New Mexico
ModerateZuni-Acoma Trail Road to McGaffey Lookout — Cibola National Forest High Rim via Oso Ridge
Zuni Mountains high rim above Gallup.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Texas
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Big Bend Basin via Persimmon Gap and the Dead Horse Mountains
Comanche country — 26 miles of Chihuahuan Desert solitude.
New Mexico
ModeratePoison Canyon Road to El Malpais — Zuni-Acoma Lava Field Desert Rim via Cebolita Mesa
Lava field rim run in the New Mexico badlands.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Meeteetse via the Absaroka Front and Greybull River Bench
Badlands, benchlands, and the Absaroka wall.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bitterroot Divide Road to Painted Rocks via West Fork Canyon
Deep canyon river road on Montana's Idaho line.
South Carolina
ModerateDeerfield Road to Jocassee Gorges — Sumter National Forest High Divide via Horsepasture River Bench
Blue Ridge gorge country you earn on dirt.
Texas
ModerateCaprock Canyons Trailway Road — Quitaque to Turkey via the Llano Estacado Escarpment Edge
Red canyon walls and wild bison in forgotten Texas.
USA
ModerateSunset Road to Promontory Point — Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Desert Causeway via Golden Spike Backcountry
Where the railroad ended and the lake begins.
Oregon
ModerateTable Rock Road to Whitehorse Creek — Owyhee Uplands Desert Rim via Crowley Road
Oregon's emptiest corner — sage, rimrock, and wild horses.
Arkansas
DifficultGlade Creek Road to Brushy Lake — Ouachita National Forest Wilderness Rim via Big Fork Ridge
Red clay ridges and creek bottoms nobody bothers.