South Dakota
ModerateTatanka Trailhead to Reva Gap — Cave Hills Badlands Rim Road via Slim Buttes
Lakota battlefield country, cattle, and nobody else.
Trail Type: Overland Route
California
DifficultWaucoba Road to Eureka Dunes — Owens Valley to Death Valley’s Tallest Sand Dunes via Saline Valley Approach
700 feet of singing sand at the end of a brutal desert road.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Basin Desert Floor to Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite via Sheep Mountain Road
Dino tracks and gumbo on Wyoming's open range.
Alabama
ModeratePinhoti Trail Backcountry Road — Talladega National Forest to Cheaha Mountain Summit via Adams Gap
Red clay ridges and Alabama's highest summit.
USA
ModerateSan Rafael Swell Wedge Overlook and Mexican Mountain Road — Castle Valley to Sinbad Country Circuit
Utah's forgotten canyon country, wide open.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Escalante River Bench to Boulder Mountain via Hell’s Backbone Divide
Canyon bench driving above ancient Utah.
USA
DifficultGypsum Canyon Road — Canyonlands Dark Canyon Plateau to Needles Overlook via Beef Basin Connector
Beef Basin ruins and a canyon drop you won't forget.
Idaho
DifficultCuster Motorway Adventure Road — Challis to Patterson via the Salmon River Mountains Spine
CCC shelf road above the Salmon — narrow, raw, real.
Nevada
ModerateToiyabe Crest National Recreation Trail Road — Big Smoky Valley to Arc Dome via Kingston Canyon
Nevada's loneliest ridgeline, sky-high and wide open.
South Carolina
ModerateSwamp Fox Passage to Hellhole Bay — Francis Marion National Forest Pineland Loop
Swamp roads where the Swamp Fox once hid.