Dirt roads

Access to hiking in remote areas often means driving on dirt roads. Here's expert advice from skilled 4WDers and experienced off-road adventurers.

M. R. O’Connor writes about Sam Correro, the creator of the TransAmerica Trail, and the pleasures of navigating what the writer William Least Heat-Moon called “blue highways,” the dirt roads of America.

How to properly navigate a dirt road’s muck-filled abysses while not making them worse for the next driver

Explore wastingtime12's 42 photos on Flickr!

One summer evening, my husband and I got in our old truck and drove down a remote dirt road. We drove and drove and drove and didn't see a soul. I always wonder where the telephone poles go--no one seems to live out here. We explored the backroads for almost four hours and didn't see a single person. We saw abandoned farm equipment and an old truck but no people. As the sun was setting I jumped out of the truck and took this photo of the country road. I thought it was just a nice country…

Landscape photography is very subjective, but most will agree that, to some form or another, following the rule of thirds will help achieve a great looking photo. One way to do this is incorporating roads and paths into your frame that will enhance the overall composition of the photograph. We've already showed you how to utilize the S-Curve in photography and many of these examples show you just how it's done. Breaking up the frame with properly placed lines from roads, paths and trails can…

Take me home, country road (no location given) by Foto Aday

Old country roads remind me of walking to church come Sunday morning and walking back come Sunday night. They remind me of walking to the little country store with mama's list in hand. Those early morning walks to catch the school bus and walking back in home at end of day, stopping long enough take our shoes off and wade across the little creek come warm weather, is priceless. The fresh morning smells of honeysuckle, wild roses, mountain laurel or crabapple blossoms drifting in the spring…

Where paved road ends and red dirt road begins, rural Lowndes County, Alabama.