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Forest roads, volcanic peaks and the high desert east of the Cascades.
The Pacific Northwest guideThe Mojave and Death Valley, the Eastern Sierra and the forests of the far north.
California guideCanyon country, open basins and long desert roads.
The Southwest guideHigh passes, alpine basins and the long valleys between them.
The Rocky Mountains guideGrasslands, badlands and back roads under a very big sky.
The Great Plains guideNorthwoods, Great Lakes shorelines and quiet two-tracks.
Ozark ridges, pine forests, river bottoms and two coastlines.
Old mountains, deep hollows and forest roads under a closed canopy.
Appalachia guideAdirondack and White Mountain forests, rocky coast and fall color.
Alaska’s long highways and gravel roads, and Hawaii’s volcanic uplands.
Beyond the Lower 48 guideShare of each state’s land managed by the federal government
Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of Defense lands, as of September 30, 2024. Access rules differ by agency and by area. Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), updated September 14, 2026. See the land itself, agency by agency, on the public land map.
Featured destination
Camp Bird Road leaves the highway just south of Ouray and becomes a shelf cut into the canyon wall. Above it are the San Juan passes: when the counties open them, what each asks of a vehicle, and where you may camp, from the agencies that manage them.
Read the guideA twenty-year-old Land Cruiser and a fully built Sprinter belong in the same world when both are being used to explore. Guides, builds and the specialists who know each platform.
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