What are the best small towns in America? After traveling across the country and filming hundreds of cities and towns, I decided to rank the 10 BEST small towns I’ve personally visited and filmed.
For this list, I only considered places with populations under 25,000. I started with 21 different towns and scored each one across five categories: Scenery & Setting, Downtown & Architecture, Things to Do, Condition & Upkeep, and Atmosphere & Charm.
From historic coastal towns and mountain destinations to waterfalls, beaches, national parks and Olympic history, these are the places that stood out the most during my travels.
Every location featured in this video was personally visited and filmed by me. This isn’t meant to be a definitive ranking of the best small towns in America—it’s a ranking of the best places I’ve experienced so far.
What small town should I visit next? And which town would you have ranked #1?
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Beehive Trail, Acadia National Park (“Iron Rungs support.jpg”)
Photo: David Fulmer (daveynin) / Wikimedia Commons
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Watkins Glen International racing photo
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction and Methodology
01:36 Honorable Mention – Montpelier, Vermont
03:41 10. Watkins Glen, New York
06:08 9. Gatlinburg, Tennessee
08:47 8. Portsmouth, New Hampshire
11:08 7. Block Island, Rhode Island
14:01 6. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
17:02 5. Newport, Rhode Island
19:40 4. Cape May, New Jersey
22:31 3. St. Augustine, Florida
26:27 2. Bar Harbor, Maine
29:08 1. Lake Placid, New York
33:30 Final Thoughts
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