Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Alpine via the Coronado Trail High Spine
460 curves. Zero shortcuts. Pure mountain.
Surface: Dirt
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Tellico River — Cherokee National Forest Canyon Road via Bald River Falls
A waterfall ambush on every bend.
USA
ModerateLamar River Trail Road — Northeast Yellowstone Backdoor via Pebble Creek and Soda Butte Valley
America's Serengeti from behind the wheel.
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Rich Mountain Fire Tower — Ouachita High Divide Via Fourche Mountain Ridge
CCC fire tower and Ouachita ridge views into Oklahoma.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest South Fork and Paintrock Creek Divide
Wyoming's red wall country from basin floor to divide.
Oregon
ModerateCascade Lakes Highway Backcountry — Deschutes High Cascade Circuit via Bachelor Butte and Crane Prairie
Volcanic Oregon without the Crater Lake crowds.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Ely via the White Pine Range and Butte Valley Desert Floor
Great Basin back roads with almost no one on them.
Montana
DifficultForest Road 26 to Lamar River Valley — Yellowstone’s Northeast Backdoor via Cooke City and Republic Pass
Yellowstone's wolf country from the hard side.
Arizona
ModerateTonto Natural Bridge Road to Pine Creek Canyon — Tonto National Forest Rim Country Descent via Payson Backcountry
The world's biggest travertine bridge, earned.
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Sundown Basin — Ozark National Forest Buffalo River Wilderness Edge via Boxley Valley Divide
Ozark elk country and sandstone hollows.