This is the OFFICIAL ONE MONTH COUNTDOWN! Below are some helpful suggestions for you of things to bring, rules and general info we want you to know. Neil and I may add to this as we get closer! We can't wait to meet you all.
STUFF YOU WILL NEED! 1 Any camping gear you might need. tents,chairs,lanterns, flash lights, what ever, BUG SPRAY! Any thing you or your family might need, including recovery gear for trail rides
2 Breakfast and lunch for 2 days. drinks, coolers, ice for Friday - Sunday. Any type of snacks also. Some drinks will be there as long as they last. Hopefully We will have some ice donated too.
Directions :
1 Check in is 3 pm (FRIDAY) sooner if the sites are empty.
2 From US 220/I-73/I-74 exit Bisco ,hwy 24/27, go through Bisco and Troy. Look for Bo Jangles on the right in Troy. Turn RIGHT on Hwy 109 bypass at Bo Jangles. just a few miles 109 bypas and business merge just over railroad crossing follow to the left at stop sign. follow 109 approx. 10 miles. Don`t be fooled by the big sign for the park . Stay on 109 a little further.
3 Turn left on SR 1154 ( Mullinax RD). just past a BP on the left.
4 Approx. 1.3 miles turn right on SR 544.
5 Approx 1.5 miles turn right on SR 597 . This is a gravel rd.
6 Watch for SR 597A should not be far.
7 There will be a fork in the road leading to another camping area for other campers.
8 Take the Rt fork the group camping area will be on the right. It will sneak up on you and is a sharp entrance.
Home Sweet Home for 3 days
3 NOTES:
1 While on 109 a land mark will be a BP station on the left. This is where you need to get you permit for trail riding If you plan to trail ride.
2 Neil will try very hard to mark each turn starting at Mullinax Rd with a small American flag with a piece of "PINK" survey tape POINTING the direction of the turn you need to take.
3 This is a Federal Park. no alcoholic beverages. however; if you have it hide it. i have no idea if or how often a ranger will make their rounds.
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The name Stampy was given to my first CJ5 by a friend after I got "stuck " in a thicket of small trees on my property . I wasn't stuck for long and the trees did not survive the ordeal.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but hollow points expand on impact.
Federal park also means no guns. That goes out for the people who dont break the law. criminals will always have guns . Yes I have guns but wont bring them.
Federal park also means no guns. That goes out for the people who dont break the law. criminals will always have guns . Yes I have guns but wont bring them.
This is a National Forest, not National Park. In NC, carry is allowed on National Forest land. The problem is, all of Uwharrie is gamelands, which currently carries a limitation during closed seasons to carry of max .22 with 7.5" barrel....but with the following exception:
Quote:
The following exceptions, however, should be noted:
- Possession is allowed on field-trial and designated target shooting
areas and in camping areas for defense of person or property.
- 22-caliber pistols with barrels, not greater than 7.5 inches in
length and shooting only short, long or long rifle ammunition,
may be carried as side arms on game lands at any time, except
by hunters during the special bow-and-arrow and muzzleloading
firearms deer hunting season.
Typical for NC law, there is a lot of ambiguity. Like, what constitutes a "camping area", as you can camp just about anywhere in the UNF. (and, btw, NC law doesn't allow deadly force to protect property, guess the Wildlife Commission doesn't know that.)
Anyway...clear as mud. Whether you are legal to carry or not probably depends less on the law, and more on what an individual ranger thinks is the law. Like Stampy sez... unless you want to find out the hard way, or do more research... well, just don't ask, don't tell.
BTW, on July 1st, the .22/7.5" restriction goes away:
rottiedog what do you mean trail site ,,camping or trail riding ? We have the camp sites reserved. You need a permit but I`m thinking the trail choice is up to you. there is one trail the ATVs have to use.
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Upcomming Events : GoHot229 here, I also am in contact with Neil Hendrix and Stampy and covering some things of interest and clarification on the "Upcomming Events page." Is there in the dirrectons, a 'MAPQUEST' location that we could punch in?
uwharrie has a shooting range off of one of the main road. So you can go target shooting if you desire. Also, off of all the trails are primitive campsites you can camp at. All that means is a fire pit and it's clear, little areas....some big enough for a few deuces to park at and some only 2 jeeps could fit at. Just whatever you do, don't run daniel with a deuce, it will scare you and probably rip off your steps. It also has many tight turns that will be very difficult in a deuce.
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NC lUharrie Mid Atlantic Rally 1 month count down
