Lets hear it! Which states do you think have the best & most trails, best & varied terrains and best MX tracks and riding parks?

I hear a lot about California, Colorado, Arizona, Neveda, Michigan, Hawaii, Florida - so as an avid rider, which state would you move to and live to ride!

List acreage too - how many millions in California? How many are being shut down?

List positives & negatives too, I believe the green sticker is only required in California but sound is required in Michigan (94 db for Mi.(?), 96 db for Ca.(in 03?)) - any of these or other restrictions required elsewhere besides needing the spark arrestor in the woods?

Not sure of the amount of acreage but Ohio has a bunch of riding. AMA D-11, southern Ohio, Has MX, harescrambles, enduro's. It also has nationals in each and 3 GNCC's. D-12 northern Ohio has MX. CRA, Competition Riders of America also sanctions northern Ohio MX and Harescrambles. Living in central Ohio I am less than 2 hours from a race every weekend and fair races, MX, during the week in summer. The terrain varies from large hills in the south and east to rolling hills up north. Clay, rock, loam, even sandy soils are everywhere. Even snow in the winter.

Dude what are you talking about. There is no way you can beat Florida's endless miles of sand whoops.

South Carolina's and Michigan's endless sand whoops also. Of course when racers from those states come here they all complain about the tight trees, hills and rocks. We should have the ISDE here and run a couple of days and work our way to West Virginia and finish it in Davis, home of the Blackwater 100!

CA is definately on the list. But legislation and tree huggers are killing it.

http://www.bokasmo.c...fornia/carngie/

Check above site, it lists most state parks and gives usual info.

As far as living here, Love and hate come to mind. You got the coast (obvious reasons), mountains for riding and winter sports, and everything in between. But you pay through the nose for it. Taxes are like getting a colonic with a power drill, and cost of living is through the roof. If you are one of the lucky ones to get the ridiculously over paid jobs (dot com'ers), then your OK. If you are just a working stiff like myself then be ready for a struggle to keep the house, bikes and decent vehicles. Dont get me wrong, CA rules for living in, but the politics suck. Every week there is another protest for some stupid a****le that wants to get his own agenda passed by some other stupid a****le in politics.

For god sakes, they couldn't even find 12 people to convict OJ.

Oregon isn't a bad place. Summer months you have plenty of MX tracks to choose from. You have the Oregon dunes to play in on the beach. You have the Tillamook Burn to ride tight Forest with rocks,ruts,roots. Then there is the high desert to get in your wide open jollies. Winter months you have indoor MX which starts tomorrow WoooooHooooooo. There is every type of riding here. The greenies keep tightening thing up but we still get to ride if you jump through the hoops.

Hawaii is an awesome place to live period. If you like Moto and want to excell to the pro ranks or ride tons of different tracks it's not the place. If you like long rides in the wet Jungle, this is the place.

Hawaii is a beautiful place with tons of cool things to do. Riding is unique here and limited to a few small tracks and races and a whole lot of mean trails all in a spectacular setting. Most riders that come here from the mainland leave in pain.

Our friend from Cal. came this past weekend and had a really hard time. We went on the easy stuff to! He is a big whip for Dunlop so he gets to ride everywhere. He says Colorado in the summer/fall for trails. Malcom Smith told me Colorado and Baja. Our stuff is just to nasty for most.

If you're asking about living which means more than just riding, Hawaii is awesome once you understand the local people and their ways.

Colorado. Thousands of acres/miles of riding. Trouble is we do shut a lot of it down come winter...but then we got skiing and boarding and snowsleds.

From Denver you're about 5 hours from Moab, Utah or the San Rafael Swell and you can ride those areas almost year round.

There are 4 or five tracks to ride within about an hours drive of town.

We have three of the four pro sports teams (The Nuggets don't count! ) and the weather is great.

The cons: Too many people. We had an onslaught of Californians move in over the last five years. Selling their homes on the coast for $500,000 and buying here. Driving the price of housing through the roof! (Average price for a home is $274,000 here) The economy is down around here and jobs are not as easy to come by. That and unchecked growth is creating some issues. We lost the famous "small town feel" long ago.

