California
ModerateMojave Road East — Soda Dry Lake to Kelso Depot via Lava Tube and Government Holes
Ancient desert road through lava and silence.
Feature: Remote
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands Island in the Sky Bench Circuit
A 100-mile bench road carved between canyon walls.
USA
ModerateBurr Trail Road — Boulder to Bullfrog via the Waterpocket Fold Switchbacks
Utah's Waterpocket switchbacks earn their legend.
Texas
ModerateSanta Elena Canyon Rim Road — Castolon to Santa Elena via Rio Grande Desert Bench
1,500-foot canyon walls at the Rio Grande.
USA
ModerateZion Narrows Road to Chamberlain’s Ranch — North Fork Virgin River Upper Canyon Drive
The back door to the top of the Narrows.
Montana
DifficultDempsey Creek to Highline Ridge — Flathead National Forest Swan Range Traverse
Grizzly ridge above the Flathead Valley.
California
DifficultBrokeoff Divide to Feather River Canyon — Plumas National Forest High Divide Road
Sierra shelf road most Californians never find.
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.