When looking for things of interest around Rangely, I also found mention of a Rock Crawling Park (https://townofrangely.colorado.gov/about-rangely/parks-recreation/rangely-rock-crawling-park-ohv-trails):
Just a few miles southwest of the Town of Rangely is the only designated natural rock crawling park in the state of Colorado. With more than 560 acres of natural terrain designated by the Bureau of Land Management as a four-wheel drive park, the Rangely Rock Crawling Club has one of the largest areas in the country to climb. Among this vast terrain of rocks is a well-designed OHV Trail system. You can spend a day exploring and never see the same country twice. Check out our OHV Trail Guide for maps of the terrain.
I was imagining being able to see things (and hoping to take pictures) like I saw on the Rangely municipal code documentation or from the pictures on the Rangely OHV Adventure Rally Facebook page:
Alas! It seems that (1) those types of rocks are not near the public roadways (and our Jeep, while having a "Trail Rated" marker on its front, is *not* an off highway vehicle and we weren't going to drive off road to try to locate them) and (2) this is not the time of year when the events are scheduled which would bring the OHV folks to be participate in using the trails in great numbers (though we did have a few folks in our campground with real OHVs).
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We got to the parking area for Rangely Rock Crawling Park, and I studied the map in vain to see if I could find where the bare rocks might be... |
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... we could see off road trails, but no bare rock areas were visible from where we could park. |
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Regardless, it's an interesting activity that Rangely can support to bring visitors to town! |
The major industry in Rangely is oil. If you're interested in a bit of history about Rangely, check out: https://townofrangely.colorado.gov/about-rangely/history
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