State in the Southwestern US known for its desert climate, forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees and the Colorado Plateau for its mountain ranges as well as large, deep canyons.

California is known for its notable contributions to popular culture, entertainment and sports, communication, information, innovation, environmentalism, and economics.

State encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains, and is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands.

State in the Western United States located in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the U.S. mainland

State where nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas-Paradise metropolitan area, and is largely desert, much of it within the Great Basin and Mojave Desert, with the Sierra Nevada on the western edge

State in the Southwestern United States, is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains and part of the Four Corners region, with the capital Santa Fe, which is the oldest capital in the US, founded in 1610 and the largest city is Albuquerque and its climate and geography are highly varied, ranging from forested mountains to sparse deserts and the Rio Grande and its fertile valley runs from north-to-south, with one-third of New Mexico's land is federally owned, and the state hosts many protected wilderness areas and national monuments, including three UNESCO World Heritage Sites

State known for its five national parks, 8 national monuments, numerous state parks and monuments, ski resorts, and its capitol city, Salt Lake City.