Rausch Creek Off Road Park http://www.rauschcreekoffroadpark.org/ is about
45 minutes north of Carlisle, right off I-81. No idea what it's like, but
the area is an old coal mining region and there are hundreds of miles of
dirt roads and trails. Rausch Creek has apparently tapped into some of those
trails.
John Hower
'95 Dakota
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Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 14:47, <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
>> Something that came to mind was if the meet was held somewhere
>> close to Chryslers@Carlisle, that could be included. For example, the
>> meet might start the week of Carlisle, and the show at the end of the
>> week would cap it off. Might be an incentive for those folks who
>> haven't had a chance to get to see the Carlisle show but weren't able
>> to justify going just for that. I think there are other things to do
>> in the area, depending on the kind of meet people want - the Hershey
>> factory is right there and so is Gettysburg. Not sure about
>> offroading though. (I think Paragon is about 100 miles away, but I
>> believe they got shut down?) Anyway, I don't know if that is a good
>> idea or not, but having just come back from Carlisle, I thought I'd
>> throw it out there as a possibility.
> Paragon is still closed according to their website. They're looking
> for land (in all the wrong places?).
Thanks!
> In addition to Hershey & Gettysburg, Carlisle is close enough to make
> a visit to DC & Baltimore viable for people coming from some
> directions as part of their trip. Same with Pittsburgh & Philly. I
> don't think you'd want to do daytrips for most of those, but coming
> from the south, you could hit DC for a night or 2 on the way up or
> back home for example.
True. Personally, if I had to go through DC, I'd be tempted to
lock the doors, raise the windows, plug my nose and keep the pedal on
the floor until I was through the city, but others may have differing
opinions. ;-)
>> Or maybe something in the Adirondacks? Might be cool to rent a
>> large cabin (or cabins) on a lake or something. I've never been out
>> there though so I don't know what other activities might be available.
> There's very limited 4-wheeling in the Adirondacks. Best bet would be
> to find out where they did Camp Jeep a few years ago, I think it was
> near Lake Placid.
I had a feeling that might be the case. The Adirondacks are
probably a lot more "granola" than the BLM lands out west. I found
this site which seems to say there are some areas in the Moose River
area: http://tinyurl.com/nh2aqr but, there's not much info there and
I suspect the "offroad" trails may be basically dirt roads kinda like
the "main" roads out in Colorado during the national meet. Still, I
guess it depends on what kind of meet folks would like to have.
> If you're really thinking about the Adirondacks, it
> may be best to write up a list of what you want to do, then see if
> there's any available in/near the park. There's rafting in the SE, W,
> NE and N areas of the park - but by mid-summer, the flow is way, way
> down (unless it's a really rainy summer, like this year). Obviously
> lots of hiking, canoeing & kayaking everywhere.
Looks like there is plenty of geocaching to be had as well.
> Don't forget that
> there is no "quick" way to anyplace within the park from any other
> random place in the park; almost exclusively 2-lane roads and not a
> lot of high-speed areas.
Sure there is... we all line up behind Mike, he plugs the
destination into his GPS and we proceed as the crow flies. ;-)
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