Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Inuvik via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Canada's Arctic Circle gravel corridor.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 9 to Well 23 via Gibson Desert Core
The world's loneliest desert stock route.
Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Grants Pass via the Illinois Valley and Eight Dollar Mountain
Serpentine barrens and canyon walls in Oregon's deep south.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Cottonwood Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Spine via Skutumpah Road and Willis Creek
Clay badlands and slot canyons on Utah's lonesome bench.
Nebraska
ModerateNiobrara River Valley to Fort Robinson — Pine Ridge Escarpment Back Road via Soldier Creek Canyon
Pine Ridge canyon rims, frontier ghosts, and big Nebraska sky.
Colorado
ModeratePawnee Pass Road to Rawah Wilderness — Medicine Bow High Desert Edge via Browns Park
Outlaw country. No law, no service, no problem.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes (West Segment)
140 miles of desert history, no shortcuts.
California
ModerateMojave Road West — Rock Springs Lake to Afton Canyon via Mojave Desert Historic Trail
The original highway across the Mojave. Sand, lava, river.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest Battle Park and Hazelton Road (North Slope)
Battle Park to canyon rim — no crowds, no pavement.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes (Historic Desert Crossing)
138 miles of desert history, no guardrails.