FAQs

Virginia Off-Road is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to uniting off-road enthusiasts and veterans through education, community engagement, and responsible trail stewardship. The organization offers a range of programs to educate the public on safe and respectful off-roading, including its Off-Road 101 class, the TrailMaster Certification program, and the “Leave No Trace Behind” course. Through these initiatives, members can gain practical knowledge and hands-on experience while earning digital badges for their accomplishments on Virginia trails. The nonprofit also maintains a growing library of trail guides with maps, elevation data, photos, and videos, and members can access exclusive discounts on tools like the TrailsOffRoad app.

In addition to education, Virginia Off-Road focuses heavily on community and conservation. Members are encouraged to participate in stewardship programs such as Adopt-a-Trail and Adopt-a-Highway, where volunteers help keep trails and surrounding access areas clean. The organization is also developing a Trail Rescue Program to assist off-roaders who encounter trouble on the trails. Membership is free and includes access to discounts, trail badges, educational resources, and private forums. Virginia Off-Road sustains its efforts through community donations and sponsorships, and regularly publishes transparency reports to show progress in member growth, cleanup efforts, and outreach.

No, it doesn’t. While we ask that members make a donation annually, you can join for FREE. Click here to join.

That’s a great question—and it’s one Virginia Off-Road is built to answer.

Local Facebook groups are awesome for quick trail tips, ride meetups, and chatting with fellow off-roaders. But Virginia Off-Road goes a step further: it’s not just a social group—it’s a registered nonprofit with a mission to protect Virginia’s trails, educate drivers, and build long-term access to off-road recreation. When you join, you’re helping shape the future of off-roading in the state by supporting trail cleanups, public land advocacy, and educational programs that keep our community safe and respected.

Plus, your monthly membership comes with benefits like:

• Exclusive trail badges and certification opportunities
• Access to the growing Virginia trail library with detailed info and real photos
• Discounts on gear and off-road tools (like the TrailsOffRoad app)
• A private member portal for connecting, organizing, and learning
• Opportunities to earn recognition through stewardship and cleanup programs

Of course, we offer both Sponsorships and Chartiable Donations and you can learn about both of them here.

We have a handful of trail badges that you can earn for your 4WD. We operate on the honor system, so there is nothing to validate, you would simply purchase the badges and put them on your rig.

We do ask that you become a member should you wish to purchase any of the badges.

Additionally, if you are a 4WD Low or Rear Locker member, you can simply login to the member portal and ask your your badges for free, although we do ask for $1 to help cover the cost of a stamp and envelope.

Our annual overhead is pretty low, other than the website and some marketing, that’s about it. As it stands, we have an annual budget for 2025 of $9,500. That covers operating expenses and a lot of marketing, thing slike our FROGS, business cards, stamps and shipping materials, badge creation, website hosting, email, some Ad’s that we run and the like too. We do expect the annual budget to increase after the 1st year as we grow.

Sure thing!

As a 501c3, we are an open book and will gladly share with you our stats, expenses and income.

No one takes a salary here, we’re all volunteer and we operate on donations from the general public and corporations that wish to give. Click the button below to see our current stats and most recent monthly statement.

You will see that we don’t have a huge budget and the funding we get just helps us to operate, nothing more. If you have a specific question about something, let us know!

We will only use your address to verify you should you ever make a donation or purchase from the online store, like trail badges or other merch.

We will never spam you or sell your information.

You will get occasional emails from us, maybe once or twice a month.

Trail to Recovery is a special initiative by VA Off-Road that gives back to those who served by using the power of off-roading as a therapeutic, confidence-building, and community-strengthening experience. Whether it’s a scenic trail ride through the Blue Ridge Mountains or an adrenaline-pumping day navigating rocky climbs, this program is designed to support our veterans both mentally and emotionally.

You sure can, in fact as we are starting our journey, we will be offering tax deductible receipts for those that make donations to the various projects that we come up with.

Just a Assumption of Risk when you join us for anything. It will be a link in your email when you join up, you can additionally see it on the button below.

It’s common sence stuff, like you might get hurt on a trail ride and you can’t sue us if something happens to you or your rig. Basically, you understand the dangers of off-roading, becuase it’s real and it does happen from time to time.

Just just email us and we will try to help.