Texas
ModerateLonesome Highway — Palo Duro Canyon West Rim to Lighthouse Rock via Alternate Trail Road
Texas's Grand Canyon from the bottom up.
Surface: Mixed
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains South Slope to Tensleep Canyon via Hazelton Road and Tensleep Creek Gorge
Red wall badlands to limestone canyon walls.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Shootaring Canyon — Henry Mountains Desert Bench via Swap Mesa Road
Cold War uranium roads meet canyon country solitude.
California
ModerateCougar Buttes Road — Johnson Valley Desert Basin to Pioneertown via Bessemer Mine
Empty Mojave basin, granite, mine scars.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Hazelton Road and Red Wall Country
Red Wall badlands. No traffic. No mercy.
California
ModerateBodie and Benton Crossing — Mono Basin High Desert Circuit via Masonic Mountain
Ghost towns, mines, and alkali flats.
New Zealand
ModerateNinety Mile Beach to Cape Reinga – Te Paki Stream
Tide-timed beach drive to the top of NZ.
Australia
ExpertOld Gunbarrel Highway
Len Beadell's desert track. No shortcuts.
Australia
ExpertOld Tulla Track (Innamincka to Birdsville)
Outback Channel Country at its most unforgiving.
Australia
DifficultOld Dunmarra Track (Hay River Track)
Flat, sandy, and brutally remote NT outback.