California
ModerateCoyote Dry Lake Playa Road — Lucerne Valley to Coyote Dry Lake via Rodman Mountains
Petroglyphs, basalt, and a ghost-white playa.
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Overlanding Trails in California
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DifficultLonesome Highway — Owens Valley Floor to Saline Valley via Waucoba Mountain
Over Waucoba into Death Valley's forgotten basin.
California
ModerateCarrizo Plain Overlook Road — Temblor Range Crest to Soda Lake via Caliente Ridge
Fault lines, alkali flats, and zero crowds.
California
ModerateRacetrack Valley Road — Death Valley’s Sailing Stones and Grandstand Playa Loop
Rocks that move. Roads that bite.
California
ModerateNacimiento Lake to Pozo Summit — Los Padres Coast Range High Road
Los Padres ridgeline with zero cell bars and zero crowds.
California
ModerateDoyle to Antelope Lake — Plumas National Forest Diamond Mountains High Road
Great Basin floor to Sierra glacial lake — zero crowds.
California
ModerateRowher Flats to Upper Big Tujunga — Angeles National Forest Desert Ridge Run
San Gabriel ridge above the desert edge.
California
EasyBolinas Ridge Road — Fairfax to Olema via the Marin Headlands Ridgeline
Pacific on one side. Bay on the other.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Birch Creek — White Mountain High Desert Bench
10,000 feet of lonely volcanic desert.
California
ModerateJawbone Canyon to Dove Springs — El Paso Mountains Desert Spine
Mojave grit. El Paso ridgelines. Zero crowds.