Nevada
ModerateToiyabe Crest National Recreation Trail Road — Big Smoky Valley to Arc Dome via Kingston Canyon
Nevada's loneliest ridgeline, sky-high and wide open.
Feature: Scenic
Arizona
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Wash to Harquahala Mountain via Hassayampa River Plain
Sonoran Desert sky island — no crowd, no mercy.
South Carolina
ModerateSwamp Fox Passage to Hellhole Bay — Francis Marion National Forest Pineland Loop
Swamp roads where the Swamp Fox once hid.
USA
DifficultGlacier Ridge Trail — Bighorn National Forest High Road via Tensleep Canyon Rim
Bighorn ridgeline above the cloud line.
Nevada
DifficultTobin Range Road — Battle Mountain to Unionville via the Humboldt Basin Desert Spine
Twain country, sagebrush, and total silence.
Texas
DifficultBig Bend River Road West — Presidio to Santa Elena Canyon via Rancherias Loop
Rio Grande borderland. No pavement, no crowds.
Colorado
ModerateChimney Rock to Dolores River Canyon — McPhee Reservoir to Cahone via Disappointment Valley
Colorado canyon country with zero crowds.
Colorado
ModerateHalfmoon Road to Mount Elbert Trailhead — Sawatch Range Subalpine Approach
Base camp for Colorado's highest ground.
Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest to Kiamichi River via Potato Hills Divide
Deep Oklahoma hills, deep red clay, deep quiet.
USA
DifficultKellner Canyon to Tensleep Canyon — Bighorn Mountains East Face Desert Road
Bighorn's eastern face, raw and unforgiving.