Alaska
ModerateChilkoot Trail Road — Dyea Trailhead to Taiya Inlet via Skagway Backroads
Gold Rush ghost town at the end of the road.
Trail Type: Scenic Drive
Arizona
ModerateNellis Wash to Toroweap Overlook — Grand Canyon North Rim Volcanic Rim Road
The Grand Canyon rim no fence will save you from.
USA
ModerateKerr Canyon Road — Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Rim to Barry’s Landing
A thousand-foot canyon rim with nobody on it.
USA
ModerateLasal Mountain Loop Road — Castle Valley to Moab via the La Sal High Country
Desert floor to alpine summit in one dirty loop.
Colorado
ModerateCottonwood Pass Road — Buena Vista to Taylor Park via the Collegiate Peaks Divide
12,126 feet of divide. No guardrails. No problem.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Laramie to Vedauwoo via Wyoming High Plains
Granite tors and pronghorn on Wyoming's forgotten high plain.
USA
ModerateBreaks Interstate Park Road — Pine Mountain to Russell Fork Gorge via Towers Tunnel Overlook
Deepest gorge east of the Mississippi. Earn the view.
Arkansas
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita Backcountry Spine from Mena to Board Camp via Rich Mountain
Arkansas ridge road the rest of the country forgot.
USA
ModerateCoyote Ridge Road — Flaming Gorge Rim to Manila via the Uinta Basin Divide
Flaming Gorge from the rim, not the boat ramp.
Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Telluride via the Cimarron Range Back Door
Telluride's forgotten back-door pass.