# Driving the backroads **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Created:** [April 4, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422 "2016-04-04T21:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/1 "2016-04-04T21:33:48Z")
Does anyone have any sequences they’d like to point out for the community of examples of sequences involving driving off the beaten path? This is one of a few sequences from driving in the Cumberland Mountains ( Crab Apple Mountains, too ) last night. Rough roads that you’ll never see a google streetview car go down. It was a perfect sunny spring evening for it, too. [https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/tNut44V-IustWZqJDqbX8Q/photo](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/tNut44V-IustWZqJDqbX8Q/photo) ---
**Author:** ![katrin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/katrin/32/251_2.png) [@katrin](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/katrin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/2 "2016-04-05T19:27:50Z")
Great thread you opened @allen! Hope to see a lot of diverse examples here soon to feature them on our blog 😉 ---
**Author:** ![talllguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/talllguy/32/68280_2.png) [@talllguy](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/talllguy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/3 "2016-04-06T04:10:33Z")
These are great photos. What is your setup? ---
**Author:** ![jaakkoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jaakkoh/32/235_2.png) [@jaakkoh](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/jaakkoh)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/4 "2016-04-06T08:03:28Z")
Thanks for creating this thread. The neatest I’ve stumbled upon was a “proper” jeep driving narrow mountainous track somewhere in South America (with a spare tire visible in the photos) – but I didn’t bookmark that and haven’t been able to find it again ☹ But I need to post others. Latest today I came across [this neat sequence](http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/nwjEJy30Ne5JZj-Y8jfoBw/photo) that is a drive up the mountain from the city of Jinotega in Nicaragua. Captured just two days ago by a brand new Mapillary contributor. I included this sequence in my commentary regarding [“bad” photos](http://forum.mapillary.io/t/better-than-nothing-approach/373/5?u=jaakkoh), which points out a few IMO interesting bits from this drive up the hill – from a mapping perspective mainly, though. This is not a “photographically beautiful” sequence – “merely” very useful for mapping 😉 ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/5 "2016-04-07T14:00:37Z")
It’s just an old Garmin Elite. IIRC they’re going for $188 on Amazon now as the new XE’s been out for awhile. As you can see it does well in good light. And I was in the valley ( Smokey Creek ? ) late afternoon / early evening including the golden hour. That was by chance but in hindsight made for good lighting. ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/6 "2016-04-07T14:45:47Z")
@jaakkoh was this the one you had in mind? [http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/wNLluCkczI68QjrqvoXvHg/photo](http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/wNLluCkczI68QjrqvoXvHg/photo) ---
**Author:** ![jaakkoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jaakkoh/32/235_2.png) [@jaakkoh](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/jaakkoh)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/7 "2016-04-07T17:16:41Z")
No. I found the sequence(s) by scouring through first the country stats of Ecuador, which I was sure it was from and then Colombia where it actually is from. The contributor is [colombia\_tour](https://www.mapillary.com/profile/colombia_tour) and the sequence(s) are [this](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/3FmBlZkGQluNPLdAZ1Qgrg/photo) or [this](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/g-iP68xQe95nnpLej1J0QQ/photo). [This](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/GPXOrmx5qkNj4genf3YzmQ/photo) might also be interesting. I haven’t actually looked completely through any of these and haven’t gotten to see the fully “crystallized” photos of the sequences as my connection has been a bit rough lately. Anyways, the first two links at least are some pretty darned neat backroads sequences, I think. ---
**Author:** ![JackTheRipper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jacktheripper/32/106_2.png) [@JackTheRipper](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/JackTheRipper)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/8 "2016-05-10T22:37:35Z")
When returning from a recent trip, I decided to take a detour to a state forest area. While there, I discovered that there are a lot of no-motor-vehicle horse trails criss-crossing the area. [https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/Kyox9UoWX4T9ptpM-gj9Gg/photo](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/Kyox9UoWX4T9ptpM-gj9Gg/photo) Now that I have a new place to shoot sequences…does anyone know where I can rent a horse…? 😃 Also found some trail sections that definitely required 4-wheel-drive to get through. This spot doesn’t look bad, but it was soft, deep sand. [https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/\_PDkT5nKwc7Q2J3uYyItSg/photo](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/_PDkT5nKwc7Q2J3uYyItSg/photo) On my way to nearly getting stuck in the sand, I found a hidden campsite. It appears to be intended for people pulling horse trailers from what I could tell. [https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/Jrv7mSD6zpiTHtSqRdvIbA/photo](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/Jrv7mSD6zpiTHtSqRdvIbA/photo) ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/9 "2016-05-26T12:28:40Z")
I’m glad to see you didn’t get stuck in the sand. Years ago I was an idiot and went down a backroad on the Navajo Nation and my rental car sank to the axle in sand. Big time idiot move. If there’s a lot of sand, you might have fun finding a place to rent a pugsley ( big, fat tires ) and riding those back roads. ---
