Australia
ModerateFrenchmans Cap Track Road — Queenstown to Frenchmans Cap Trailhead via the Franklin–Gordon Wild Rivers Highway Spur
Button grass, blowdowns, and World Heritage silence.
Trail Type: High Clearance
California
DifficultLonesome Highway — Owens Valley Floor to Saline Valley via Waucoba Mountain
Over Waucoba into Death Valley's forgotten basin.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Missouri Backcountry via Blaine County
Bentonite badlands and zero services for 80 miles.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Gunnison to Curecanti Needle via Blue Mesa Rim and Soap Creek Road
A 700-foot spire and a drowned railroad grade.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Copper Basin Road to Mackay via the Lost River Range Front
Idaho's forgotten volcanic bowl under 12k peaks.
California
ModerateCarrizo Plain Overlook Road — Temblor Range Crest to Soda Lake via Caliente Ridge
Fault lines, alkali flats, and zero crowds.
Alabama
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Bankhead National Forest Sipsey Fork Canyon to Natural Bridge via Houston Valley
Alabama's forgotten canyon country runs deep.
California
ModerateRacetrack Valley Road — Death Valley’s Sailing Stones and Grandstand Playa Loop
Rocks that move. Roads that bite.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Camas Creek Road to Craters of the Moon via the Great Rift Zone
Lava, silence, and the edge of the world.
USA
ModerateExplore Sunstone Knoll to Wah Wah Mountains — Escalante Desert Volcanic Field Road
Gem fields and volcanic desert, zero crowds.