Moving suggestion for a fresh out-of-college 21M

Hello everyone,

My situation is a case where I'm interested to see better options for living conditions, eventually to get out in the world for myself. I have a degree in Emergency Management with a minor in Occupational Safety, and am pretty flexible with where to live since I love traveling/seeing new areas, as well as job opportunities in the safety field are plentiful.

What I would love to find is an area with lots of outdoor activities, affordable, ~1250/m with my current income. Currently, I don't have any debt from college or car payments, and I don't spend my money excessively as I prefer to invest and go out for food once or so a week. I really love the outdoors, hiking, but at the same time, hanging out with friends and having a nice beer at a local brewery. So I guess if a town was suggested, I'd like for it to be friendly to where I'd be able to meet people friend-wise and possibly have a good dating scene. Not that it matters, because I really don't hold myself strictly to this, but I am a conservative, if a town can lean that way as well. I love driving, so if public transport isn't available, that's not the worst outcome. Any suggestions are welcomed, I'm just getting an idea for where a good spot to move could be.

Thanks everyone!