desert road
Sandy isolated route
A desert road is a highway or route passing through arid, sparsely populated terrain.
The phrase evokes isolation, harsh conditions, and long stretches between services: We drove for hours on a desert road without seeing another car.
Desert roads figure prominently in American imagery of the Southwest—endless asphalt shimmering with heat mirages.
- highwayMajor road for travel
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- heat hazeOptical distortion from warmth
- dustFine settled particles
heat · horizon · cactus · tumbleweed · sun · solitude · endless · cracked · long haul · mile marker · lonely · dunes · wasteland · no man's land · barren · sand · haze · vulture
- road typesscenic route, scenic routes, narrow lanes, rural routes, state routes
- roadshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, motorway
- outback roadsdirt track
- road tripcar rental, highway, interstate, freeway, scenic byway
landscape/environment
desert roadforest road
Path through wooded land
rainforest trail · woodland trail · lakeside drive · mountain pass · alpine road
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