Oregon
EasyAlkali Flat Road — Summer Lake Basin to Christmas Valley via Silver Lake Desert Floor
Sixty miles of alkali silence in Oregon's outback.
Feature: Historic
California
ModerateMendocino Ridge Road — Fort Bragg Ridgeline to Boonville via Pygmy Forest Summit
Coastal ridge solitude above the Mendocino fog.
Oregon
ModerateHells Canyon Reservoir Road — Oxbow to Hells Canyon Dam via Homestead
Deeper than the Grand Canyon — and nobody's here.
California
DifficultMendocino County’s Bloody Rock Road — Elk Mountain to High Valley via Snow Mountain Wilderness Edge
Coast Range backcountry with a name that fits.
USA
ModerateParia River Canyon Rim Road — Skutumpah to Cannonville via Bull Valley Gorge
A drowned truck, canyon rims, and zero cell bars.
California
DifficultChimney Rock to Junction City — Trinity Alps Backcountry High Road
Granite ridgelines, ghost mines, zero crowds.
California
ModerateFlume Trail — Lake Tahoe East Shore Historic Water Route
Tahoe from above, the way the miners saw it.
California
DifficultPismo Dunes to Oceano — Nipomo Mesa Coastal Sand Run
California's last driveable Pacific beach.
USA
ModeratePony Express Trail — Simpson Springs to Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Riding the original 1860 mail route into nowhere.
Oregon
ModerateSoda Mountain to Pilot Rock — Cascade-Siskiyou OHV and Backcountry Road
Three mountain ranges, one volcanic plug, zero crowds.