North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Murphy to Damascus via the North Carolina High Country
Where the TAT earns its dirt — deep Appalachia.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Fjords
The end of the road. Literally.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Beatty via Lida Valley and Bare Mountain
Nevada ghost town belt to Death Valley's back door.
Canada
ModerateTrans-Labrador Highway — Baie-Comeau to Labrador City via the Quebec–Labrador Wilderness
North America's loneliest gravel. No shortcuts.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Inuvik via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Canada's Arctic Circle gravel corridor.
Tennessee
ModerateSawmill Road to Greenbrier — Smokies Backcountry Approach via Old NC-284 and Ramsey Prong
Elk, old homesteads, and Smokies solitude on dirt.
Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Grants Pass via the Illinois Valley and Eight Dollar Mountain
Serpentine barrens and canyon walls in Oregon's deep south.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Cottonwood Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Spine via Skutumpah Road and Willis Creek
Clay badlands and slot canyons on Utah's lonesome bench.
Nebraska
ModerateNiobrara River Valley to Fort Robinson — Pine Ridge Escarpment Back Road via Soldier Creek Canyon
Pine Ridge canyon rims, frontier ghosts, and big Nebraska sky.
Colorado
ModeratePawnee Pass Road to Rawah Wilderness — Medicine Bow High Desert Edge via Browns Park
Outlaw country. No law, no service, no problem.