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Where to Ride for Free?

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Where to Ride Dirt for Free?

I'd like the names of some places where I can ride off-road and not go to a paid for track or park and be inundated with other riders. And it seems that during the week these places don't open until late afternoon.

So far all I have really gotten from this site is the free Hwy 87 beach ride. I'm not looking for MX, just anything that is a dirt road, trail, etc.

Did we have to pave everything that's a public road?:thpt:

Can we put up a list?
 
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There is a public riding area at Somerville that I've ridden. It's tight and can be muddy, ruts, and has some hills to jump. It's kinda fun, but only on maybe 20 acres at most, probably more like 10. The trees get pretty tight there, too. It's much easier on a small displacement bike than something like a DRz400.
 
Thanks Jack. I'm a 250cc type of guy. Gotta map link?
 
MusicMan754 said:
I'll add to this question. How about anywhere in Texas? I'd love to riding in dirt sometimes, but I don't know where.
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Yep, anywhere in Texas is good, or even LA, OK, NM. Let's get a list with some map links going.
 
Try the Canadian river on hiway 287 about 20 miles north of Amarillo. It's called the Rosita recreation area. It's big but I don't know how many acres.

Roger
 
360 is still there, you have to know where to park though. It is a busy place with 4X4s and custom buggies on most weekends, so you have to be on alert. Be advised that it is a huge mudfest after any rain.
 
Hemibee said:
Be sure to get one of these before you go off road in public lands...

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/ohv/index.phtml
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Yeah.... good luck getting one. None of the 'Where to buy" locations in Tarrant County carry them anymore, and the clerk at the TPWD office in Fort Worth claimed to know nothing about it until I pointed out the information packet on her own desk. Even then they do not sell the stickers at their own office. I would be happy to comply and buy the stickers for my bikes, but the issuing agency does not even sell them.
 
I need a new sticker. If they have them here, I'll pick up a few extrea to mail off to you folks that are having trouble.
 
Squeaky said:
I need a new sticker. If they have them here, I'll pick up a few extrea to mail off to you folks that are having trouble.
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Speaking of stickers?????I have mail problems or should I say mailwoman problems[stuff goes to neighbors].Did you ever get my addy and stuff.
 
Squeaky said:
I need a new sticker. If they have them here, I'll pick up a few extrea to mail off to you folks that are having trouble.
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We sell 80~100 every weekend at Barnwell Mountain RA.

It is not free to ride there though ... but there are never more than a dozen bikes.
 
I picked up three yesterday. One for me, Elzi gets first dibbs on the others.
 
you can no longer ride at Yegua. The ORV area has been closed due to excessive vandalism. Nice -i never got to ride it even once.:miffed:
 
You didn't miss much , did they close it to riders and make it a full time trash dump . SEYA
 
heh, heh, no kidding huh? I have read the comments on the place being overrun by beer swilling ATV lummox but i thought that maybe that would be part of the adventure. :party: :suicide:
maybe not the adventure i really want
 
The place was tore up by the kwads several years ago. Was at one time a good place for a new rider but that was 5 years ago.
 
San Angelo is free (Twin Buttes). Nice little trail system maintained by locals.
TX off-road stickers are at almost every bike shop I've been to.
 
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