Oregon
DifficultForest Road 500 to Grave Creek Spur — Rogue River-Siskiyou High Divide via Dutchman Peak Lookout
1927 lookout, shale shelves, Klamath wilderness views.
Feature: Historic
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Beartooth Plateau East Face to Sunlight Basin via Dead Indian Pass and Clarks Fork Divide
The Beartooth nobody drives — Absaroka raw and real.
Colorado
EasySawmill Road to Hazel Bazemore Peak — Comanche National Grassland Desert Rimrock via Carrizo Canyon
Forgotten canyon. Petroglyphs. Zero crowds.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Dubois via Sheridan Pass and the Wind River Badlands
Painted badlands, sage, and a forgotten Shoshone pass.
Idaho
ModerateSwamp Creek Road to Selway Falls — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness River Canyon Rim via Horse Creek
Wild river. No dams. No crowds. No excuses.
New Mexico
DifficultSawmill Road to Picuris Peak — Carson National Forest Sangre de Cristo Desert Divide via Vadito
Sangre de Cristo solitude above Taos.
Alabama
ModerateLonesome Highway — Little River Canyon Rim to DeSoto Falls via Lookout Mountain Bench
Alabama's deepest canyon, driven rim to falls.
Nebraska
ModerateSawmill Road to Niobrara Breaks — Nebraska National Forest Sandhills Edge via Snake River Canyon
Hand-planted pine, hidden canyon, real sand.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Seedskadee to South Pass via the Oregon Trail Desert Corridor
Oregon Trail ghost road across the divide.
Montana
DifficultSawmill Road to Montezuma Mine — Custer National Forest Pryor Mountain Rim via Sage Creek Basin
Wild horses, Bighorn rimrock, and ghost mine ruins.