Ohio. We love Ohio. It has everything anyone could want, with regard to the outdoors.
Best of all, it has water...Huge reservoirs of underground water, and it rains all the time. Basically, it rains from October 1 to June 1. Then, it is dry for a few days, and it rains again. (Snark!) Everything is very green and lush. When we have a drought year, it quickly passes.
Heck, even the "climate change" folks say Ohio will not change much in the next 100+ years.
The very first VA hospital is in Dayton, Ohio. $500,000 in Ohio will buy you a fantastic home, plus acreage. Ohio is very rural, although most people would not know it. Miles and miles of farm land and forest.
My family is from Laurel, Montana. My dad worked in the mines. I would not go back.