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Moomba2002
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Nov 11, 2013

California City for Thanksgiving

I was wondering if I could get some information on riding and camping at California City. I have past by it many times but have never ridden there, and our original plans for Thanksgiving fell through so now we are looking at options and it looks interesting down there. Thanks for the help and I look forward to the suggestions.

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  • This is good info for newbies. I was not aware of the permit.
  • Dirtclods wrote:
    dedmiston wrote:
    Make sure you get a permit for each of your vehicles. There's a $15 permit fee to ride in Cal City.

    http://www.calcitypd.org/OHV_Permit_App.PDF


    Certain areas you don't need the permit.


    You do need a permit for Cal City. Also, you will need to carry a map if you ride into BLM area. When you go to Cal City stop by Borax Bill park and you can get what you need (maps, permits, water)

    What info about Cal City are you looking for?
  • I go there as much as my job will let me,lol its a great place to ride, flat for the most part or there are some hills in the back area by camp "A" and camp"C", if you go there with a large group a ride into randsburg "ghost" town would be great, You can buy the permits along with getting fresh water at the Borax Bill Park so you dont have to come full of water, hope this helps
  • I have also gone on Thumpertalk.com looking for information but nothing yet. It looks like it is very nice riding and warmer than Northern CA, as we usually head to Baja over Thanksgiving but plans have changed at the last minute. Hopefully someone can give us some feedback! Maybe we will run into each other down there.
  • I can't give you any information but I'm also heading up there for the fist time. I’m meeting 12 other rigs someplace, I’m hoping someone will guide us in. We are taking our new to us 2009 800 RZR. I hear good things about the riding, my wife and I are looking forward to it.