Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Kiabab Plateau Rim to Fire Point via North Rim Backcountry Drive
The Grand Canyon rim nobody knows about.
Surface: Gravel
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains West Slope to Trapper Creek via the Medicine Lodge Divide
Rock art, canyon walls, and nobody behind you.
California
DifficultRacetrack Valley Road — Death Valley’s Sailing Stones Playa via Hunter Mountain
Rocks that move. Silence that doesn't.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Guadalupe Mountains Back Road to Dog Canyon via Salt Basin Overlook
Salt Basin flats and the Guadalupe's forgotten north face.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Gravelly Range Road to Hilgard Peak via the Madison Valley Rim
Montana ridge road with Hilgard staring back at you all day.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Divide Road to South Fork Payette via Deadwood Ridge
Idaho granite ridges most overlanders never find.
California
ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Divide to Big Sur via Santa Lucia Crest
The Santa Lucias' only coast-to-valley crossing.
Colorado
DifficultYankee Hill Road — Black Hawk to Nederland via the Gilpin County Mining Divide
Gold country shelf road above 10,000 feet.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Shell Creek Road and Medicine Lodge
10,000 years of history, zero crowds.
Idaho
DifficultMagruder Corridor Road — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Edge via Red River Divide
101 miles. No guardrails. No shortcuts.