**Author:** ![Caboosey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/caboosey/32/379_2.png) [@Caboosey](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Caboosey)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/10 "2016-09-04T02:19:47Z")
I love driving the backroads as long as my car can handle them… 😃 One of my backroads: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/mapillary/original/1X/05a61ce72943b58fec111d7db5ef41b7efae8a20.jpg) [https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=30.7993264&lng=-87.5604795&z=17&menu=false&pKey=ZZj8QHo3UW0C-7G6qEyDyA&focus=photo](https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=30.7993264&lng=-87.5604795&z=17&menu=false&pKey=ZZj8QHo3UW0C-7G6qEyDyA&focus=photo) ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/11 "2016-09-06T19:56:49Z")
It must be nice being able to drive through those southern pine forests. ---
**Author:** ![JackTheRipper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jacktheripper/32/106_2.png) [@JackTheRipper](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/JackTheRipper)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/12 "2016-09-08T22:49:55Z")
I’ve driven more back roads in the almost-2-years that I’ve been Mapillarying than in the decade before that. [https://www.mapillary.com/app/?focus=photo&pKey=Ir83HQPpss5acdCevvcw8w&lat=28.5358165&lng=-82.2535564&z=17&menu=false](https://www.mapillary.com/app/?focus=photo&pKey=Ir83HQPpss5acdCevvcw8w&lat=28.5358165&lng=-82.2535564&z=17&menu=false) [https://www.mapillary.com/app/?focus=photo&pKey=EEBm0X9V3g8YMMDfTif0pQ&lat=31.90653911&lng=-84.08113618&z=17&menu=false](https://www.mapillary.com/app/?focus=photo&pKey=EEBm0X9V3g8YMMDfTif0pQ&lat=31.90653911&lng=-84.08113618&z=17&menu=false) ---
**Author:** ![Harry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/harry/32/82_2.png) [@Harry](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Harry)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/13 "2016-09-09T08:03:22Z")
me too 😄 [https://www.mapillary.com/app/user/harry?focus=photo&pKey=gRlUpxRj5tU3LVmkGfm\_\_A&lat=55.500396889998314&lng=13.467742780000437&z=17&menu=false](https://www.mapillary.com/app/user/harry?focus=photo&pKey=gRlUpxRj5tU3LVmkGfm__A&lat=55.500396889998314&lng=13.467742780000437&z=17&menu=false) ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/14 "2016-09-09T13:50:56Z")
Wow. Harry, that road sorta reminds me of a lot of the ones here in East Tennessee. If it wasn’t on a map, you’d think it was someone’s driveway. ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/15 "2016-09-09T13:56:26Z")
The one looks like a normal backroad. The 2nd looks like some of the roads in eastern North Dakota by my grandmothers. They’re still a road, the township still owns / maintains them, but they’re signed for minimum maintenance. Were their any signs for it? I’m just curious. A pic of what I’m used to: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/mapillary/original/1X/791e56a57873161755a4d267523df075311d0535.png) ---
**Author:** ![JackTheRipper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jacktheripper/32/106_2.png) [@JackTheRipper](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/JackTheRipper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/16 "2016-09-25T04:13:03Z")
@allen At least they put signs up about that where you are! In Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, your first clue is when the dirt ends and grass begins. ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/17 "2016-09-26T16:20:16Z")
IIRC that one you shared the other day is a good example. ---
**Author:** ![Harry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/harry/32/82_2.png) [@Harry](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Harry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/18 "2016-09-27T09:03:35Z")
The difference between someones driveway and a road is not that big in Sweden (legaly) In Sweden you have the allemansrätten (every mans right) which gives you the right to walk/cicle everywhere in the country as long as it isn’t or looks like somebodies private yard/garden. So att the countryside you can use someones driveway to get where you want. This doesn’t apply for cars, but even then there are a lot of roads privatly owned or owned by a local organisation (a group of neighbours). If there isn’t an explicit ban on motortraffic you can use these roads by car. A lot of these roads get a maintanance contribution of the state or municipality, and then they have to allow all traffic on the road. I probably are the first car in a very long time on some of the roads I map, but it is great fun to explore them 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aly0sha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/aly0sha/32/429_2.png) [@aly0sha](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/aly0sha)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/19 "2016-10-02T22:16:33Z")
Not really a backroad, but a barely beaten path [here](https://www.mapillary.com/app/user/aly0sha?focus=photo&pKey=47t0omQN8-yjYw5agdMd9g&lat=45.32693733590793&lng=23.845768801894593&z=16), a buttery smooth dirt road [here](https://www.mapillary.com/app/index/aly0sha?focus=photo&pKey=0-l-YHG6oAwSFFegNX6jMg&lat=44.00116233333355&lng=23.8052359999991&z=15.003024990336549) and to be on topic, a back road [here](https://www.mapillary.com/app/user/aly0sha?focus=photo&pKey=WlNZ2KMhzW2t72V5iskTLQ&lat=45.76480681774386&lng=25.168399767009856&z=17). ---
**Author:** ![katrin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/katrin/32/251_2.png) [@katrin](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/katrin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422/20 "2016-10-03T14:45:58Z")
Wow particularly to the last one! [Next page](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/driving-the-backroads/422.md?page=2)