Oregon
ModerateGrave Creek Road to Rogue River Ranch — Wild Rogue Wilderness Canyon Rim via Marial (Oregon)
Oregon's wildest river canyon by dirt road.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Sunlight Basin Road to Dead Indian Summit via Clarks Fork Absaroka
Wyoming's deepest canyon on a forgotten back road.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Extraterrestrial Highway to Rachel via Tikaboo Valley and Coal Valley Crossing
Nevada's loneliest corridor. Eyes on the sky.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains West Slope to Shell Falls via Highway 14 Backcountry Spur
Wyoming canyon country above the basin floor.
USA
ModerateComb Wash Road to Natural Bridges — Cedar Mesa Canyon Country via Mule Canyon
Ancestral canyon country, start to stone bridge.
California
ModeratePoverty Flat Road to Pumpkin Center — Diablo Range Remote Basin Traverse via Del Puerto Canyon
California's forgotten canyon country.
Arkansas
ModerateOuachita National Recreation Trail — Winona to Iron Fork
Arkansas ridge-and-creek backcountry, no crowds.
Alaska
ModerateWrangell Mountains Loop — McCarthy Road to Kennecott via Chitina and the Copper River Corridor
Railroad spikes and copper ghosts in the Wrangells.
USA
ModerateCottonwood Canyon Road — Grand Staircase-Escalante Badlands Spine via Grosvenor Arch
The Cockscomb badlands on dirt and clay.
Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Highway — Ouachita Mountains Talimena Scenic Drive via Rich Mountain and Black Fork
Ridge-running hardwoods and forgotten red-clay spurs.