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Title: Scottsmore
Post by: Mattism78 on September 04, 2005, 09:29:53 PM
I don't think this place gets enough praise on this site. I was out there today for close to 9 hours riding. We had a BLAST. There's mud, trails, hills, pretty much everything. I love that place. IMHO it's the best place that I've ridden in Florida yet.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: jwscroll on September 05, 2005, 06:41:51 AM
Be QUIET man.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Toomey on September 05, 2005, 09:15:32 AM
Let me asked the dreaded question.... Where is this place (so maybe I can go)?


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Mattism78 on September 05, 2005, 11:42:12 AM
Be QUIET man.

Huh? Scottsmore is directly off I-95. It's above Titusville. 1 exit North of Sanford, Mims. The exit is for Scottsmore. You get off the exit and go west. There will be trucks parked all along the sides of the road. We rode 30 miles out there on Saturday.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: ATPDan on September 05, 2005, 02:17:43 PM
Its Scottsmoor.   Exit 231


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: eric on September 07, 2005, 01:38:42 AM
Is that place any good for sport quaders ::)  Any hill climbs, sand pits, etc


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Mattism78 on September 07, 2005, 06:27:29 AM
There was plenty of sport quads out there.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: jwscroll on September 07, 2005, 07:10:56 AM
Just remember when ya'll come to Brevard County to keep Brevard Beautiful, and my kid is on those trails so take it easy around the blind turns cause he can't get out of the way as fast as ya'll.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: shadow on September 07, 2005, 07:21:11 AM
Its called 5A!


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Brute Force on September 07, 2005, 02:15:41 PM
Any one planning on going to 5A this weekend?


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Ida_Mann on September 07, 2005, 02:16:45 PM
yeah, I found the backend of it off of Maytown road from Deltona.

cool place.

Id@


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Brute Force on September 07, 2005, 02:34:20 PM
Does anyone know if trucks can still make it in through the 5a parking lot or do they have to come in through maytown rd?

Last I remember they had gravel piles where the trucks used to drive through at the scottsmoore exit.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Mattism78 on September 07, 2005, 04:16:12 PM
What do you mean make it through? We all parked on the old store's slab this past weekend. The gravel piles were there, but that was just an added bonus to ride on. lol


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Brute Force on September 07, 2005, 04:26:25 PM
I was meaning can the 4x4 trucks drive back into the woods from the 5a entrence, can trucks make it past the gravel piles into the woods?


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Mattism78 on September 07, 2005, 04:41:05 PM
I would think 4x4 trucks can make it in. We pulled a suzuki samarai out of the mud and he followed my buddies back to where we parked to get gas. Then he proceeded to go back in the mud (same hole) and get stuck again.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Brute Force on September 07, 2005, 04:46:45 PM
Hows that go, If at first you dont succeed try try again.

Cool thanks for the input, I have a buddy with a jacked up suburban who wants to come out this weekend and wanted to know if he could access the woods from 5A.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: eric on September 08, 2005, 12:50:35 AM
Just remember when ya'll come to Brevard County to keep Brevard Beautiful, and my kid is on those trails so take it easy around the blind turns cause he can't get out of the way as fast as ya'll.

Will do bro  ;)


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: bluesman on September 08, 2005, 04:18:11 PM
I HEARD THAT ITS CLOSED???


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Mattism78 on September 08, 2005, 04:57:54 PM
I was there last weekend.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: team_quad_green on September 09, 2005, 05:49:41 PM
its not closed that was a hoax

its a great place just dont park in the parking with the gravel piles you will get a ticket if the heat comes by.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: eric on September 09, 2005, 07:30:51 PM
anyone got pics?


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Brute Force on September 12, 2005, 10:15:29 AM
I got pics saved on my computer Im just not sure how to post them.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Robb on September 12, 2005, 10:53:25 AM
http://hondaforeman.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=941


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Brute Force on September 12, 2005, 11:18:01 AM
Nice Pics.  ;D


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: eric on September 13, 2005, 01:13:33 AM
I got pics saved on my computer Im just not sure how to post them.

If you want to sendem to me I can postem.  eric_dudley@hotmail.com


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Ida_Mann on September 13, 2005, 08:10:50 AM
allrighty, so would a sport with an open airbox be OK for most of the trails out there?

Id@


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Brute Force on September 13, 2005, 03:11:21 PM
Well I'm not sure that I know what an open air box is but I would venture to say you should be able to make it just about anywhere. There may be some places where it seems like there is no way around the mud but there is if you know your way around.
Most of the deep mud wholes have a trail off to the side that the sport bikes have made to get around the whole. No guarantees that you won’t get muddy.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: jwscroll on September 13, 2005, 10:15:31 PM
The trails around the holes should be dry enough by now. Me and the family are coming out there on Sat. around 10or11. We usually park on the 95 side.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: grumpster on September 19, 2005, 01:15:04 PM
The wife and I were out there Saturday and Sunday (9-17 & 18).  Saturday morning it was pretty quiet, but Sunday the place was paced.  Met some great people out there (we usually ride in Canaveral Groves) who let us in on some of the local secrets.  Again, nice folks - pretty much family or an older group of riders.
Excellant riding for all skill levels and desires.  Some mud, some sand, some great trails to just kick back and relax on.  Don't park on the dairy queen property of risk getting towed or ticketed. 
Looking forward to next weekend.  This place rocks!


