I don't think this place gets enough praise on this site. I was out there today for close to 9 hours riding. We had a BLAST. There's mud, trails, hills, pretty much everything. I love that place. IMHO it's the best place that I've ridden in Florida yet.
Be QUIET man.
Let me asked the dreaded question.... Where is this place (so maybe I can go)?
Quote from: jwscroll on September 05, 2005, 06:41:51 AM
Be QUIET man.
Huh? Scottsmore is directly off I-95. It's above Titusville. 1 exit North of Sanford, Mims. The exit is for Scottsmore. You get off the exit and go west. There will be trucks parked all along the sides of the road. We rode 30 miles out there on Saturday.
Its Scottsmoor. Exit 231
Is that place any good for sport quaders ::) Any hill climbs, sand pits, etc
There was plenty of sport quads out there.
Just remember when ya'll come to Brevard County to keep Brevard Beautiful, and my kid is on those trails so take it easy around the blind turns cause he can't get out of the way as fast as ya'll.
Its called 5A!
Any one planning on going to 5A this weekend?
yeah, I found the backend of it off of Maytown road from Deltona.
cool place.
Id@
Does anyone know if trucks can still make it in through the 5a parking lot or do they have to come in through maytown rd?
Last I remember they had gravel piles where the trucks used to drive through at the scottsmoore exit.
What do you mean make it through? We all parked on the old store's slab this past weekend. The gravel piles were there, but that was just an added bonus to ride on. lol
I was meaning can the 4x4 trucks drive back into the woods from the 5a entrence, can trucks make it past the gravel piles into the woods?
I would think 4x4 trucks can make it in. We pulled a suzuki samarai out of the mud and he followed my buddies back to where we parked to get gas. Then he proceeded to go back in the mud (same hole) and get stuck again.
Hows that go, If at first you dont succeed try try again.
Cool thanks for the input, I have a buddy with a jacked up suburban who wants to come out this weekend and wanted to know if he could access the woods from 5A.
Quote from: jwscroll on September 07, 2005, 07:10:56 AM
Just remember when ya'll come to Brevard County to keep Brevard Beautiful, and my kid is on those trails so take it easy around the blind turns cause he can't get out of the way as fast as ya'll.
Will do bro ;)
I HEARD THAT ITS CLOSED???
I was there last weekend.
its not closed that was a hoax
its a great place just dont park in the parking with the gravel piles you will get a ticket if the heat comes by.
anyone got pics?
I got pics saved on my computer Im just not sure how to post them.
http://hondaforeman.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=941
Nice Pics. ;D
Quote from: Brute Force on September 12, 2005, 10:15:29 AM
I got pics saved on my computer Im just not sure how to post them.
If you want to sendem to me I can postem. eric_dudley@hotmail.com
allrighty, so would a sport with an open airbox be OK for most of the trails out there?
Id@
Well I'm not sure that I know what an open air box is but I would venture to say you should be able to make it just about anywhere. There may be some places where it seems like there is no way around the mud but there is if you know your way around.
Most of the deep mud wholes have a trail off to the side that the sport bikes have made to get around the whole. No guarantees that you won't get muddy.
The trails around the holes should be dry enough by now. Me and the family are coming out there on Sat. around 10or11. We usually park on the 95 side.
The wife and I were out there Saturday and Sunday (9-17 & 18). Saturday morning it was pretty quiet, but Sunday the place was paced. Met some great people out there (we usually ride in Canaveral Groves) who let us in on some of the local secrets. Again, nice folks - pretty much family or an older group of riders.
Excellant riding for all skill levels and desires. Some mud, some sand, some great trails to just kick back and relax on. Don't park on the dairy queen property of risk getting towed or ticketed.
Looking forward to next weekend. This place rocks!
Quote from: grumpster on September 19, 2005, 01:15:04 PM
The wife and I were out there Saturday and Sunday (9-17 & 18). Saturday morning it was pretty quiet, but Sunday the place was paced. Met some great people out there (we usually ride in Canaveral Groves) who let us in on some of the local secrets. Again, nice folks - pretty much family or an older group of riders.
Excellant riding for all skill levels and desires. Some mud, some sand, some great trails to just kick back and relax on. Don't park on the dairy queen property of risk getting towed or ticketed.
Looking forward to next weekend. This place rocks!
what times were you there? saturday, me and a buddy of mine got there around 2 or 3 i believe.... and didn't leave till around 8pm.... really nice place to ride at.... the first place that i rode at that is known by many..... and it's pretty friggen awesome out there.... can't wait to go again....
i was on a 01 honda trx 250 (ain't the greatest but for $550 it ain't bad!!!...gets me ridin)
and my buddy was on a banshee
those little side trails around the water are nice.... but damn there a pain to ride over... by the end of the day i was the depth tester....(i was the only one with reverse.... lol)
and some of that mud is slliiiiiccckkkk... wow... lol
def can't wait to go out there again... lots of fun to be had
Is there anywhere to camp at this place ?? Can you ride there day and night ?? How much riding area is there ?? And last question, is it wet this time of year ??
Thanks,
~MudMan~
Very wet right now. but i tdries out pretty quick. You can get through most of it w/o a snorkel but you have to know where to go. You should be able to cover more than 1/2 of it w/ no probs now though.
I think its around 20,000 acres (someone may know a better number) you can ride all day and night. I have seen some folks camp there but they are usually locals (dueling bajo types) or the guy that took their truck out alone, sunk it and had to wait for someone to tow it out.
dont be out there during hunting season trust me Ive almost been shot at.
this place sounds great but i dont have a snorkel and i have never been there and the cops dont give you crap
No the cops do not bother you as long as you are not one of the idots ridinng wheelies along the blacktop, and do not park in the vacant Dairy Queen lot. Just park on the side of the road and be smart and you won't have any issues.
camping- if you can clean out a pretty flat area... then sure
went out there just past sunday.... toooooons of people out there.... had to be 15-25 trucks there... didn't go riding on the bigger part of it ... instead we went down a trial that had quite a bit of water/mud(i had reverse, new mudlite's, and a strap(and a trx250ex) ) so i was the guniea(sp?) pig for most of the mud holes..... first big mud hole was a little hard... spent about 20 mins there..... then it was pretty much sand and stuff till we got near the power poles.... then the mud got harder to go through with not many side trails... one hole we were stuck at for atleast 40 mins with couple of dirtbike people helpin us out... my friend got his banshee stuck (his tires suuuuuck in the mud) so we tried mine..... got it through pretty easy..... went to work on his... got it out.... and we decided it was time to go home.... dead tired from pushin/pullin through the mud... and we were covered in it..... couple of holes that we got through... 4x4 guys were havin problems with....
there is a lot of water out there.... but if you take it cautiously weather your on a 4x4 or a sport quad... you can get through just about anything out there... a trx 250ex and a banshee went through some tough stuff... but we did it.... awesome place to ride... would be better if there wasn't so much water.... but it's been rainin lately... so that explains it.... i say give it maybe a week or 2 with minimal rain and you really won't have to worry about the water holes.... might be goin back out to scottsmore this weekend... or headed to ocala to see what it's like there.... just won't be fun not bein able to ride at night
How big is this place?? It's sounds like it's worth a 2.5 Hr dive from w. palm
the place is pretty big from what i have seen... i wouldnt suggest going now though.... neeeds possibly 3-4 weeks of little to no rain... and you can get to the bigger area's.... a lot of it a sport quad couldn't go past because of deep slick mud.... or deeeeeep water
but from what i have been able to ride... it's decently big... and i looked at it on google earth (map program) and there seems to be tons of places to ride past where i was able to go