It is illegal. The south-West side is monitored and patrolled. The North-East side is the opposite. I know guys that go there every weekend and they talk about where to go and stuff. I choose not to go, cuz I can't afford to get my rig out of the impound!

I did find out that the property is broke into several sections. The oil company y'all are talking about only own about 25-35 acres, but the majority is owned by some development firm out of Dallas. There is also a good portion that is owned by an individual, it is for sale, but not at a cheap dime, we are talking millions for about 125 acres! So, buying it for a low profit offroad park is out of the question! I advise anyone that is wheeling there to contact developmental firm for temporary permission, but I doubt they will grant it.....

 

According to the officer we talked to the development firm is now the one pushing the enforcement. They are tired of all the litter, broken stuff, disrespect, etc...and I don't blame them. The drilling is on a separate section, but it really is all connected.

As for the land on the east side of 360, I was told a long time ago that it was enforced even more ever since the dirt road off 360 under the bridge was closed off. And every entrance I see over there has had tresspassing warning signs up for quite a while.

I didn't have a problem going there before now, but after talking to the officer and seeing the gates and monitoring in place, it is obvious they are serious and anyone going will get ticketed. The officer was even talking about ticketing people that drive over the tracks in their cars, sit there for a few minutes to eat lunch, and then leave. I won't go near it again.

 

I went there once back in the 80's, way too many people that were totally wasted and just trying to see how much ground they could tear up. I didn't seem safe to me and I never went back.
I just wonder if some group had approached the owner way back when, and accepted responability for keeping it clean and enforcing the tread lightly mantra, that he (or they) would have let orginized groups use the property.

 

I am pretty sure many have.... I know that Johnson County Jeep Club did just that, about a year and a half ago. They posted the response on their website, and it baseically said they appreciated that some one tried to get permission to be there, but they were after a bigger picture and that wheeling on the land would only make the proccess longer. They also stated in the response, that if they caught anyone on the property that they would charge them to the full extent..... So, basically, we aren't dealing with some guy that cares about his shrubs, we are dealing with people that only care about this property for the $$(I can't blame them), but it makes it much harder to reason with them. Especially after 30 years of people doing the wrong thing out there. The only way that place will ever be legal is if some one with some BIG $$ comes in and buys it and opens an offroad park(I highly doubt it). So pretty much, the only people that still go out there and wheel are the renegade types and the misinformed, atleast until they really shut it down(forever). I would love to wheel with some of the guys that go there, but I can't risk getting a ticket or worse.

 

I would agree I have enough problems as it is,I do not need anymore.I went with my dad in the early 90's to the east side of 360. He was going to drive over the old railroad bridge in his Dodge Raider.I didn't care for that much told him not to do it.

 

It's pretty much shut down for good now. Enforcement will be hell with all the disrespectfuls out there and the many MANY years of people going.

 

I think its great. Its about time.

 

You think whats great??

 

360 as they call it now. Back in the mid 60's when I got my first Honda S90 it was called end of Rock Island, and is been in controversy since then. AA for years didnt care till people started getting hurt and trying to sue them or burning stolen cars. So now its closed. Just my 0.02

 

mid 60's....wow. j/k david