Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Highway — Ouachita Mountains Talimena Scenic Drive via Rich Mountain and Black Fork
Ridge-running hardwoods and forgotten red-clay spurs.
Surface: Dirt
Colorado
ModerateCoyote Wash to Pinyon Mesa — Gunnison Country High Bench via Transfer Road
Forgotten mesa top between two canyon systems.
Nebraska
ModerateLonesome Highway — Niobrara River Valley to Pine Ridge via Soldier Creek Road
Nebraska canyon country hiding in plain sight.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Muley Twist Canyon — Capitol Reef South Desert Circuit via Strike Valley
Strike Valley walls and Burr Trail switchbacks.
Tennessee
DifficultBreaks of the Cumberland — Big South Fork Rim Road via Station Camp Ford and No Business Creek
Appalachian gorge ford country — remote and unforgiving.
New Mexico
ModerateCoyote Ridge to San Pedro Parks — Santa Fe National Forest High Mesa Circuit via Nacimiento Peak
New Mexico's boggy subalpine mesa on FR 70.
USA
ModerateLaramie River Road to Twin Lakes — Medicine Bow National Forest Remote Valley Drive via Chambers Lake
Moose, meadows, and Medicine Bow solitude.
Montana
DifficultGates of the Mountains Road to Meriwether Canyon — Helena National Forest Missouri River Backcountry via Mann Gulch
Lewis and Clark country — above the limestone gate.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Red Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Hole-in-the-Rock Road
Sand, slickrock, and pioneer ghosts.
Texas
DifficultLonesome Highway — Trans-Pecos Desert Floor to Presidio via Pinto Canyon Road
Fifty miles of volcanic solitude in the Trans-Pecos.