places to ride near St. Louis

[drew3623]

Any one know of any place to ride near St. Louis MO? I know of St. Joe state park but I was trying to find other places.

[Unverfehrt400ex]

yeah, it sucks, there isn't many places around here to ride. st joes is a good time though. we also enjoy going to little eqypt down in marion IL. but other than that i just got a few miles of trails behind my hosue and thats it.

[hskers82]

There is a riding area in Coulterville,IL can't remember the name(I think it is Coyote Trails or something like that) and in Columbia,MO there is Finger Lakes State Park

[Aarons 01 400EX]

St. joe's
Finger lake in Columbia, MO
There is a place up by Quincy IL (Rockport??)
Coulterville IL Coyote Creek
Little Egypt Off-road park
Land between the lakes (Turkey Bay?)


There are some trails off of 51 by Community Beach Rd in Central City. I see them when I go to my parents house off Racoon Lake.

[drew3623]

how is coulterville compared to St. Joe? I like to do alot of trail riding.

[Aarons 01 400EX]

I've been to Coulterville 3 times and can ride through their main trail in less than 10 minutes. But they have a ton of other trails that take you everywhere. There is only 10 miles of trails. I just enjoy spending the riding time with my buddies.

Here is a good site for riding areas in our area of southern IL.
http://www.illinoisatv.com/region4.php
http://www.illinoisatv.com/region5.php

St.Joe's is huge!! But with a bigger park you get a large variety of riders out there.

[destroyer]

Rockport Off Road Park in Rockport, IL. has been closed to ATV's for a couple of years now. : (
If you like trail riding there are a couple of small town's in northeasteren Mo. they have fund raiser trail rides. The procedes are for the small town's Volunteer Fire Departments as they get no tax money to operate on.
The first one is June 14, 2008. 8 miles west of Canton, Mo. on hwy 16.
The second one is June 28 at Williamstown, Mo. I believe it is $20.00 per ATV. No side by sides on the first one due to narrow bridges. Must be under 55" wide.
Also there is a farmer in Loraine, IL that lets ATV's ride on his farm for $15.00 per ATV.

[Aarons 01 400EX]

Is anyone going riding this Sunday? I'm going to the Cardinals game Saturday with the wife, but wanted to go riding on Sunday.

[represent618]

MX Tracks:
Splinter Creek Dirt Riders - Fosterburg IL
Southfork - Taylorville, IL
South Central MX - Salem, IL


There are places to ride, go to district18.info and hit the quad forum, as well as stlar.com has a dirt forum
Usually can find someone to ride with, and new places

[IMSROLL450R]

Originally posted by represent618
MX Tracks:
Splinter Creek Dirt Riders - Fosterburg IL
Southfork - Taylorville, IL
South Central MX - Salem, IL


There are places to ride, go to district18.info and hit the quad forum, as well as stlar.com has a dirt forum
Usually can find someone to ride with, and new places

South for is fun I ride there a LOT. I am going to try out ST Joe state park sometime soon too when i heal up and get the R back together.

[z-mann]

What do you consider "near" st. louis?

St. Joe is about 45 minutes from there.. We camp/ride at Suttons bluff a lot... that is about 10 minutes from Johnson Shut ins... we just spent the weekend down at bricks 4x4 farm.... it is a few hours south of S.t louis in Poplar Bluff.....

[Aarons 01 400EX]

Anyone going riding this weekend or next?

[cmskms]

I called the mx track in Salem, il. a couple months ago and they told me it was dirt bikes only? Has something changed? Going riding in the next couple weekends if anyones game!!

[cmskms]

St. joes this weekend the 13th, if no rain. If not then the next weekend for sure. anybody up for it let me know