Here is a link to a great place to stay @ Royal Blue. If anyone gets a chance to check this place out i would recommend it to anyone. It's very clean and nice. It's the best place it the state to stay & ride IMO.

Ride Royal Blue

The state will hit you hard since you don't live in Tennessee. I thinks its about $30.00 per day for people who live out of state. The state will hammer you any way they can. You can get your permits there. Its a very nice place.

If you go to Royal Blue you won't be disappointed , the permits are $ 30.50 per day for out of state and 12.50 per day in state residents and the money you pay is matched 100% by the federal government and put back into the trails

Just curius how many out of state people have rode royal blue for how many years? I travel from Ohio $200 in fuel, another $300 in lodging, 100 in food, $186 in a out of state permit,man dont get me wrong but wow that is pretty close to a grand for 3 days,so if I pitch tent leave my g/f home(lol),eat cold cuts, wash in the creek,guide myself.I'm still gonna be scratchin my head about $30.50 aday.

Guides don't cost anything. You can find someone to guide real easy. Just send Huntsman a PM and let him know when your coming and we can find someone in the club to guide you.....they will more than happy to. Go to The ATV club & sites links and go to the Royal Blue Rangers Forum and sign up and you can get alot more info about the place. Better yet her i the link.

http://www.royalbluerangers.com/forum/

I Promise it will be the best Money you will ever spend to ride somewhere. If you plan on rideing there alot you can get a yearly permit.....buy i can't remember the Cost.

If you are riding there a couple of time, a yearly permit would be cheaper.

It seems to me that if the state was wanting to bring in a little more revenue in this department they would drop the cost of the permit and make it a little more managable for the out of staters. Royal Blue is a very nice place to ride and as a matter of fact it has been over a year since I have been out there and I am begining to have withdrawls. I think I will go soon!

There are Maps available from TWRA but they don't even show 1/2 of what is up at Royal Blue. There Maps are over 2 years old. That is why we use our GPS's up there. Unlike Pickett and Brimstone it is real easy to get lost up there.

This is the only one the TWRA has that was useful... and it's bad outdated now that the areas have been renamed.

http://www.state.tn.us/twra/gis/miscpdf/RoyalBlueOffRoadVehicalMapMarch2007TWRA[1].pdf

This one shows the unit layout of the WMA and it's location... http://www.state.tn.us/twra/gis/wmapdf/northcumberland.pdf

So im about to get lost.

If you looked at Dan's Google map or got his CD it has all the trails on it.

Yeah i studied it but i dont have GPS so ill be the guy leaving bread crumbs.
Its pretty much to late for me to obtain much more than paper map and a permit.
I did ready the bikes though.

You will do fine. Alot of the trails on the east side are marked now.

Orange surveyors tape. Tie one on the left side if you make a left turn etc. Can always follow them back out. Poor mans GPS. Actually learn the trails better that way without relying on a GPS. Make them small so they don't get pulled off by other riders.

At RB if you ride the numbered trails, even the ones not on the map, they will take you to the ones that are on it eventually. 19,20,21 and 22 are numbered but not on the map. Just ride them you won't stay lost for long.

Go to the Royal Blue Ranger board and let them know you are coming. Someone might be available to help show you around.

I studied the map alot today i have worked two solid days to make sure everything was / is ready between my real job.
At the last momen i llooked at my loaded bike and i had an epiphany.
i have ignored the obvious , i dont have any spare valve stems .
What and idiot.
Om my .
Well ive rode 2000 miles now and havent broken one yet so .
Anyhow ill be looking on my way up.
We are so excited this is our very first ever out of town ATV ride .
I even changed the oil in my truck all 15 quarts ouch.
we just taped up the front diferential gas release valve
I guees she like to fart every now and again .We bought 16 feet of quater inch fuel line but bros if you do this mod you need half inch .
See yall at The Blue