Idaho
DifficultGrave Peak Lookout Road — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Edge via Elk Summit
Idaho's loneliest fire lookout road.
Surface: Gravel
Idaho
DifficultCuster Motorway Adventure Road — Challis to Patterson via the Salmon River Mountains Spine
CCC shelf road above the Salmon — narrow, raw, real.
Arizona
EasyDome Rock to Quartzsite — Kofa Mountain Bajada Desert Traverse via Palm Canyon Road
Kofa's palm canyon buried in Arizona's hardest desert.
Nevada
ModerateToiyabe Crest National Recreation Trail Road — Big Smoky Valley to Arc Dome via Kingston Canyon
Nevada's loneliest ridgeline, sky-high and wide open.
USA
DifficultGlacier Ridge Trail — Bighorn National Forest High Road via Tensleep Canyon Rim
Bighorn ridgeline above the cloud line.
Nevada
DifficultTobin Range Road — Battle Mountain to Unionville via the Humboldt Basin Desert Spine
Twain country, sagebrush, and total silence.
Colorado
ModerateChimney Rock to Dolores River Canyon — McPhee Reservoir to Cahone via Disappointment Valley
Colorado canyon country with zero crowds.
Colorado
ModerateHalfmoon Road to Mount Elbert Trailhead — Sawatch Range Subalpine Approach
Base camp for Colorado's highest ground.
Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest to Kiamichi River via Potato Hills Divide
Deep Oklahoma hills, deep red clay, deep quiet.
Montana
ModerateBeartooth Pass North Slope Road — Red Lodge to Cooke City via Gardner Lake Spur and Line Creek Plateau
Above the Beartooth pavement where the tundra takes over.