Arizona
ModerateBloody Basin Road to Table Mesa — Agua Fria National Monument Desert Rim Loop
Ancient ruins, zero crowds, one hour from Phoenix.
Trail Type: Backcountry
California
ExpertWaucoba-Saline Valley Road South — Inyo Mountains to Saline Valley Floor via Steel Pass
Steel Pass down to warm springs in Death Valley's loneliest valley.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Chimney Rock — Capitol Reef North Desert Circuit via Hartnet Road
Cathedral Valley monoliths, real river ford, real solitude.
Montana
ExpertSchafer Meadows Road — Bob Marshall Wilderness South Fork Flathead River Drive
The Bob Marshall's back door — river fords and grizzlies.
Texas
DifficultOphir Creek Road to Burro Mesa — Big Bend’s Painted Desert Basin via Glenn Spring
Pancho Villa's old raid country, wide open and brutal.
Arizona
ModeratePine Mountain Road to Hualapai Peak — Walapai Wilderness High Divide via Cerbat Mountains
Mojave desert floor to ponderosa sky island above Kingman.
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Ridge to Petrified Forest Backcountry — Painted Desert Rim Road via Blue Mesa
Ancient logs and alien badlands, no pavement.
USA
ModerateNaches Pass Road — Cascades Historic Wagon Road from Greenwater to Selah Creek via Naches River Divide
Wagon ruts to summit mud — the Cascades' oldest crossing.
Arizona
ModerateDipping Vat Road to Hannagan Meadow — Blue Range Primitive Area High Road via Centerfire Creek
Into Arizona's only undesignated roadless wild.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Egg Mountains Road to Dubois via the Wind River Badlands (Wyoming)
Dinosaur badlands above the Wind River breaks.