I love CO and I think the riding is some of the best around. But every time my wife and I go to Hawaii we don't want to leave. And I have never even been riding there.

Everyone deserves to go to Hawaii once in their lives. Do whatever you can to get there.

YZ250F_Rider/others - If you're from Florida, let's hear some more about the terrain. Besides sand, how about roots, rocks, streams, hills, trees, etc. (besides just the MX tracks). Which part of Florida is best to live in for easy access to trails/tracks - Western, Eastern, Central, Northern or Sourthern?

I scuba and play tennis too, so some place warm for outdoor activities with good scuba diving is a plus - we scuba the keys, way fun!

The mid-west sounds like a great place to live for riding...

What about Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and those states near water? How's the riding & terrains there?

Been to Hawaii for Scuba (awesome) and fishing - didn't know about the riding and didn't know TC either...

Will come back some day for the riding - hopefully!

I could tell you but then I would have to .........well you know. Then it wouldn't be the best place anymore.

NM, Kicks ass! year round ! We can go up another mile higher for great Boarding and Skiing too.

I don't trail ride, but unless you say Washougal, I challenge anyone to find a sweeter MX track than Swan MX Park in Tyler Texas. East Texas red soil that looks like someone went over the entire track with a flour sifter on raceday morning. Watered to perfection. As challenging as you are fast. Safe for the pee-wees and blindingly fast for the pros. Facilities are top notch. Restrooms, showers, scoring tower with observation deck, bleachers and all the main jumps and turns on the track are numbered with big signs so you can keep up with riders as the announcer calls the races. And the pits are in a pecan orchard underneath the trees. The only thing that sucks is that it is a little over two hundred miles from my house! I only get there a couple times a year. It is a treat plus the whole town and the people there are great. And if you did come up with a nicer one then I'll throw Lake Whitney, Mosier Valley, Cycle Ranch, Village Creek, San Jacinto, and even the semi vacant historic Rio Bravo M X park in the mix just to secure Texas' spot on top of the nicest tracks in the country. Sadly, the AMA will only have nationals in Ca. or in their neck of the woods. We used to have MX nationals in San Antonio, Lake Whitney and Rio Bravo up until the early 80's. And please don't tell me that Glen Helen is better because I have been there. That decomposed granite stuff they call dirt is just plain weird. But I will admit it was very challenging and that is what this is all about ,right?

I would have to second the post from Doug. (MXoldTimer) I once brought a friend up here from California who has ridden all over the world. We rode the tight and twisties in the woods one day, then the desert the next, and then the dunes. His comment was that I lived in one of the greatest places on earth to ride. Wow! Then you mention the fact that we have no sales tax, it only costs $35 to register car you drive for 2 years, dirt bikes are $15 for an off-road sticker for two years and I registered my 01 WR for the street without any hassle at all and that registration is good for 4 years!
There is more but if I continue everyone will move here and it wouldn't be such a kool place anymore.
Roost on!
Ace

I would think gainesville (north central) has about the best riding opportunities within a stones throw. No less than 5 mx tracks in the area. Got the ocala forest nearby as well. I hear that hardrock mx has some pretty tough hill climbing/rock/root terrain on their HS trails, either that or some sissies just couldnt handle it.

5A off of 95 and daytona/deltona has miles of woods to ride, tried that one once but had to quit. The kid couldnt tell the difference between the lakes and the mud puddles on the trails. Once I pointed out the gators next to him he got it though. We mean to go back, just havent had the chance yet.

We ride mostly at the mx tracks and Ocala national forest. Some great camping, and trail riding. The kind with downed trees, and rattle snakes. Yeh now we're talkin, real he man dirt bikin .

Sorry guys, but I do think I am the one in paradise. I teach in Washougal and live about 15 minutes down the river road from the track. Jones Creek is also about 15 minutes away from my place. Tillamook Burn is about an hour and is my absolute favorite. The beach is about two hours and the high desert around Bend is not too far away. MXOldTimer has it right, we have about 7 MX tracks within an hour and the GP tracks in Goldendale about 2 hours away.

SW Washington/NW Oregon is #1