South Dakota
ModerateCactus Flat to Big Horn Mountains Summit — Badlands Interior Road via Sage Creek Wilderness
Bison, bentonite, and no signal whatsoever.
Feature: Scenic
USA
ExpertCoyote Gulch to Rainbow Bridge — Glen Canyon Desert Bench via Navajo Mountain Road
The back door to the world's biggest arch.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Ocoee Gorge — Cherokee National Forest Copper Basin Back Road via Turtletown Creek
Red hills, copper ghosts, and a wild Tennessee gorge.
Arizona
DifficultCinder Hills Overlook Road to Painted Desert Rim — Petrified Forest North Backcountry via Blue Mesa Loop
225 million years of geology under your tires.
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Mountains to Swansea Ruins — Bill Williams River Desert Bench via Planet Ranch Road
Copper ghosts and desert silence in western AZ.
California
ModerateSawmill Road to Mount Pinos Summit — Los Padres National Forest Transverse Range High Approach
SoCal's secret high country above 8,800 feet.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Cloud Peak Wilderness Edge
Bighorn's limestone walls on an empty road.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Wolverine Petrified Wood Area — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Horse Canyon
Petrified logs on a clay bench nobody visits.
Colorado
EasyRimrock Drive — Colorado National Monument’s Canyon Rim Road via Cold Shivers Point
Canyon rim above the Grand Valley — sheer drops included.
USA
ModerateHatfield McCoy Trails — Pocahontas County Burnsville Circuit via Cranberry Backcountry
Appalachian mud, rock, and rhododendron — the real deal.