Off pavement travel/dispersed camping in Pennsylvania. Or anywhere

[devildodge]

Made it back to Rothrock to check out another dispersed camping site. This one is sore 3


There is an awesome stream back this path...forgot to get a picture. We were just talking too much about cooling of in it in the summer and getting here camping as soon as possible

 

[devildodge]

We also drove up one of the driveable trails to see a fire tower and was surprised by the cool cabin

 

[AnthonyD1978]

Great stuff. I love exploring my backcountry and finding random spots.

 

[devildodge]

We got some more campsites found and another firetower.

We also got down some more driveable trails.

We have been exploring every chance we get.

 

[devildodge]

We had to hike into this firetower.



My son was very upset at the graffiti.


But I showed him they are doing what they can to stop it

Trail cam hid on the tree

 

[devildodge]

Another large campsite.

 

[Danny_TheHouseCook]

Awesome trails and photos. Thanks for sharing.
Makes me want to leave work right now and go find some trails.

Nice idea!!!

 

[devildodge]

Some vistas to show the crappy weather.

 

[devildodge]

The changing trail conditions

 

[devildodge]

One of the more jeep friendly trails

 

[devildodge]

And one of our favorite campsites of the day

 

[CaptainCJ35]

This is great stuff! Keep it coming!

 

[devildodge]

The tracks of the trip. The pics don't show how steep these roads are. I know...they aren't Mountains...but they sure get you above the local valley's

 

[AnthonyD1978]

One of the more jeep friendly trails View attachment 49143 View attachment 49144 View attachment 49145

It'll fit trust me I did my spring wash and wax a little early last week and most of the scratches buffed out haha.

 

[devildodge]

My son giggled and laughed every time a branch smacked the windshield and screeched down the side.

We are going to do a bit more hiking next time. But, it sure is nice to take the truck to get a little deeper into the Forest before we even start the hike. Get to see alot more things and with a 6 year old a lot shorter carry back to the truck when his legs just won't go anymore lol.

I can not wait to get out to one of the campsites and spend a good solid 4 days exploring.

 

[devildodge]

Will not be doing any of this for awhile. We had a trip planned this weekend. And our usual camping season starts 10April but guess that isn't happening either.

 

[AnthonyD1978]

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Will not be doing any of this for awhile. We had a trip planned this weekend. And our usual camping season starts 10April but guess that isn't happening either.

It seems a little unusual to shutdown dispersed camping. Do you have any national forests near? I think those still allow dispersed camping.

 

[CaptainCJ35]

Cape Cod National Seashore has shut down it's facilities and delayed new season passes 5 days from the 10th to the 15th. Other beaches up here are following suit... Duxbury and Sandy Neck. I guess they're making decisions based on visitor density and personal contact/interaction.

Those of you out west with access to BLM land be super thankful as those places will likely remain open.

 

[AnthonyD1978]

Cape Cod National Seashore has shut down it's facilities and delayed new season passes 5 days from the 10th to the 15th. Other beaches up here are following suit... Duxbury and Sandy Neck. I guess they're making decisions based on visitor density and personal contact/interaction.

Those of you out west with access to BLM land be super thankful as those places will likely remain open.

Facilities are shut down, but access and dispersed camping should still be viable, no? I never use their facilities.

 

[CaptainCJ35]

Facilities are shut down, but access and dispersed camping should still be viable, no? I never use their facilities.

I think it's more about what happens if you breakdown... someone gets hurt... etc. There's a perception... real or overstated... that it would put an undue strain on "the system". To an extent, I can see the logic to closing the permitting and facilities. There's literally nothing else to do, so they could get a flood of people... still off season so fewer employees to handle it all... congregating around to get permits, vehicles inspected, using the restrooms. All the things you should be avoiding.

Stripers will be running soon, and if the beaches are still closed, there will be a lot of antidisestablishmentarianism going on.