Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Rich Mountain Fire Tower — Ouachita High Divide Via Fourche Mountain Ridge
CCC fire tower and Ouachita ridge views into Oklahoma.
Surface: Gravel
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.
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Sundown Basin — Ozark National Forest Buffalo River Wilderness Edge via Boxley Valley Divide
Ozark elk country and sandstone hollows.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Pie Town via the Plains of San Agustin and Datil Mesa
Radio telescopes, open sky, and pie at the Divide.
Colorado
DifficultNellie Creek Road to Slumgullion Pass — Hinsdale County High Country via Spring Creek Basin
San Juan shelf roads and a living landslide.
Oregon
ModerateForest Road 45 to Rogue River Gorge — Crater Lake Rim to Union Creek via Prospect Ridge
Old-growth fir and a lava gorge at the bottom.
Colorado
DifficultLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Yampa River to Harpers Corner via Echo Park Road
Steamboat Rock and two rivers at the bottom.