Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bitterroot Divide Road to Painted Rocks via West Fork Canyon
Deep canyon river road on Montana's Idaho line.
Surface: Gravel
South Carolina
ModerateDeerfield Road to Jocassee Gorges — Sumter National Forest High Divide via Horsepasture River Bench
Blue Ridge gorge country you earn on dirt.
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.
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.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the White Cloud Peaks Backdoor
Lost River to Salmon country — no crowds, no signal.
Colorado
ModerateRimrocker Trail
Moab to Montrose — real cross-country overlanding.
Colorado
ModerateCentennial Road to South Rim of the Black Canyon — Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Rim via Peach Valley
Rim access to the gorge they forgot to fence off.
Arizona
EasyGunsight Butte Road to Lee’s Ferry — Marble Canyon Rim to Colorado River via House Rock Valley
The only road to the top of the Grand Canyon's river.