North Carolina
ModerateBodie Island to Cape Hatteras — Outer Banks 4WD Beach Corridor via Oregon Inlet
Air down and drive the Atlantic surf line.
Trail Type: Backcountry
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Red Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Hole-in-the-Rock Road
Sand, slickrock, and pioneer ghosts.
Texas
DifficultLonesome Highway — Trans-Pecos Desert Floor to Presidio via Pinto Canyon Road
Fifty miles of volcanic solitude in the Trans-Pecos.
USA
DifficultCathedral Valley Road — Capitol Reef’s Remote North District via Hartnet Junction
Desert monoliths and river fords in Capitol Reef's wild north.
California
ModerateBunny Flat to Sand Flat — Mount Shasta Volcanic Backcountry via Everitt Memorial Highway
Volcanic pumice and 14k views above Shasta.
Montana
DifficultSheldon Lake Road to Beach Creek Lookout — Hells Canyon Wilderness Edge via Imnaha Rim
Tundra, shale, and sky above 10,000 feet.
Oklahoma
ModerateCalhoun County Road — Ouachita Plateau to Muddy Boggy Creek via Potato Hills Back Road
Oklahoma hill country with teeth.
Kentucky
ModerateWilderness Road to Lonesome Pine Ridge — Daniel Boone National Forest Red River Gorge Backdoor via Sky Bridge Road
Sandstone arches and hollow roads deep in the gorge.
New Mexico
ModerateCoyote Ridge to Pecos Wilderness — Santa Fe National Forest High Divide via Cowles and Panchuela Creek
Pecos high country on a dirt shelf above 10k.
Idaho
DifficultSwamp Creek Road to Wilderness Gateway — Clearwater River Canyon Rim via Selway Corridor
Rim of the largest wilderness left in the Lower 48.