where the sand

[bear dad]

i want to by a quad for sand riding, its looks like it would feel alittle like my sled on snow. this is the question where are all the places to sand ride, if you could say the state,city,and name of the place, and a bit about the conditions, even the small places. my sons and i are planing a sumer road trip THANKS

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by bear dad
i want to by a quad for sand riding, its looks like it would feel alittle like my sled on snow. this is the question where are all the places to sand ride, if you could say the state,city,and name of the place, and a bit about the conditions, even the small places. my sons and i are planing a sumer road trip THANKS
SAINT ANTHONYS IDAHO!:D
SAWEEET Dunes!

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[tar]

Little Sahara at Waynoka Oklahoma

[the*ovenman]

Any where in the imperial sand dunes in Southern California, Glamis, Buttercup, Gordons Well

[Chin_Chilla]

Kermit Sand Hills (http://www.kermitsandinc.com) in Kermit, Texas. Best dunes by far in Texas!

Click Here (http://kermitsandinc.com/kermit9_9_06_0002.wmv) for a sample video! :cool:

[Grumpy Wookie]

I know that this list is not all inclusive, but the Nov 2006 issue of dirt wheels lists many of the riding areas on page 204. If there are places that I missed, Im sure other readers will post them.

Here is the list as they put it:
-Cinder Hills OHV Area, AZ - 12 miles northeast of Flagstaff
-Hot Wells Dunes Recreation Area, AZ - 25 miles southeast of Safford, AZ
-Ehrenburg Sandbowl OHV Area, AZ - Ehrenberg, AZ
-Dumont Dunes, CA - North of Baker on Highway 127
-Imperial Sand Dunes Recreationoal Area - (this includes Buttercup, Glamis, Gordons Well/Dune Buggy Flats, Ogilby, Oldsmobile Hill, Patton Valley) - In between Brawley CA and Yuma AZ on Highway 78
-Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, CA - Pismo Beach CA
-Rasor Dunes OHV Area, CA - 15 miles southwes of Baker, CA
-Samoa Dunes Recreation Area, CA - 5 miles west of Eureka, CA
-North Sand Hills OHV Area, Colorado - 15 Miles northeast of Walden, CO
-Silver Lake, Michigan
-Clayton Valley, Nevada - near the town of Silver Peak
-Crescent Dunes, Nevada - near the town of Tonopah, NV
-Nellis Dunes, NV - 15 miles northeast of Las Vegas
-Sand Moutain Recrational Area, 85 miles east of Reno on Highway 50
-Winnemucca Dunes, NV, near the town of Winnemucca NV
-Dunes Vehicle Recreation Area, New Mexico - South of Farmingtion
-Mescalero Sand Dunes, NM - 36 miles east of Roswell
-Little Sahara State Park, Oklahoma, four miles south of Waynoka, OK
-Beaver State Park ORV Area, OK, one mile north of Beaver OK
-Christmas Valley Sand Dunes, Oregon, Southeast of Bend Oregon
-Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, OR (this includes Coos Bay, Winchester Bay, and Florence Dunes)
-Sand Lake Recreation Area, Oregon - near Tillamook, OR
-Kermit Sand HIlles, TX - ten miles north of Kermit TX
-Red Sands, TX - El Paso, TX
-Little Sahara Recreation Area, Utah - 115 miles Southwes of Salt Lake City
-San Hallow State Park, Utah - fifteen miles east of St. George, UT
-Moses Lake, WA - four miles south of Moses Lake, WA
-Berverly Sand Dunes ORV Park, WA - Beverly WA
-Killpecker Dunes, WY - Southern Wyoming is all that is listed.

I cant speak for all of these places, I have been to the Imperial Sand Dunes, and to Pismo Beach personally. I need to get out more. The Imperial Sand Dunes are very large, and can be very busy. Pismo is a beautiful place, but it gets very crowded. There is not as much riding area, and there are a lot of people, esspecially in the summer. The dunes are smaller, but still fun.