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Crashking on September 19, 2005, 07:41:07 PM
The wife and I were out there Saturday and Sunday (9-17 & 18).  Saturday morning it was pretty quiet, but Sunday the place was paced.  Met some great people out there (we usually ride in Canaveral Groves) who let us in on some of the local secrets.  Again, nice folks - pretty much family or an older group of riders.
Excellant riding for all skill levels and desires.  Some mud, some sand, some great trails to just kick back and relax on.  Don't park on the dairy queen property of risk getting towed or ticketed. 
Looking forward to next weekend.  This place rocks!

what times were you there? saturday, me and a buddy of mine got there around 2 or 3 i believe.... and didn't leave till around 8pm.... really nice place to ride at.... the first place that i rode at that is known by many..... and it's pretty friggen awesome out there.... can't wait to go again....

i was on a 01 honda trx 250 (ain't the greatest but for $550 it ain't bad!!!...gets me ridin)
and my buddy was on a banshee

those little side trails around the water are nice.... but damn there a pain to ride over... by the end of the day i was the depth tester....(i was the only one with reverse.... lol)

and some of that mud is slliiiiiccckkkk... wow... lol

def can't wait to go out there again... lots of fun to be had


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: MudMan on September 23, 2005, 04:57:51 PM
Is there anywhere to camp at this place ??      Can you ride there day and night ??  How much riding area is there ??  And last question, is it wet this time of year ??

Thanks,

~MudMan~


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Truegrit on September 25, 2005, 10:05:21 PM
Very wet right now. but i tdries out pretty quick. You can get through most of it w/o a snorkel but you have to know where to go. You should be able to cover more than 1/2 of it w/ no probs now though.

 I think its around 20,000 acres (someone may know a better number) you can ride all day and night. I have seen some folks camp there but they are usually locals (dueling bajo types) or the guy that took their truck out alone, sunk it and had to wait for someone to tow it out.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: team_quad_green on September 25, 2005, 11:13:18 PM
dont be out there during hunting season trust me Ive almost been shot at.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Kodiak on September 26, 2005, 01:25:43 AM
this place sounds great but i dont have a snorkel and i have never been there and the cops dont give you crap


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Truegrit on September 26, 2005, 11:43:40 AM
No the cops do not bother you as long as you are not one of the idots ridinng wheelies along the blacktop, and do not park in the vacant Dairy Queen lot. Just park on the side of the road and be smart and you won't have any issues.


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Crashking on September 26, 2005, 01:22:58 PM
camping- if you can clean out a pretty flat area... then sure

went out there just past sunday.... toooooons of people out there.... had to be 15-25 trucks there... didn't go riding on the bigger part of it ... instead we went down a trial that had quite a bit of water/mud(i had reverse, new mudlite's, and a strap(and a trx250ex) ) so i was the guniea(sp?) pig for most of the mud holes..... first big mud hole was a little hard... spent about 20 mins there..... then it was pretty much sand and stuff till we got near the power poles.... then the mud got harder to go through with not many side trails... one hole we were stuck at for atleast 40 mins with couple of dirtbike people helpin us out... my friend got his banshee stuck (his tires suuuuuck in the mud) so we tried mine..... got it through pretty easy..... went to work on his... got it out.... and we decided it was time to go home.... dead tired from pushin/pullin through the mud... and we were covered in it..... couple of holes that we got through... 4x4 guys were havin problems with....


there is a lot of water out there.... but if you take it cautiously weather your on a 4x4 or a sport quad... you can get through just about anything out there... a trx 250ex and a banshee went through some tough stuff... but we did it.... awesome place to ride... would be better if there wasn't so much water.... but it's been rainin lately... so that explains it.... i say give it maybe a week or 2 with minimal rain and you really won't have to worry about the water holes.... might be goin back out to scottsmore this weekend... or headed to ocala to see what it's like there.... just won't be fun not bein able to ride at night


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: cypress33415 on September 27, 2005, 11:44:48 AM
How big is this place?? It's sounds like it's worth a 2.5 Hr dive from w. palm


Title: Re: Scottsmore
Post by: Crashking on September 27, 2005, 02:16:53 PM
the place is pretty big from what i have seen... i wouldnt suggest going now though.... neeeds possibly 3-4 weeks of little to no rain... and you can get to the bigger area's.... a lot of it a sport quad couldn't go past because of deep slick mud.... or deeeeeep water

but from what i have been able to ride... it's decently big... and i looked at it on google earth (map program) and there seems to be tons of places to ride past where i was able to go