California
ModerateCougar Buttes Road — Johnson Valley OHV Area to Pioneertown via High Desert Bench
Mojave bench run to an outlaw film-set town.
Feature: Historic
Oregon
ModerateSheldon National Wildlife Refuge Loop — Nevada-Oregon High Desert Rim
Oregon's forgotten plateau. Pronghorn. Hot springs. No signal.
USA
DifficultCathedral Valley Loop — Capitol Reef’s Remote Northern Circuit
Monoliths, mud, and a river ford nobody warns you about.
Oregon
DifficultRogue River Back Road — Prospect to Agness via Wild Rogue Canyon Rim
Wild Rogue canyon. One lane. No room for error.
USA
EasyTranscontinental Railroad Grade Road — Promontory Summit to Golden Spike NHS
Where the golden spike met the great desert.
Oregon
ModeratePainted Hills to Picture Gorge — John Day River Basin Backcountry Loop
Fossil beds, painted badlands, and empty Oregon rangeland.
USA
ModerateCottonwood Canyon Road — Tooele County Salt Flats to Simpson Springs via Pony Circuit
Bryce to Kanab through empty mesa and canyon country.
Oregon
EasyAlvord Desert Playa to Fields Station — Steens Mountain East Escarpment Base
A mile-high fault wall and an alkali desert floor.
California
ModerateVolcanic Legacy Scenic Byway Backcountry — Medicine Lake Highlands to Lava Beds
Alien lava country north of Shasta.
Oregon
ModerateBuckhorn Drive — John Day Fossil Beds High Desert Circuit
Painted badlands and fossil rimrock, zero crowds.