If you plan on comming to Southern CA, AZ, NV, Utah, or New Mexico, I would recommend a winter tirp. The summer is too hot to ride.

[Grumpy Wookie]

I would also recommend going to the ASA's site for some riding tips and so on. The forum address is http://www.americansandassociation.org/phpBB2/index.php

Thought it might help...

[guinness77]

Just North of the Green Bay Bridge of North Bend/Coos Bay, Oregon there is a road heading West with bay water on both sides. It leads to Horsefall Camp. The camp is an RV type of camp with about 100 spots. There is a host. Each site is capable of holding a 40' RV plus trailer. There are showers, restrooms, and direct dune access. Most spots have a picnic table, fire pit, and room for a tent. The RV area is well shielded by trees. So the wind won't be a problem. You can be in the dunes in 20 seconds. There is a day use area. This particular section of the dune area is the most family oriented. It is about 5 miles long and 3/4 miles wide. So it's hard to get lost. Along the long Western edge the dunes are shallow. That's ideal for the kids. Along the long Eastern edge the dunes rise to 300 feet. Ideal for those who want challenges. There are several dune trails that are fun as well. If you drive out from Horsefall camp you can get to the top of the dunes and see the bay bridge. There are many quad drag races in this spot. If you travel along the length of this smaller riding area you will reach Houser. Houser has a couple ATV rental places, a KOA campground 5 minutes away from the dunes and a day use area. This whole smaller area I've described is connected to a MUCH MUCH larger riding area via a sand road (from Houser). If you take this sand road you will come out into the 7,000-acre area. Yeah, it's large and has many open dunes, forested areas, dune trails, and dune-locked lakes. Here you can turn South into the Bull Run riding area. It's very much like the smaller horsefall-houser riding area. If you continue forward from that sand road you will hit the beach. (Lots of fun!). If you turn North you will come to several lakes and eventually reach Spinreel Camp. Spinreel is the Northern most point of the large riding area.

You remember that road just North of the Green bridge? Well Horsefall camp is just an early turnoff. If you stay on that road you will hit the Southern tip of the Bull Run riding area. Bull run is a day use area with a brick out-house. From there you can enjoy Bull run (about 2,500 acres) traveling North until you hit the sand road.

You remember that road just North of the Green Bridge? Well if you stick with it to the end you will come to Horsefall Beach. Horsefall beach has about 60 RV spots. But only a few have picnic tables and fire pits. There are nice bathrooms and a camp host. You have direct dune access. You can hit the beach in under 30 seconds. Or you can go a little North along a road that parallels the beach and turn into Bull-run riding area. If you continue North riding your ATV on the beach you enjoy following the gentle curves of the beach break, sliding sideways, and smelling the cool ocean breeze. Horsefall Beach is poorly shielded from the ocean breeze and can get quite breezy at night. You can drive North all the way along the beach until you hit the big sign in the sand that say's "No riding past this sign." If you turn inland you will be on a sand road called Ten-mile road that takes you to Spinreel camp.

Spinreel camp is about 20 minutes North of Coos Bay on Highway 101 at 60 miles per hour. It's at the Northern most edge of the riding area. It has many RV spots and direct dune access. All RV spots have pick-nick tables and a fire pit. There are bathrooms and a day use area. Off of the day use area there is steelhead fishing and pedestrian-only dunes.

Up until now I've described the outermost reaches of the dunes. Now for the good part. What's inside? The smaller riding area from Horsefall camp to Houser is open dunes with a perimeter of dune trails. But the larger riding area is a real mix. You can ride for a week in there every day and never go over the same dune twice. Most dunes are only about 200 feet. The Bull Run area parallels the beach and has a great many jumps. Past the sand road if you tend to stay to the West you'll enjoy many trails. If you tend to stay to the East you can stay in open dunes all the way to Spinreel. To give you an idea of how big this area is, if you ride the outside perimeter and go around the entire large riding area. You can expect the trip to take 90 minutes. (That's really stretching the gas.) If you have a good sense of direction you'll be fine. But if you don't, stay in familiar areas and open up your loops gradually. With an experienced escort, you won't want to leave. There are many forested area with dune trails going through them. There are several dune locked lakes with tree patches along side of them (ideal for a picnic.) There are a couple of wide dune roads leading towards the beach.

