Anyone in the forum ride Black River in Missouri? There are some killer trails and riding is free. I would like to plan a ride this spring so if you are interested let me know.

 

Where's Black River?

 

Yes, where is the Black River... more details please.

 

The place I ride is owned by the Core of Engineers. The trails run along the Black River. There are some pretty good mud pits, rock, sand, open land, and trees good mixture!. As you ride along the river the trail opens up into some real nice tracks with berms and jumps. The only rule out there is “Stay out of the water !!!! The COE will nail you to the wall if you ride the river. I will attach a link to explain it a little better. It is about a 2 ½ hour drive for me (south), I live in O’Fallon. I will look up some good maps if you guys are interested. I would like to meet in the early spring if you are all up to it!River info!

 

Sounds interesting. What are the daily fees, etc?

 

Fees total...........GAS[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Almost everyone uses flags but there not required. Darn good Idea to have one out there though.

 

That link didn`t work

 

How do you get there? Have you heard about the new place to ride up in Ill, its called rockport, theres a link around here somewhere, I think its in the thread has anyone rode finger lakes in columbia missour..just look there, i think its all trails..

 

I think this is where he is talking about. It's near Johnson Shut-Ins.

http://www.mosportsmen.com/altv.htm

Craig

 

black river is where i started riding at as a child. they shut it down for a hiel, and he is right, even in the late 80' you couldn't touch the river or yougot nailed. the trail riding, you could ride damn near all day. and some of the trails were made for buggies and trucks that were originally allowed. look up jeff's canoe rentals and get the map to their location. the core of engineers camping sight is just on the other side of the bridge from jeff's. camping is free at the coe camp ground and no fee's to ride. thanks for the thead, now that i know it is open i am definately going shortly, gettin tired of st.joe's.