Texas
DifficultBlack Gap Road — Big Bend Backcountry East to Rio Grande Village via Heath Canyon
Texas wilderness road to the edge of the Rio Grande.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Arizona
ExpertEl Camino del Diablo — Ajo to Yuma via Cabeza Prieta Desert Crossing
The Devil's Highway still collects its toll.
Tennessee
ModerateForest Road 154 — Lonesome Pine to Lost Creek via Ouachita Highlands Rim (Tennessee)
Ridge-top dirt above the Nolichucky gorge.
Idaho
ModerateYankee Fork Road — Clayton to Custer Ghost Town via the Salmon River Mountains
Ghost towns, gold dredges, and Idaho canyon gravel.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Laramie to Vedauwoo via Wyoming High Plains
Granite tors and pronghorn on Wyoming's forgotten high plain.
USA
ModerateYankee Meadows to Panguitch Lake — Markagunt Plateau High Road
Utah's quiet plateau road most drivers never find.
Idaho
DifficultLonesome Highway — Jarbidge Wilderness to Bruneau Canyon via the Owyhee Plateau Divide
Last stagecoach robbery country. Still no one around.
Arkansas
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita Backcountry Spine from Mena to Board Camp via Rich Mountain
Arkansas ridge road the rest of the country forgot.
Colorado
ModerateTowaoc to Mesa Verde Backcountry — Ute Mountain Tribal Park Canyon Loop
Cliff dwellings Mesa Verde tourists never see.
USA
ModerateCoyote Ridge Road — Flaming Gorge Rim to Manila via the Uinta Basin Divide
Flaming Gorge from the rim, not the boat ramp.