Australia
ModerateOld Tharwa Road – Namadgi National Park
Real dirt an hour from Canberra.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
New Zealand
ModerateNinety Mile Beach to Cape Reinga – Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē
Drive the tide. Read it wrong once.
Oregon
ModerateSawmill Road to Mount Jefferson Wilderness — Deschutes High Desert Approach via Jack Creek
Volcano country without the crowds — Oregon done right.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Ridgway via Last Dollar Road and the Uncompahgre Plateau
Aspen gold and 14,000-foot peaks above Telluride.
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Ouachita Headwaters — Talimena High Divide via Wilhelmina Ridge
The South's forgotten high-country back road.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the Lost River Valley Desert Floor
Idaho's emptiest valley under its highest peaks.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Beartooth Plateau East Face to Sunlight Basin via Dead Indian Pass and Clarks Fork Divide
The Beartooth nobody drives — Absaroka raw and real.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Dubois via Sheridan Pass and the Wind River Badlands
Painted badlands, sage, and a forgotten Shoshone pass.
Idaho
ModerateSwamp Creek Road to Selway Falls — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness River Canyon Rim via Horse Creek
Wild river. No dams. No crowds. No excuses.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Chico Basin via the Wet Mountains Piedmont Bench
Forgotten Colorado piedmont where the mountains meet the plains.