Reading Anthracite Company - "Off Road Park"

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TJTJ

Skid Plates
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NJ
The Reading Anthracite Company (RAC) is now allowing people to off road on their land for a flat rate of $125 per YEAR

This is not far from the Rausch Creek Off Road Park, and that ALSO used to be a coal mining area, etc, so the terrain might be similar. ( I have not been to RAC yet).

Its not a "Park" per se, its just open land they used to mine on...IE: No "Rated Trails", no facilities, just open land...but its supposed to be BIG.

You pay $125 per PERSON (NOT per rig...) per YEAR (Calendar Year- like "2012", expiring at the end of Dec of 2012, even if you BOUGHT it in Dec 2012, etc...)

You give them your info, the rig info (Reg, insurance proof, etc...), and you can be there anytime you want, 7 days/week, between dawn/dusk (NO nights, no camping, no fires, etc.)


http://readinganthracite.com/access-permits/


I emailed them for more info...I'll post any replies I get.

I may also do a scouting run. If any one wants to also do a scouting run, its easier to map things out with more people.

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drbandkgb

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Nice man... You guys up north need more options


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SnickerDoodle

SnickerDoodle

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Winlsow Twsp, NJ
For the local people you can figure it out to $125 for use whenever you want compared to Rausch costing $35 a day. If you were to go to RC 4 days you are already paying more than the $125.

Could be worth it depending on what its like there. We def need to get some to scope it out and take plenty of pictures.

question though... is this property still being used?
 
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TJTJ

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NJ
SnickerDoodle said:
For the local people you can figure it out to $125 for use whenever you want compared to Rausch costing $35 a day. If you were to go to RC 4 days you are already paying more than the $125.

Could be worth it depending on what its like there. We def need to get some to scope it out and take plenty of pictures.

question though... is this property still being used?
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PARTS are being used for mining operations, etc...those are off limits.


I get the 5 day passes, so its 5 days for $125 at RC, but, $125 for 12 MONTHS is a better deal than $125 for 5 days.

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On the other hand, RC has defined trails, with ratings so you know basically what you're in for on a particular route, and by-passes for harder obstacles, etc....

... and this place is completely unknown, as in, you might be a mile into something, and find the rest is impassable by half your group, and you need to turn around, or drive backwards for a mile, etc.

Once its scouted out, and preferably some signage posted with milestones or other means of landmarking your position, etc...it will be safer for people, as well as more convenient.

For work I often need to just "Get to the top and erect a monitoring station", and its MY problem to find a way up....which means trial and error if there's no known trail, etc.

On a large open property like RAC, there is no destination per se...we just get out there, and drive around trying to FIND stuff.

Even at RC, some days you end up wasting a lot of time driving on dirt road type trails to get TO more hard core trail...and that's WITH maps.

With no map, and no particular reason to go one way or the other....the FIRST thing you typically do is see if the property itself shows up on google maps, etc...and might be bounded by or include roads or bodies of water, etc...that form natural perimeters/reference points.

You then use that outline as at least a starting point to fill in finer details once you're onsite.


All I KNOW so far is that Route 209 forms a northern boundary, and that Tamaqua, PA is a POINT on that boundary.

If I enter Tamaqua, PA into Google Earth, I can SEE the active mine north of Rt 209, so I'm sure that's why its the northern boundary of where we're allowed to go.

What I DON'T know, are any of the OTHER boundaries, as RAC replanted the mined areas, so it all looks like forest from the sat pics, etc.

It LOOKS like it could be a HUGE area though.

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TheFauxFox

TheFauxFox

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Not that I"m going to be up there anytime soon, but the person who goes should bring along a GPS or smartphone with one of those Nike+ apps to record and trace the trail. With enough support, a map could easily be drawn by the community. Its just a matter of getting past any legal issues (whether or not the owners would like to share this information) or conflicts of interest.
 
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TJTJ

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NJ
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I found this map....and some discussions on the place.

It seems that its series of large areas of land, not all one big tract.

Its roughly 22,000 acres from what I can tell.

The yellow marked area above is ONE OF FIVE areas from what I can glean so far.

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Ron ap Rhys

Ron ap Rhys

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Columbus, OH
I know I'm late to the parade here, but GPAX organized a ride there in the early spring or something like that. Their annual Riding Dirty run. I went over and participated. The trails are definitely nice and there's a challenge level to them (I believe we ran green, blue, and black trails as a group, I stuck to the blues). Narrow, rocky, etc. Some areas had bypasses and a few rear driver's side windows were claimed.
 
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