Where to Run · Pennsylvania
Rausch Creek Off-Road Park
Private park near Tremont, about 3,000 acres of green, blue, black, and red-rated rock trails. East Coast rock crawling at its best, but full-size trucks should stay on green and blue — the black and red trails are cut narrow for built Jeeps and buggies. Waiver plus day fee required.
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Air down
- 18-22 psi
- Season
- Year-round
- Mapped trail
- 286 mi
- Elevation
- 1,004 ft
Trail map & conditions
286 miles of motorized routes within twelve kilometres of the anchor point, drawn from OpenStreetMap. Green lines are the network; zoom for detail.
Drive to
Rausch Creek Off-Road Park main office/entrance
453 Molleystown Road, Pine Grove, PA 17963
- Search in your maps app
- “Rausch Creek Off-Road Park, Pine Grove, PA”
- GPS (entry)
- 40.60670, -76.44440
2-vehicle minimum required to run trails (buddy system); check-in/pricing at the office required; open Fri-Sun (8am start, wheeling until dusk).
Entry info: rc4x4.org
The rules of this place
Sign in at the gate and pick your color rating honestly; staff will turn a full-size truck around off a black trail before it gets stuck between two boulders.
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