Longest Dirt Road in USA?

[SD_rdcruzer]

Originally Posted by JO MAOMA

he said motorcycle not motorized sofa....

Only thing missing is the TV

[WildHare]

Originally Posted by JO MAOMA

he said motorcycle not motorized sofa....

Agreed. Those can come engines as big as the one in my new car!

(BTW, this is just a disguise for jealousy.)

-Dan

[Bogo]

Originally Posted by SD_rdcruzer

Only thing missing is the TV

Don't give them ideas...

[Boone]

This is kind of a hijack but i'm wondering if there is a company or a certain type of map that lists dirt roads or only dirt roads in a certain state or something like an atlas for that matter that lists many states. I have several county road maps that are for my area and also use a state atlas and gazzetter(sp), but sometimes those can be kinda sketchy on what roads are dirt roads (or something of the sort) and what roads are just back roads.
thanks

[steveVA]

I know you can't drive a car/truck on much if any of this, but I always thought this was interesting...

Trans-America Trail, Cross-Country Motorcycle Adventure, Motorcycling, Trans-Am Trail, Sam Correro, Dual-Sport, Motorrad Media, BMW, F650, GS, Road Less Traveled documentary,

not sure why the link looks like that, but oh well

[canucksafari]

Originally Posted by pint

All this talk is making me anxious to hit the road! I need to find me some long stretches on dirt in Colorado!

Try this: Great Divide

It is 1128 miles with only around 28% paved following the Great Divide. I figure it would be much more challenging than most unpaved roads. Would love to do this trip some day.

Good thread here on it: Great Divide Expedition - Expedition Portal Forums

[inthewall]

Originally Posted by canucksafari

Try this: Great Divide

It is 1128 miles with only around 28% paved following the Great Divide. I figure it would be much more challenging than most unpaved roads. Would love to do this trip some day.

Good thread here on it: Great Divide Expedition - Expedition Portal Forums

I would love to do that trip. But not in a landrover and matching jacket.

[canucksafari]

Originally Posted by inthewall

I would love to do that trip. But not in a landrover and matching jacket.

Yes, but if you had a landrover in your group you would not need a GPS or Map & Compass. Just follow the oil trail back to your start point.

[inthewall]

Good option. But I cant stand back-tracking.

[expeditionswest]

El Camino Del Diablo is the longest continuous and unbroken (by pavement) dirt road in the lower 48. It is about 150 miles.

Others are longer, but are broken by crossing pavement or even requiring you to drive on pavement for short periods.

It is possible to find a longer route by combining multiple roads, or doing a loop, etc., but no single dirt road is longer than ECDD.

It is also extremely remote, which adds greatly to the appeal. At one point you are over 50 miles from the nearest town. Cool stuff.

[dmc]

scott are you positive about that? i want to say the lincoln highway from near nephi utah all the way into nevada is longer than that. i KNOW for a fact the road from Ogden, UT out through Lucin and into Nevada toward Wells is longer than 150 miles, with no pavement crossed or linked to other roads. Unfortunately most of it is private right of way for the Union Pacific Railroad. Not that it has prevented me driving it a half dozen times.
dmc

[Albin]

Originally Posted by Jomama

Jarbidge-Owyhee country in NE Nevada along with the bordering SE Oregon area may be up there with some serious lengths of dirt road to explore. The shuttle drive to raft the Jarbidge river was at least 90 miles of dirt, thru a bombing range..

Same with the Utah/Neveda border area out of Ely...

+1. During one one of my annual summer desert trips to Nevada in the late '80's, I went almost 550 miles offroad, although I probably crossed a few paved areas. I had the now defunct Auxillary Fuels Systems 15 gallon aux fuel tank in my '85 Nissan pickup and filled both tanks when I refueled in Winnamuca, NV.

This is one reason my current '85 4runner has the 17 gallon OEM tank, a 26 gallon aux fuel tank (NOS Blazer diesel tank) and I carry at least one 5 gallon jerry can in addition.

This is about as remote as it gets in the lower 48:

04 - NW Nevada + Black Rock Desert area July 23-27

[Can someone post this pic; why can't I post anymore pics????]

Al

[151fab]

Great pics Albin. Great thread!!

[rusty_tlc]

Originally Posted by Old#7

I would love to go for a nice long drive through Nevada on dirt roads. There is something strangely beautiful about the desert.

We did that two weeks ago.
North of Area 51


dinner time

[rusty_tlc]

Originally Posted by Albin

+1. During one one of my annual summer desert trips to Nevada in the late '80's, I went almost 550 miles offroad, although I probably crossed a few paved areas. I had the now defunct Auxillary Fuels Systems 15 gallon aux fuel tank in my '85 Nissan pickup and filled both tanks when I refueled in Winnamuca, NV.

This is one reason my current '85 4runner has the 17 gallon OEM tank, a 26 gallon aux fuel tank (NOS Blazer diesel tank) and I carry at least one 5 gallon jerry can in addition.

This is about as remote as it gets in the lower 48:

04 - NW Nevada + Black Rock Desert area July 23-27

[Can someone post this pic; why can't I post anymore pics????]

Al

Here ya go

[rusty_tlc]

A couple of my favorite dirt pictures. The first is north of Hawthorn heading to Rabbit Springs Road, classic which way do we go pic


This is on the Gabbs Line road north of Tonapah

[Albin]

Rusty,

My son and I are planning our 4 week desert trip right now. One week each at Death Valley/Saline Valley, Black Rock Desert and the Great Salt Lake Desert, with perhaps a one day stopover at Tonopah to revisit TTR, Faultless and perhaps Area 51.

I believe that in 2000, my son was the youngest person on the planet to see Area 51 with his own eyes, he was 6 then.

Since you live in Reno, you've been to ground zero for Shoal, correct?

Al