North Dakota
ModerateBloody Run Hills to Elkhorn Ranch — Little Missouri Badlands Remote Circuit
Roosevelt's badlands, one river crossing, zero pavement.
Surface: Mixed
California
ModerateNacimiento Lake to Pozo Summit — Los Padres Coast Range High Road
Los Padres ridgeline with zero cell bars and zero crowds.
USA
ModerateCactus Flat to Bagpipe Butte — Henry Mountains Remote Desert Circuit
Utah's forgotten range, bison, and zero crowds.
Colorado
ModerateRattlesnake Canyon Road — Mesa County to Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness via Grand Valley Rim
More arches than Arches. Zero crowds.
Oklahoma
DifficultLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest to Buffalo Mountain via Potato Hills Summit
Oklahoma's forgotten mountain mud run.
Colorado
ModerateCebolla Creek Road — Gunnison Gorge to Blue Mesa via Curecanti Backcountry
Colorado canyon country the crowds skip.
Georgia
ExpertCalhoun Road to Cohutta Wilderness — Chattahoochee National Forest Creek Crawl
East Coast technical. Jacks River doesn't forgive.
California
ModerateDoyle to Antelope Lake — Plumas National Forest Diamond Mountains High Road
Great Basin floor to Sierra glacial lake — zero crowds.
USA
ModerateLander Cutoff Road — South Pass to Cokeville via the Oregon Trail Shortcut
The road America built first.
Arizona
DifficultGila Box Riparian Road — Safford to Clifton via the Upper Gila Canyon
Six Gila River crossings in Arizona's best hidden canyon.