Anyone have any ideas for good riding areas in Arizona? Or something out of state that is relativly close to arizona?

 

There's lots o places out there. Have you been to the MX track at or near Queen Creek? I don't know the name, but if you call Town and Country Motorsports (I think they're in Mesa or Chandler) they have had fliers there. I know there are mx and quad races in the fall, and there are four practice tracks. For desert riding, there's lots of spots south west of Phoenix, between Gila Bend and Maricopa. Head out off the 10 at Firebird racetrack and head towards Harrah's. Off that highway take any of the roads where's there's no house and ride. There's another highway that connects Maricopa to Gila Bend (247? 238? they're building a new Bahsa's on the corner where you need to turn right) That highway goes for about 30 - 40 miles and there are lots of turn offs and some great riding. There's also BLM land that has designated jeep trails, and if you actaully look at the scenery there's some great little mountains with petroglyphs on them. Just be careful - the locals are not friendly about off roaders riding through their back and front yards. The locals are also armed (being it's AZ) so DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ride near or close to any dwelling - especially in no man's land. (Think the banjo scene from Deliverance.) Fortuneately there are not many locals and that area is so large that you can ride for hours and not go near any homes. Have fun.

 

There's a ton of riding areas in the state. Tell us where you currently ride, and what kind of terrain you're looking for. Also, visit Ridingarizona.com for places to ride.

 

thx for the response, i just started riding and have been to glamis and a place out by camp verde. I will check the webpage u posted. Looking for places that might have rv hookups but mostly i like sand.

 

Believe it or not, sand is hard to come by in AZ. Other than outside of Yuma (really CA) there is a place called Hotwells Dunes outside of Safford, AZ. If you want to go the "Arizona Dunes" aka the Cinder's outside of Flagstaff, check out some of the pictures in my profile. They're not really dunes, but black volcanic pebbles. Also check out Rolls OHV and Sycamore creek (these 2 are only 30-45 minutes from Phoenix).

 

thx hotwellslooks interesting with rv hookups. I heard that cinders tears up your tires. Is this true?

 

It's a catch 22 - You really need paddles to get up the large hills, but the paddles will get beat-up pretty good. Regular knobbies are ok on wear, but really don't have enough bite for the big stuff. You'd have a blast either way though.

 

kk thx for input ill have to go and check it out