 6 hour drive (Columbus Ohio, Nashville TN, and Richmond. VA).
Well, if no one else is gonna make mention of noticing your beaver puns, well then by golly, I will, lol. And I liked that joke at the end about the guy walking in to the bar.
Jay hes from Oregon, the Beaver State. I would expect some beaver jokes.
Reminds me of the supposedly most salacious line ever on TV, from Leave It To Beaver: "Ward, weren't you a little hard on the Beaver last night?"
Barrow has recently changed its name back to its original Title "Utqiagvik" ,...thought you might like to know.
How is that pronounced?
bruh eh close enuff
30 Days of Night freaked me out. Not sure I can step foot in Barrow. 🥶
The fact that Point Roberts is under an hour away from a major city (Vancouver), I wouldn't call it isolated.
It's a long way from a real country (Canada isn't a real country).
@@Bigfishfun333 how's that?
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world. Was part of the dew line.
Wile ECoyote I know