Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Steens Mountain Summit Loop via Kiger Gorge and Big Indian Gorge
Oregon's rooftop, wild horses, and a 5,000-ft drop.
Surface: Mixed
Arizona
ModerateMount Graham Road — Pinaleno Mountains Sky Island Summit via Coronado National Forest
Five life zones, one road, ten thousand feet.
Arizona
ModerateBlack Mesa to Teec Nos Pos — Four Corners Plateau Road via Lukachukai Mountains
Navajo high country most overlanders miss entirely.
California
DifficultCoyote Hills to Jackass Spring — Owens Peak Wilderness Desert Traverse via Nine Mile Canyon
Sierra desert canyon few bother to find.
California
ModerateHazard Canyon to Montana de Oro Backcountry — Morro Bay to Islay Creek via Coastal Bench Road
Sea cliffs and creek crossings on California's wild coast.
California
DifficultWaucoba Road to Eureka Dunes — Owens Valley to Death Valley’s Tallest Sand Dunes via Saline Valley Approach
700 feet of singing sand at the end of a brutal desert road.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Basin Desert Floor to Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite via Sheep Mountain Road
Dino tracks and gumbo on Wyoming's open range.
Alabama
ModeratePinhoti Trail Backcountry Road — Talladega National Forest to Cheaha Mountain Summit via Adams Gap
Red clay ridges and Alabama's highest summit.
Texas
ModerateByway to Nowhere — Breaks of the Plains via Caprock Canyons State Park Back Road
Red rock canyons on the forgotten Texas escarpment.
USA
ModerateSan Rafael Swell Wedge Overlook and Mexican Mountain Road — Castle Valley to Sinbad Country Circuit
Utah's forgotten canyon country, wide open.