Kentucky
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Mountains Owens Valley to Saline Valley via Waucoba Mountain
Coal country ridge grit deep in Appalachian hollows.
Surface: Mixed
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Tumbling Creek — Ozark National Forest Buffalo River Wilderness Rim via Boxley Valley
Ozark elk country above the Buffalo River.
USA
DifficultCanyonlands Needles Overlook Road — Beef Basin to Ruin Park via Beef Basin Rim
Anasazi towers, zero crowds, real desert.
USA
DifficultChicken Corners Road — Moab’s Dead-Drop Ledge Run Above the Confluence
Sandstone ledge road above the Colorado — zero margin.
USA
ModerateForest Road 23 — Gifford Pinchot Volcanic Backcountry from Randle to Trout Lake via Cispus Divide
Volcanic country and old-growth between two giants.
South Dakota
ModerateHarney Peak Road to Black Elk Peak — Black Hills High Country Circuit via Sylvan Lake Approach
Granite spires and lookout towers above the Black Hills.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Loop Road — San Juan Mountains Historic Mining Circuit via Ophir Pass and Silver Mountain
Shelf roads and silver ghosts above Telluride.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Pend Oreille River Road to Sullivan Lake via the Selkirk Mountain Bench
Grizzly country, glacial lakes, Washington's wild northeast.
USA
DifficultMuddy Creek Road — San Rafael Swell’s Hidden Gorge from Emery to Hanksville
Drive the creek or turn around. No other option.
North Dakota
DifficultBloody Run Hills to Sully Creek — North Dakota Badlands Rim Road via Burning Coal Vein
Bentonite badlands and smoldering coal in forgotten ND.