Arizona
ModerateForest Road 300 — Mogollon Rim Road from Payson to Show Low via the Rim Edge
Arizona's rim edge at 7,000 feet. All of it.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Montana
ModerateYankee Jim Canyon Road — Yellowstone River Gorge to Carbella via Paradise Valley
Toll road ghosts in a Yellowstone gorge.
USA
ModerateTeton Pass Road — Jackson to Victor via Wyoming’s Steepest Highway
Ten-percent grades and the Tetons in your mirrors.
California
ModerateBunny Flat to Panther Meadows — Mount Shasta Summit Road
Glaciers in your windshield at 8,000 feet.
USA
ModerateComb Ridge Road — Highway 163 to Butler Wash via Comb Ridge Spine
A sandstone spine, ancient ruins, and zero cell bars.
Arkansas
ModerateLonesome Road — Ouachita Mountains to Lake Ouachita Backcountry Spine
The South's best ridge run nobody's talking about.
California
ModerateDome Land Wilderness Road — South Fork Kern River to Rockhouse Basin
Southern Sierra granite country, zero crowds.
USA
ModeratePoison Creek Road — Bighorn Basin Floor to Sheep Mountain Anticline Overlook
Badlands, bent rock, and no one watching.
USA
ModerateLongmire to Carbon River Road — Mount Rainier National Park Backcountry Circuit
Rainforest, glacier, and no cell signal.
California
ModerateCalico Hills to Teutonia Peak — Mojave National Preserve Desert Crest Road
Mojave's quiet interior on your own terms.