Mywifesquad, You talked about your son eating blackberries. We live on the highest Mountain range in the east coast.Here in WV there allover the place. They grow on our land like wildfire. During the summer months when my son and I are riding the woods and the old loging roads where they grow like wildfire, he has to stop and pick them. He WILL NOT pass up a blackberry patch for nothing, Alot of the times we will pick and eat them till were almost sick. THen the fun begins. Have you ever had a blackberry fight. Just like a snowball fight. Mom really loves it when we come home Purple from head to toe. Man this is the life. Little moments like this will last a lifetime. Kids,quads,racing, and living in the mountains. It doesn't get any better then this.

 

Oh man you have to rub it in... those of us that have to travel for hours to get to a riding area really appreciate your candor.. I need to come out your way next summer and run a few trails with you.... Elkins is in the nothern part of the state isn't it?

 

Dragginbutt,

Yes Elkins is in the northen part of the state. Upper right hand side of the state. When I hear everyone on these forums talk about having to ride for hours to find a place to ride, I feel lucky. Heck there legal to ride on secondary roads. If the road doesn't have a yellow line down the middle, you can ride on it legal. All you need is a helmet and no passangers on the quad. If it's a 2 seater then ok. I wouldn't know how to act if I couldn't ride every day. My son and I ride every day if mom doesn't have anything planed.My 6 year old boy thinks its aweful to miss a night of rideing. He thinks he has to practice every day. Which he useally does.

 

That's great that your 6 year old gets to ride his machine every day. I hope to hear that he will get other kids into the sport, and possibly race one day. I'm sure that if I had the equipment when I was a kid, I'd be on the Pro curcuit today and maybe retire soon. Of coarse that wouldn't stop me from riding. My 6 year old is showing great potential, he has the common sense and the skills to be a pro, if he wants to, all he needs is for his Daddy to support him in every way possible. He does have an advantage, he has a machine to ride, unlike so many kids I know would love to have one. I love to see kids ride, and love to hear that younger kids are getting involve in the sport in any way (It just puts a big smile on my face to see a little guy or girl having a blast on their own machine). I wish I could give every kid a 4 wheeler to ride, but I can't. I like to see kid's ride so much.

 

You are in luck... but you need to be prepared to do a ton of research. Brian Mills, the land use editor on this website has some insight, and he lives in PA. You can also look up the blueribboncoalition's website and research the data there. They have a full time person on staff that deals with building park's and associated issues. Lastly, try getting your hands on the back issues of some of the ATV magazines.. I think Dirt wheels had a few articles on setting up a park. I may be wrong on the magazine name... but the data is out there.

If you are talking a fee for service type park, I am afraid 65 acres may be on the small side though, unless your property abuts an existing trail system... then you could concentrate on creating an access point.. or a destination resort with camping and cabin facilities... Lots of ideas out there...