Oregon
ModerateNestucca River Road — Coast Range Corridor to Beaver via Pacific City Backroads
Oregon's quiet coast range river run.
Feature: Scenic
USA
EasyWedge Overlook Road — San Rafael Swell Canyon Rim
Utah's Little Grand Canyon — no crowds, no guardrails.
Oregon
ModeratePainted Hills to Picture Gorge — John Day River Basin Backcountry Loop
Fossil beds, painted badlands, and empty Oregon rangeland.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat Road — Big Pine to Coyote Flat via Westgard Pass Divide
Owens Valley to alpine silence at 11,000 feet.
USA
ModerateCottonwood Canyon Road — Tooele County Salt Flats to Simpson Springs via Pony Circuit
Bryce to Kanab through empty mesa and canyon country.
Oregon
EasyAlvord Desert Playa to Fields Station — Steens Mountain East Escarpment Base
A mile-high fault wall and an alkali desert floor.
California
ModerateVolcanic Legacy Scenic Byway Backcountry — Medicine Lake Highlands to Lava Beds
Alien lava country north of Shasta.
USA
ModerateOnion Creek to Castle Valley — Fisher Towers Back Road
Eighteen creek crossings into canyon madness.
USA
DifficultChicken Creek Canyon to Pine Valley — Tushar Mountains High Road
Utah's forgotten alpine spine above 12,000 feet.
Oregon
ModerateBuckhorn Drive — John Day Fossil Beds High Desert Circuit
Painted badlands and fossil rimrock, zero crowds.