backroads
Routes less traveled
Backroads are secondary roads through rural or less-traveled areas, away from highways and main routes.
The term evokes countryside driving, scenic detours, and places off the beaten path: We took the backroads to avoid traffic.
Figuratively, backroads suggests the overlooked or hidden parts of something: the backroads of American music history.
Sovereign state or territory
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- villageSmall rural community
- hamletTiny rural settlement
provincial · homestead · pasture · agriculture · barnyard · tractor · harvest · acreage
Visually pleasing, paintable
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
idyllic · charming · quaint · rustic · foliage · scenery · unspoiled · vistas
country
Sovereign state or territory
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- villageSmall rural community
hamlet · provincial · homestead · pasture · agriculture · barnyard · tractor · harvest · acreage · farming
picturesque
Visually pleasing, paintable
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
bucolic · idyllic · charming · quaint · rustic · foliage · scenery · unspoiled · vistas · panorama
hidden
Kept out of sight
peaceful · undiscovered · forgotten · untouched · off-the-beaten-path · secret · solitude · detour · shortcut · unmarked
gravel
Loose small rock fragments
rutted · bumpy · potholes · washboard · rocky · rough · four-wheel-drive · unsealed · primitive · tracks
- Southern Roadscoastal routes, Florida Turnpike
- Driving Activitiesscenic drive, Sunday drive, joy ride, cruising, night driving
- Driving TermsGPS, maps, highways, side streets, scenic routes
- Rural Americafarm, barns, heartland, countryside, Midwest
- rural roadscountry lane, dirt tracks, rural route, country lanes, narrow lanes
- rural SouthBaptist church, front porches, porch swings, feed store, pickup trucks
backroadsinterstates
Highways between states
highways · freeways · expressways · main roads · motorways
backroadsdirect route
Straightest path available
fast track · beaten path · main drag · shortest route · beeline