Nebraska
ModerateLonesome Highway — Sandhills Cattle Drive Road to Thedford via the Dismal River Valley Back Road
Empty dunes, cold river, no signal — Nebraska raw.
Surface: Dirt
Texas
ModerateCaprock Canyons Trailway Road — Quitaque to Turkey via the Llano Estacado Escarpment Edge
Red canyon walls and wild bison in forgotten Texas.
USA
ModerateSunset Road to Promontory Point — Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Desert Causeway via Golden Spike Backcountry
Where the railroad ended and the lake begins.
Arizona
DifficultGold Basin Road to Willow Springs — Tonto National Forest Four Peaks Wilderness Edge via Slate Creek
Rocky Sonoran shelves above Roosevelt Lake's broken country.
Oregon
ModerateTable Rock Road to Whitehorse Creek — Owyhee Uplands Desert Rim via Crowley Road
Oregon's emptiest corner — sage, rimrock, and wild horses.
Arkansas
DifficultGlade Creek Road to Brushy Lake — Ouachita National Forest Wilderness Rim via Big Fork Ridge
Red clay ridges and creek bottoms nobody bothers.
Oregon
ModerateGrave Creek Road to Bear Camp — Rogue River-Siskiyou High Divide via Galice Ridge
The ridge road that earned its reputation the hard way.
USA
DifficultCottonwood Road to Hite Crossing — Glen Canyon Desert Bench via Dirty Devil River Canyon
Where the reservoir retreats and the desert remembers.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the White Cloud Peaks Backdoor
Lost River to Salmon country — no crowds, no signal.
Arizona
ModeratePicketpost Mountain Road to Hewitt Station
Ghost ranch country baking in the Arizona desert.