Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country
The Kimberley's raw red-dirt spine.
Feature: Scenic
Canada
ModerateTrans-Labrador Highway — Baie-Comeau to Labrador City via the Quebec–Labrador Wilderness
North America's loneliest gravel. No shortcuts.
Australia
DifficultStrzelecki Track — Innamincka to Lyndhurst via the Strzelecki Desert
Burke and Wills country, red dunes, zero mercy.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Inuvik via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Canada's Arctic Circle gravel corridor.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 9 to Well 23 via Gibson Desert Core
The world's loneliest desert stock route.
Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Grants Pass via the Illinois Valley and Eight Dollar Mountain
Serpentine barrens and canyon walls in Oregon's deep south.
Tennessee
ModerateSawmill Road to Greenbrier — Smokies Backcountry Approach via Old NC-284 and Ramsey Prong
Elk, old homesteads, and Smokies solitude on dirt.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Cottonwood Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Spine via Skutumpah Road and Willis Creek
Clay badlands and slot canyons on Utah's lonesome bench.
Nebraska
ModerateNiobrara River Valley to Fort Robinson — Pine Ridge Escarpment Back Road via Soldier Creek Canyon
Pine Ridge canyon rims, frontier ghosts, and big Nebraska sky.
New Mexico
DifficultForest Road 267 to Sunlight Peak — Gila National Forest Mogollon Mountains High Circuit via Sandy Creek
Mogollon high country — deep, rough, and worth every mile.