Funny to see this post. Just last night my family and I were talking about the Compound and we looked up the area on Google Map's satellite images. It brought back a lot of good memories seeing all those trails on the satellite photos. I agree, it would have been a great place to build a ORV park. Here's a link to the satellite images if anyone is interested.
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No problem.

Check this out http://www.atving.com/editor/feature/northcarolina/ride.htm

It's great. It has some very difficult trails but plenty of easy and moderate ones too. If you want a real challenge, try trail 16 at about 3pm when the afternoon thunder boomers hit. We stayed at the Comfort Inn. It's about a 15 minute drive to the trail heads. You can buy your permits at most of the hotels. There's not much else to say other than, you're going to love it. Have fun.

I think you guys are reading the miles key wrong. Zero miles starts in the center of the key. That means it is more like about 60 sq miles. I did the math and came up with slightly more than 100 miles of white trails. That's not 150 but it's a good start when you consider Croom is only about 4 or 5 sq miles. I'm very excited to see this place open up and will definitely be checking it out. I hope this means we will see something open up for South Florida in the near future. I wonder if they plan to set up a campground like the one at Croom.

The first time we camped there, we were checking in at the ranger station when a guy came running up to report that two of his dirt bikes had been stolen over night. This guy had all of his bikes locked up with Kryptonite locks and his tent was only a few feet from his bikes. I couldn't believe that these thieves had the b@lls to pull that off. A few minutes later one of the bikes had been located. Evidently it fell out of the black Lincoln Navigator that the thieves were driving. We knew what they were driving because someone came forward later that day who saw them driving off. They mustn't have been able to close the hatch all the way with the bikes in back. The rangers said they had been having a lot of thefts. They said that these guys were pros and they were probably exporting the bikes. That was a couple years ago. Hopefully those guys got what they deserved by now. The camp ground at Croom is very nice, just make sure your insurance is paid up.

I went with my nephews who were 14 and 15 years old at the time. One rode a Z400 and the other a Raptor. We had no problems. We were told that as long as the kid fits the quad you wont have a problem. That was a couple years ago. Things may have changed.

I also have a CRF230F. The bike would be fine on most of the green trails. I wouldn't try the blues or the blacks on ANY 2 wheeler although I did see a couple of bikes on some of the harder trails. All depends on your skill level. The last I heard though, the town of Man is not dirt bike friendly and you can't ride them on the street to get to the trail head. That may have changed though. Check out the Hatfield McCoy Forum over at ATVTime.com. Lots of locals there. Also, for your Mom, there is a nice mall in Charleston. That's about it. Does she like antiques?

You can ride dirt bikes or quads. Sport quads do fine on most of the trails. My nephews ride sport quads and they kicked a$$ up there.

It should be about 4 1/2 hours from Miramar. It takes me about 3 1/2 from Jupiter. The exit # off the T pike is 272. Then its about 50 miles West. You will need your title or registration for your 4 wheelers and $40. to register. It's usually $50. but since you will have to reregister in June, it's only $40 now. I'm taking the kids there on Sunday.