Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Windjana Gorge to Lennard River Gorge via Napier Range Limestone Corridor
Devonian reef, boabs, and a crossing that bites.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
USA
ModerateEscalante Hole-in-the-Rock Road — Escalante to Lake Powell via the Grand Staircase Slickrock Corridor
Mormon pioneer slickrock — 1879 grit, still no easy way.
UK
ModerateRooftop of Wales — Elan Valley to Rhayader via the Cambrian Mountains High Moorland
Welsh moorland silence, Victorian dams, open bog.
California
ModerateMineral King Road — Three Rivers to Mineral King via Sequoia Backcountry High Valley
Marmots will eat your truck. Park anyway.
Canada
ModerateInuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway — Mackenzie Delta to Arctic Ocean via the World’s Newest All-Season Arctic Road
Drive to the Arctic Ocean. No excuses.
Botswana
ModerateGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, Alternate Entry)
120km of fossilised riverbed and lion country.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Steamboat Springs to Walden via Seedhouse Road and Parkview Mountain
North Park big sky via the Zirkel back door.
Australia
ModerateFlinders Ranges Brachina Gorge Geological Trail — Wilpena Pound to Blinman via the Pound Wall and Brachina Creek
Drive through 600 million years in an afternoon.
British Columbia
ModerateLiard Highway — Fort Nelson to Watson Lake via the Muskwa River and Coal River Hot Springs
Canada's loneliest wilderness highway.
Kenya
ModerateNairobi to Isiolo — Northern Kenya Transition Road via Nanyuki and the Laikipia Plateau
Where Kenya's tarmac ends and Africa begins.