Yeah, I guess if a road doesn't go anywhere, it can be fairly deserted even in an urban area, you mainly just have to avoid roads that people commute to work on. When I lived in the Bay Area, I used to love going up to Mt. Diablo in the afternoons, and once you gain some altitude, be able to look down on hundreds of thousands of people trapped in traffic below, but only have to deal with a few cars yourself, because the road only went to the top of the mountain and then back down, so no commuter traffic. That was pretty awesome.

Panoche Rd. Intersects with 25 in Paicines.

^noted and catalogued for a future spring ride. thank you.

Road from Winter Harbor
 

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Sunday afternoon, still March and already in the low 80s. Screencap from video.

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goetz road in perris, ca

mojave…paramint valley rd.
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Awesome!

Ditto! :thumb:
It's hard to judge distances across such a vast openness. How far would you say it is to the far side?

Looks like a location from the film Vanishing Point.

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It’s not that far to ride out of the photo to the left. It’s probably 10+ miles from where i was standing, going further north to Hwy 190 and Death Valley as you then go through into the other side of the paramint mountains.
It’s one of the less travel roads i’ve found.

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palos verdes estates, ca

Thank you.

Boring hills west of the central valley.https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f0021714f3.jpg .at least there are never any cars.

I drove through Hwy 198 recently, between Coalinga and King City. I believe it crosses over the San Andreas Fault at some point, very twisty road. Not much of a shoulder to speak of though, sadly. Tops out around 2500 feet, IIRC. Scenic road, but I would not want to drive it at night.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5888c6cbd2.jpg
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elkhorn grade road in carrizo plain national monument, ca

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b60e232a17.jpg

bottom of montezuma grade into borrego springs on san diego county highway s22.

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Another ride in Mathews Va. Nice and sunny. The wind is the hills.

This is why they sing songs about Georgia
 

ride on old sherwin grade rd on the eastern side of the sierra nevadas
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Excellent "God Rays". Were any burning bushes observed in the vicinity? :D

What a great looking shot/image. The road seems as though you can ride for days and days.