Now for the rules. There is a strict 93 decibel limit placed on all quads. The fine is $250.00. No riding between the hours of 12-midnight and 6am. No glass in the dunes at any time. Driving a quad under the influence of alcohol carries with it the same penalties as driving a car under the influence. Alcohol is AOK in established camping sights. There are many sand camping sights available (by reservation only.) Just off of Horsefall camp there are several RV sights on the sand itself. There are plenty of isolated picnic spots.

[JOEX]

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
SAINT ANTHONYS IDAHO!:D
SAWEEET Dunes!

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Almost as good as the Oregon Dunes!:devil: :D :devil:

[atvRiDa400ex]

DUMON DUNES in So-CaL and S0-NeVaDa!

they are sik for more info visit the site!
weather is very nice now! and its HUGE...awesome ride alot of space!

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[wilkin250r]

The list that GrumpWookie posted is almost TOO inclusive. They list dune areas like Crescent and Winnemucca, which are just silly. These areas are fun riding areas if you live right next to them, but they aren't worth a road-trip destination, even if you're just passing through.

If you are doing a road trip, forget the little areas. For the areas around Las Vegas, for example, you'd be better off spending three days in Dumont rather than one day at Dumont, one day at Crescent, and one day at Armagosa.

I'd say the only area in Nevada worthy of a road-trip stopover is Sand Mountain. I would concentrate on the more popular areas, because they are more popular for a reason. St. As, Dumont, Pismo, Glamis, Oregon Dunes, ect...

For locations of many dunes, check out www.DuneGuide.com

[bear dad]

my god i never new that there was so many places to ride it looks like i might need 2 sumers to ride all these places i thank all for the info, and QuadJunkies how far is it from boise, I might just have to go down there and visit my sister and her family

[BranMan]

litle sahara is a good place to ride... in oklahoma

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by bear dad
my god i never new that there was so many places to ride it looks like i might need 2 sumers to ride all these places i thank all for the info, and QuadJunkies how far is it from boise, I might just have to go down there and visit my sister and her family
Its about 4.5 hours from there.
We try and go every June,not sure if we can this year or not, but maybe we can meet up this summer for some riding.
Ill find you a tpic I had from last years riding that has many pics of the dunes. You wll love the sand there. HUUUGEE bowls!
:cool:

[raptorgirl]

We ride mostly at Dumont Dunes and Oceano (Pismo). Great weather most of the time except for those unexpected sand storms that lock you in your trailer for a day but then that just smoothes out the sand for the early morning ride whuch is great. Both places are first come first serve, except for Oceano you can make reservations and is highly recommended if your planning a trip for a holiday and both places have chemical toilets around the dunes. Dumont is $20 for 7 days and Oceano is $10 per day.

[vwjohnny]

Originally posted by the*ovenman
Any where in the imperial sand dunes in Southern California, Glamis, Buttercup, Gordons Well

Unless it's in the summer!:cuss: HOT!

[wilkin250r]

Indeed, Johnny makes a good point above.

In the southern areas like Glamis, dune season is in the winter, because the summer is just way too hot.

Up north in St. Anthony, summers are perfect, winters are too cold.

In the middle areas like me (Sand Mountain, Nevada), summers are too hot, winters are too cold. Dune season is split between spring and fall.

Plan your trip accordingly. It would be really unfortunate to plan a summer trip to Glamis and be dissapointed because of the heat. If you want to hit a wide range of areas, try to find a compromise in the weather tempuratures, like spring, not too hot, not too cold.