Really? The local guys I was with said they asked the local sheriff and despite what the sign at front says, the road is open to the public. We stayed on the road as far as I could tell, but sometimes the trail splits and it's hard to know which is the correct path, but they always joined back...
Headed back to Richland Rd yesterday to finish it. Met up with some local Toyota owners, one from my earlier trip and their buddy with a really well built 87 extra cab. What a great trail! The first half is definitely the hard part, but there are several creek crossings and tricky little...
We did Old House Gap Rd yesterday. Definitely not as technical as Richland, but lots of off camber stuff, a few rocky sections and very scenic. Really appreciate the tips on where to offroad. Going to head back to Richland hopefully later this week to finish it.
We're in Beech as of Thursday night. Did exploring a bit today on Richland Rd. We did maybe an hour of the trail, ran into some locals in an 87 Toyota. They said there was maybe 2 more hours of trail, so I'm definitely heading back later in the week.
Thank you all for the info.
Izzyandsue & Patrick, I've watched some videos that you have posted of Richland Rd...looks great. I'd love to meet up and do that run with you. We arrive probably Friday June 23rd mid day. I imagine we'll be exhausted from the drive. So just spitballing here...
The family and I are visiting Beech Mountain June 23rd to end of July. I'm bringing my 1988 4Runner with the intention to do some offroading. I'd love some suggestions for anything close to that area. I know Uwharrie is a popular NC spot, but that looks 2.5 hours or so away from Beech...