So Choccolocco Mountain it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Date: January 10 & 11!
Time: 9am at the parking area (central time zone) Around 9:30am we will hit the trails. We will start out on CB Channel # 20!

I can only make one day and will be riding on the 10th!

Here is some info from the Choccolocco site!
We are open every weekend!
Saturdays and Sundays 8:00am to 8:00pm
Daily Rate: $20 per driver $5 per passenger
Weekend Pass: $30 per driver $10 per passenger
Weekend pass includes primitive camping

*If you are going to wheel for 2 days and want to camp, contact the people at Choccolocco Mountain ORV Park. http://www.choccoloccomountain.com/index.php

After going through the thread I came up with this list of the ones who said that could make it. If you are not on the list post up and I'll add your name! I also need the days your planning to ride, one day or both days!

08{GA}Rubicon - 10th only cell - 770-864-3354
08RedRecon - 10th only
JK-Rubi -
07JKX - Camping on 9th, wheeling on 10th
dpost82 - Camping on 9th, wheeling on 10th
SONIC- 10th only
bama JK - 10th only
SouthSideSteve - 10th only
tgrt - 11th only??
TINMAN_2469 - 10th only

After looking at the directions and google maps, I came up with this location. I could only find their mailing address not physical address to the park!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sadd...8,2.460937&z=9

Trey at the mountain... said they just recently were given a physical address, but he said it would most likely not be on GPS, but to instead gps another place which is 3 stop signs away off Ladiga Street:

Roma Pizza and Steak House
1 Public Square E
Jacksonville, Alabama
Tel: 256-435-3080

 

Great idea. My experience in offroad parks is very limited. I've been to Mountainside in Gadsden and liked it. It's open the first and third weekends of the month, but we were able to rent the entire park for a day during one of the off weekends. It's not exactly centrally located in the state so I'm not sure how big this one would go over. The only other park I know of in Alabama is Greyrock north of Birmingham. I've never been there, so I don't know if they have trails for stock or slightly modded jeeps.
Cullman is supposed to be opening an ORV park too, but not until next spring I think.

 

Yeah I looked up the the Greyrock trails the other day, and from what i saw they looked pretty cool, from the web site i saw it's $10 a day and i think it's a little bit more if your going to camp, but not much maybe $3 more... so that is a place i'm watching to go check out at some point and from the web site there open the 1st and 3rd weekend of everymonth. The website says they have everything for lite or hard riding.... i will see if i can find the web site and post it later.

And for us Atlanta people it's about 2.5 hours west of us so it's not that bad of a hual.

 

Besides Mountainside and Gray Rock you also have Morris Mountain, Choccoloco, and Stoney Lonesome (coming soon).

 

Is that up close to Birmingham?

 

morris mountain is close to the georgia border. I think choccolocco is south of birmingham.

 

The last email I have received from the guys at Stoney Lonesome said that they would be opening Dec. 10th. I don't know how the park will turn out, be it has a lot of hype.

 

Not a clue where to ride since I just moved here from Cali, but I'm down if the time is right.

 

I know there are more people out there that wheel in Alabama! I've never wheeled there and not sure on any of these places.

 

I did a search on Stony Lonesome ORV. This is the park in Cullman I was thinking of. They have a website up, but most of the information is "coming soon". And like BamaJK said, it says they are opening Dec 10 for limited use.
http://www.stonylonesomeohv.us/index.htm

And while I'm posting links, here are Mountainside(close to Gadsden, halfway between Birmingham and Chattanooga), Gray Rock(close to Birmingham) and Choccolocco(roughly halfway between Birmingham and Atlanta)

http://www.mountainsideoffroadpark.com/
http://www.grayrockorv.com/
http://www.choccoloccomountain.com/

There should be plenty of hotels to pick from around mountainside and Gray Rock. Choccolocco looked like it was kind of off by itself.
Cullman will have a few hotels to pick from too and since it is less than an hour away from Huntsville, me and a couple other guys from here could go check it out when it opens.

Just found this in another thread. The link should help anyone anywhere find a place to wheel:
http://www.jeepingsingles.net/parks.asp