Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Steens Mountain Summit Loop via Kiger Gorge and Big Indian Gorge
Oregon's rooftop, wild horses, and a 5,000-ft drop.
Surface: Dirt
California
ModerateMojave Road East — Soda Dry Lake to Kelso Depot via Lava Tube and Government Holes
Ancient desert road through lava and silence.
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands Island in the Sky Bench Circuit
A 100-mile bench road carved between canyon walls.
USA
ModerateBurr Trail Road — Boulder to Bullfrog via the Waterpocket Fold Switchbacks
Utah's Waterpocket switchbacks earn their legend.
Texas
ModerateSanta Elena Canyon Rim Road — Castolon to Santa Elena via Rio Grande Desert Bench
1,500-foot canyon walls at the Rio Grande.
USA
ModerateZion Narrows Road to Chamberlain’s Ranch — North Fork Virgin River Upper Canyon Drive
The back door to the top of the Narrows.
Arizona
ModerateMount Graham Road — Pinaleno Mountains Sky Island Summit via Coronado National Forest
Five life zones, one road, ten thousand feet.
Montana
DifficultDempsey Creek to Highline Ridge — Flathead National Forest Swan Range Traverse
Grizzly ridge above the Flathead Valley.
California
DifficultBrokeoff Divide to Feather River Canyon — Plumas National Forest High Divide Road
Sierra shelf road most Californians never find.
Arizona
ModerateBlack Mesa to Teec Nos Pos — Four Corners Plateau Road via Lukachukai Mountains
Navajo high country most overlanders miss entirely.