USA
ModerateZion Narrows Road to Chamberlain’s Ranch — North Fork Virgin River Upper Canyon Drive
The back door to the top of the Narrows.
Feature: Historic
Arizona
ModerateMount Graham Road — Pinaleno Mountains Sky Island Summit via Coronado National Forest
Five life zones, one road, ten thousand feet.
Arizona
ModerateBlack Mesa to Teec Nos Pos — Four Corners Plateau Road via Lukachukai Mountains
Navajo high country most overlanders miss entirely.
South Dakota
ModerateTatanka Trailhead to Reva Gap — Cave Hills Badlands Rim Road via Slim Buttes
Lakota battlefield country, cattle, and nobody else.
California
DifficultCoyote Hills to Jackass Spring — Owens Peak Wilderness Desert Traverse via Nine Mile Canyon
Sierra desert canyon few bother to find.
California
DifficultWaucoba Road to Eureka Dunes — Owens Valley to Death Valley’s Tallest Sand Dunes via Saline Valley Approach
700 feet of singing sand at the end of a brutal desert road.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Basin Desert Floor to Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite via Sheep Mountain Road
Dino tracks and gumbo on Wyoming's open range.
Texas
ModerateByway to Nowhere — Breaks of the Plains via Caprock Canyons State Park Back Road
Red rock canyons on the forgotten Texas escarpment.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Escalante River Bench to Boulder Mountain via Hell’s Backbone Divide
Canyon bench driving above ancient Utah.
USA
DifficultGypsum Canyon Road — Canyonlands Dark Canyon Plateau to Needles Overlook via Beef Basin Connector
Beef Basin ruins and a canyon drop you won't forget.