USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Meeteetse via the Absaroka Front and Greybull River Bench
Badlands, benchlands, and the Absaroka wall.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Trego Hot Springs Road to Black Rock Desert Playa via Soldier Meadows
Ancient lakebed, no fences, no rules, no help.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bitterroot Divide Road to Painted Rocks via West Fork Canyon
Deep canyon river road on Montana's Idaho line.
Nebraska
ModerateLonesome Highway — Sandhills Cattle Drive Road to Thedford via the Dismal River Valley Back Road
Empty dunes, cold river, no signal — Nebraska raw.
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.
Oregon
ModerateGrave Creek Road to Bear Camp — Rogue River-Siskiyou High Divide via Galice Ridge
The ridge road that earned its reputation the hard way.
USA
DifficultCottonwood Road to Hite Crossing — Glen Canyon Desert Bench via Dirty Devil River Canyon
Where the reservoir retreats and the desert remembers.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the White Cloud Peaks Backdoor
Lost River to Salmon country — no crowds, no signal.
Colorado
ModerateRimrocker Trail
Moab to Montrose — real cross-country overlanding.