USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Egg Mountains Road to Dubois via the Wind River Badlands (Wyoming)
Dinosaur badlands above the Wind River breaks.
Surface: Dirt
New Mexico
ModerateOwl Bar Road to Tres Piedras — Rio Grande del Norte Rim Desert Traverse via Ute Mountain (New Mexico)
Volcanic rim above the Rio Grande gorge.
New Mexico
ModerateTable Mesa Road to Rim Vista — Black Mesa Plateau Desert Spine via Angel Peak Badlands
Badlands geometry at the edge of the Colorado Plateau.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Canyon North District to Barry’s Landing via Devil Canyon Rim
Montana's deepest canyon, no crowds, no signal.
California
ModerateBodie Ghost Town Road — Bridgeport to Bodie via Cottonwood Canyon High Desert Approach
California's deadest boomtown, still standing.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Hartman Rocks to Cochetopa Hills via Saguache Creek Divide
Forgotten Colorado bench roads above Saguache Creek.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Ruby Valley Road to Alder via the Tobacco Root Mountains Bench
Gold country dirt roads below the Tobacco Roots.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Garnet Range Divide to Missoula via the Blackfoot River Benchlands
Montana's most intact ghost town on a ridge road.
California
DifficultLonesome Highway — Owens Valley to White Mountain Peak via Barcroft Road
Highest drivable road in the lower 48.
Colorado
DifficultPoverty Flat Road to Idarado Mine — Uncompahgre Gorge Rim to Red Mountain Pass Backdoor
Mining ruins and shelf roads above Ouray's box canyon.