List of mainland settlements that are inaccessible by road
This is a list of notable mainland settlements that are inaccessible from the outside by automotive roads (roads built to carry civilian passenger motor vehicles). These settlements may have internal roads or paths but they lack roads connecting them to other places.
Many road-inaccessible settlements are on islands or are very remote from other settlements. The largest is Iquitos, Peru.[1]
Asia
- Andryushkino, Russia
- Anadyr, Russia
- Batagay, Russia
- Batagay-Alyta, Russia
- Belaya Gora, Russia
- Chersky, Russia
- Chokurdakh, Russia
- Egvekinot, Russia
- Khonuu, Russia
- Kyusyur, Russia
- Lavrentiya, Russia
- Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia
- Norilsk, Russia
- Olenyok, Russia
- Olyokminsk, Russia
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
- Saskylakh, Russia
- Tiksi, Russia
- Uelen, Russia
- Zhigansk, Russia
- Zyryanka, Russia
Europe
- Cinque Terre, Italy
- Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy[2]
- Chamois, Italy[3]
- Finse, Norway[4]
- Inverie, Scotland[5]
- Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland[6]
- Scoraig and Carnach, Scotland (linked only to each other)
- Vorkuta, Russia
- Wengen, Switzerland
North America
- Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Arctic Village, Alaska, United States
- Arviat, Nunavut, Canada
- Attawapiskat, Ontario, Canada
- Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada
- Bethel, Alaska, United States
- Bettles, Alaska, United States
- Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
- Churchill, Manitoba, Canada[7]
- Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Cordova, Alaska, United States
- Deline, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Dillingham, Alaska, United States
- Fort Albany, Ontario, Canada
- Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada
- Gameti, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
- Gustavus, Alaska, United States
- Halibut Cove, Alaska, United States
- Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada
- Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada
- Juneau, Alaska, United States[8]
- King Salmon, Alaska, United States
- Koyukuk, Alaska, United States
- Kugaaruk, Nunavut, Canada
- Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
- Kuujjuarapik, Quebec, Canada
- Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
- Lac Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
- Livingston, Guatemala[8]
- Lutselk'e, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Metlakatla, British Columbia, Canada
- Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
- Nahanni Butte, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Neskantaga, Ontario, Canada
- Nome, Alaska, United States
- Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada
- Old Crow, Yukon, Canada
- Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Point Hope, Alaska, United States
- Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
- Pukatawagan, Manitoba, Canada
- Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
- Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
- Sambaa K'e, Northwest Territories, Canada
- San Dionisio Pueblo Viejo, Mexico[9]
- Schefferville, Quebec, Canada
- Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
- Shamattawa, Manitoba, Canada
- Stehekin, Washington, United States
- St. Theresa Point, Manitoba, Canada
- Supai, Arizona in the Grand Canyon, United States[10]
- Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada
- Tête-à-la-Baleine, Quebec, Canada
- Tyonek, Alaska, United States
- Unalakleet, Alaska, United States
- Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States[11]
- Wales, Alaska, United States
- Wekweeti, Northwest Territories Canada
- Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada
- Wunnumin Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Yakutat, Alaska, United States
Oceania
- Bar Point, New South Wales, Australia[12]
- Berowra Creek, New South Wales, Australia
- Coasters Retreat, New South Wales, Australia
- Currawong Beach, New South Wales, Australia
- Elvina Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- Fishermans Point, New South Wales, Australia[8]
- Great Mackerel Beach, New South Wales, Australia
- Little Wobby, New South Wales, Australia[13]
- Lovett Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- McCarrs Creek, New South Wales, Australia
- Melaleuca, Tasmania, Australia[14]
- Milsons Passage, New South Wales, Australia
- Morning Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- Teewah, Queensland, Australia (only accessible via offroad driving on a beach)
- Tufi, Oro, Papua New Guinea
- Wondabyne, New South Wales, Australia[15]
South America
- Guapi, Cauca, Colombia
- Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
- Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
- Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
- Mitú, Vaupés, Colombia
- Melinka, Los Lagos Region, Chile
- Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, Colombia
- Puerto Williams, Magallanes Region, Chile
See also
References
- ^ a b "Iquitos travel". Lonely Planet.
- ^ Bruni, Frank (9 February 2004). "Civita di Bagnoregio Journal; A Town Forever on the Brink of Death Wants Visitors". The New York Times.
- ^ "The small Italian village that can't be reached by car". BBC Reel.
- ^ Attwooll, Jolyon (1 September 2010). "Norway's mountains: the perfect break". The Telegraph.
- ^ McKelvie, Robin (19 August 2022). "A two-day Highlands walk to Britain's most remote pub: the Old Forge, Knoydart". The Guardian.
- ^ "Photographing one of the most remote places on Earth". www.bbc.com. 10 January 2026.
- ^
Howard Witt (8 November 1987). "Feed This Town's Kitty, But Not The Bears". The Chicago Tribune. Churchill, Manitoba. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
Man, too, has intermittently found the rocky, wind-blasted bit of coast a fit place to settle: The Inuit stayed here in prehistory, European explorers in the early 17th Century and the Hudson's Bay Co. a hundred years after that. The railroad reached the area in the 1930s, to supply a grain port;
- ^ a b c "Ten amazing places you can only reach by boat". 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Page 119, "San Dionisio del Mar a Pueblo Viejo se realiza a través de lanchas." (The route from San Dionisio del Mar to Pueblo Viejo is done via boats.)" (PDF). 2022–2024.
- ^ "The tiny village hidden inside the Grand Canyon". www.bbc.com. 23 February 2018.
- ^ "This tiny US town is suddenly on the radar". 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Bar Point | About". BPCA. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "New South Wales For Everyone: Little Wobby". australiaforeveryone.com.au. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Visiting Southwest National Park | Discover Tasmania". discovertasmania.com.au. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Noone, Richard (13 April 2015). "Wondabyne NSW: The only train station in Australia inaccessible by road". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 July 2023.