Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Big Bend Ranch to Solitario Overlook via Fresno Canyon
The road that built Roosevelt Dam — still demands respect.
Surface: Dirt
Montana
DifficultGlacier Lake Road to Beartooth Plateau — Clarks Fork Trailhead to Island Lake via Top of the World
High arctic tundra on the Beartooth — earned, not driven.
USA
ModeratePothole Canyon to Wedge Overlook — San Rafael Swell North Circuit via Fuller Bottom Road
Utah's Little Grand Canyon, no crowds, no rails.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Baker to Afton Canyon via Soda Mountains and Rasor Road
The Mojave's oldest crossing, river and all.
USA
ModerateComb Ridge to Grand Gulch — Cedar Mesa Plateau Rim to Anasazi Canyon Country via Kane Gulch
Anasazi canyon country at its most raw and real.
USA
ModerateSunwapta Pass to Brazeau Lake — White River Desert Basin to Bighorn Backcountry via Willow Creek Road
Bighorn rimrock bench road above the basin floor.
California
ModerateNacimiento Road to San Antonio Mission — Los Padres Backcountry to Mission San Antonio via Jolon
The back door to California's loneliest mission.
Kentucky
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Mountains Owens Valley to Saline Valley via Waucoba Mountain
Coal country ridge grit deep in Appalachian hollows.
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Tumbling Creek — Ozark National Forest Buffalo River Wilderness Rim via Boxley Valley
Ozark elk country above the Buffalo River.
USA
DifficultCanyonlands Needles Overlook Road — Beef Basin to Ruin Park via Beef Basin Rim
Anasazi towers, zero crowds, real desert.