USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest Battle Park and Hazelton Road (North Slope)
Battle Park to canyon rim — no crowds, no pavement.
Surface: Mixed
Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Alpine via the Coronado Trail High Spine
460 curves. Zero shortcuts. Pure mountain.
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Rich Mountain Fire Tower — Ouachita High Divide Via Fourche Mountain Ridge
CCC fire tower and Ouachita ridge views into Oklahoma.
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.
Arizona
ModerateTonto Natural Bridge Road to Pine Creek Canyon — Tonto National Forest Rim Country Descent via Payson Backcountry
The world's biggest travertine bridge, earned.
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.
North Dakota
ModerateLonesome Highway — Little Missouri River Badlands to Medora via Burning Coal Vein Road
Badlands clay, wild horses, and a coal seam that won't quit.