Would be nice to nail down which. AOAA 2 night minimum camping. Rausch I’ll just come morning of
March 21st- Trail Ride at AOAA
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Either park is fine.
Side note, Google maps suggests 3 routes, 476, 202, and 896. Google shows the travel time for all 3 as being within 10 or 20 minutes of one another usally.
Imo the 476 drive is miserable. Lots of high speed traffic, not the best roads, lots of semi trucks. It's a longer distance and it feels like it.
The 202 route is stress free in the morning, the roads aren't crowded, and you can move along pretty fast if you desire.
The 896 route takes the same time, is stress free, uses more secondary roads which don't require the high speeds typical of an interstate. It consumes much less gas, which matters with a thirsty V8 brick like the 392. It's also toll free.
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We are planning on meeting in the parking lot of rausch at 8:30. I will be in a red dodge ram 1500 with a cap on it. We would like to hit the trail at around 9:15.
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I’m new here and never been to Rausch. I’m planning on joining you this weekend. Is there anything special I should do prior to the 8:30 meet up time?
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Also, I’m hoping for a green/blue ride
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Also, I’m hoping for a green/blue ride
You may find it useful to print out a copy of the Rausch paperwork and fill it out ahead of time. Rausch members only have to file paperwork once a year, non-members must do it each time. There is no pre-pay and everyone must check in at Rausch's office each day. Either form can be found here, https://www.rc4x4.org/faq
Rausch has no catering truck, the nearest place is a somewhat sketchy Burger King a few miles away. It's part BK, part liquor store, and part truck stop filling station. The food probably wouldn't kill you, but that's what electric lunch boxes are for imo.
Rausch has free air hoses in the parking lot.
I'd install the Jeep BOH app if you haven't, in case we end up near Crawler Ridge.
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The plan is to do both the BOH trails there
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For the newbies, we will be using radios like this to communicate on the trail. You don't have to have one but it definitely helps. I have an extra or two I will try to bring as loaners. There are a ton of different ones on Amazon, I just picked the first one. Transmitting on ham frequencies is the important part and usb-c charging is nice.
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Either park is fine.
Side note, Google maps suggests 3 routes, 476, 202, and 896. Google shows the travel time for all 3 as being within 10 or 20 minutes of one another usally.
Imo the 476 drive is miserable. Lots of high speed traffic, not the best roads, lots of semi trucks. It's a longer distance and it feels like it.
The 202 route is stress free in the morning, the roads aren't crowded, and you can move along pretty fast if you desire.
The 896 route takes the same time, is stress free, uses more secondary roads which don't require the high speeds typical of an interstate. It consumes much less gas, which matters with a thirsty V8 brick like the 392. It's also toll free.
I'm coming from Newark too. I do 896 to 10 to 176 to 222 to 183 to 78 to 501.
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Is that radio compatible with gmrs or a cb? I have both.
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Ham and probably gmrs, most of us have moved on from cb
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I just pulled in to the parking lot
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Great ride today great people thank you.
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Great day, enjoyed the trails and enjoyed meeting you all.
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Thanks for the videos. We had a great time.
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Only problem is, getting out on the trails just makes me want to get out on the trails. Which is a good problem, I guess.
Side note, who's going to Ultra 4 @ Rausch? Thinking about spectating on Sat, wheeling on Sunday if work permits.
There is another DEJA group ride at AOAA on 5/16 as well, May trail ride, 5/16/2026 @ AOAA
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Only problem is, getting out on the trails just makes me want to get out on the trails. Which is a good problem, I guess.
Side note, who's going to Ultra 4 @ Rausch? Thinking about spectating on Sat, wheeling on Sunday if work permits.
There is another DEJA group ride at AOAA on 5/16 as well, May trail ride, 5/16/2026 @ AOAA
There is a thread for the Ultra4 stuff already, but not a firm plan yet- 2026 Ultra 4 USA Returns to Rausch Creek Offroad Park April 29th-May 3rd
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