About the only remaining trail close to Columbus, this quarry area is on Rt 23 on the south side of the city. If you take 270 south to Route 23, go north on Rt 23. There is a shopping center on the left with a Lowes, Kroger, etc. When you get to Taco Bell turn left into the parking lot of the shopping center. There are 2 entrances to the trails. For the first, go straigt (follow the edge of the parking lot) and you will se a trail going back to an open area where you can park trailors. To the left there is a pile of rocks. Its a tight squeeze to get through and down the hill to the trails. To go in the other entrance, pull into the parking lot and go back south the way you came. look to the left for where the lot goes between 2 buildings. Follow that and keep going straight through a small grass field. You will run right into a trail that goes down a hill and into the trails.
The trails are pretty decent for being within city limits. There are some good hill climbs, some big mud pits, some creek crossings (blacklick creek) and some tight squeezes where you have to work your way through rocks and trees. They are also pretty stocker friendly, as most of the obstacles have bypasses. They are also good trails for quads / dirtbikes.
This area does have quite a few abandoned stolen vehicles which have been stripped/burned. To my knowledge there hasn't been a problem with people running the trails except for a farmers field on the southeast of the trails directly behind Lowes. Recently Columbus Police have molested people leaving the trails without registration/insurance, but other than that we have never been told to leave. I go just about every weekend with no problem. There are several groups that run here, and even camp overnight and 'wheel all weekend (one particular group is mainly toyota trucks and 4 runners :woot:
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The trails are pretty decent for being within city limits. There are some good hill climbs, some big mud pits, some creek crossings (blacklick creek) and some tight squeezes where you have to work your way through rocks and trees. They are also pretty stocker friendly, as most of the obstacles have bypasses. They are also good trails for quads / dirtbikes.
This area does have quite a few abandoned stolen vehicles which have been stripped/burned. To my knowledge there hasn't been a problem with people running the trails except for a farmers field on the southeast of the trails directly behind Lowes. Recently Columbus Police have molested people leaving the trails without registration/insurance, but other than that we have never been told to leave. I go just about every weekend with no problem. There are several groups that run here, and even camp overnight and 'wheel all weekend (one particular group is mainly toyota trucks and 4 runners :woot:
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