Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Hog Canyon Road to Paria Plateau via House Rock Valley
Vermilion Cliffs rim and bison country below.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Alabama
ModerateLonesome Highway — Jemison Creek Road to Cheaha Mountain via Talladega National Forest Backbone
Alabama's high ridge on red Appalachian clay.
Nevada
ModerateSheldon-Antelope Back Road — Soldier Meadows to Lahontan Valley via Black Rock Desert Rim
Black Rock playa and wild horse high desert.
Idaho
ModerateSwamp Creek Road to Selway Falls — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness River Canyon Drive
One road into a million-acre wilderness. No way around it.
Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Denio Junction to Pueblo Valley via the Oregon Desert Back Road
Eighty miles of Oregon desert with zero towns.
Colorado
ModerateShelf Road — Cañon City to Goldfield via the Arkansas River Gorge Rim
One lane, no guardrail, straight down to the river.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Wet Mountains Crest to San Isabel via Ophir Creek and Greenwood Road
Colorado's quiet ridge run with Sangre views.
Colorado
ModerateWagonwheel Gap to Bristol Head — South Fork Rio Grande High Basin via Creede Backcountry
Bristol Head and silver ruins above the Rio Grande.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Laramie Mountains Divide to Glendo via Friend Park Road and Esterbrook
Wyoming granite and pines with zero traffic.
Alaska
ModerateGold Creek Road to Hatcher Pass Summit — Talkeetna Mountains Alaska Subalpine Spine
Alaska high country above the treeline.