Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest Ridge to Kiamichi Mountains via Big Cedar
The South's forgotten mountain backcountry run.
Surface: Dirt
California
ModerateSurprise Valley Road — Cedarville to Eagleville via the Warner Range Fault Escarpment
California's loneliest valley. Hot springs included.
Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Telluride via the Cimarron Range Back Door
Telluride's forgotten back-door pass.
USA
ModerateSlickrock Trail to Monitor and Merrimac Buttes
Sandstone buttes towering over canyon country.
Arizona
DifficultBradshaw Road to Crown King
Mining road to a mile-high Arizona saloon.
Montana
ModerateGarnet Ghost Town Road — Drummond to Garnet via the Blackfoot River Benchlands
Gold rush ruins at the end of a Montana dirt road.
USA
ModerateBattle Pass Road — Sierra Madre Divide Between Encampment and Baggs
Sierra Madre divide on a road nobody runs.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Poleta Canyon — White Mountain Desert Transition Bench
High bench, limestone canyon, zero crowds.
Nevada
ModerateGold Butte National Monument Loop — Whitney Pocket to Lime Canyon via Devil’s Throat
A sinkhole, petroglyphs, and zero guardrails.
Montana
DifficultPTarmigan Tunnel Road — Many Glacier to Belly River via Swiftcurrent Ridge
Glacier's forgotten back door into Belly River.