Abandoned airport

S.B. · 07-12-2010, 03:23 AM

Has anyone ever ran the trail to the abandoned airport off of Deer Springs Road?

How hard is it? And any pics would be great.

Darwalk · 07-13-2010, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S.B.

Has anyone ever ran the trail to the abandoned airport off of Deer Springs Road?

How hard is it? And any pics would be great.

Never heard of it.....You are talking in San Marcos, right?

SAR_Squid79 · 07-13-2010, 11:15 PM

Do some research and put a plan together.

S.B. · 07-13-2010, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Darwalk

Never heard of it.....You are talking in San Marcos, right?

yes. Do you know of it?

S.B. · 07-13-2010, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SAR_Squid79

Do some research and put a plan together.

SCUFF did a run but I want to know more about it before I take my taco out there (because it just got fixed with a new paint job). My brother has his jeep and wants to go out there but we still don't have an official day set. We were thinking this friday but do't hold me to it. If we get an ofical day then I will post a run.

If any one has more info about this place please post.

JoeTacoma02 · 07-29-2010, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darwalk

Never heard of it.....You are talking in San Marcos, right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by S.B.

yes. Do you know of it?

Find out any more information about this? Let me know if you decide to explore the area. I live about 10 mins from san marcos and would love to join. Didn't even know they had trails out there. Thanks!!

S.B. · 07-29-2010, 12:47 PM

Ya. My brother and I went out there and then it got dark and we got stuck. Ya we broke the first rule of offroad to never go alone but we were in his jeep and I brought my truck which I parked by the gas station, so we had a back up if needed. But we got unstuck and it was fun. Just the only thing was we were kinda lost and we didn't find the airport but when we got home we looked at the map and we found where we went and found that we got so close that if we threw a rock it would of landed on the airport. The reason we got close but didn't go was the area that was close had a bunch of motocross looking things and we were tired so we just turned around and went home.

JoeTacoma02 · 07-29-2010, 03:21 PM

Nice!! Hehe how did he get stuck? Got any pictures? Aww, any plans on hitting it up again?

S.B. · 07-30-2010, 01:34 AM

Got stuck going up a hill. on the left of the hill there was a 2 ft deep rut and we went up on the right where it looked fine (remember this was night time at this point of time), was going up fine then the rear axle got hung up and and turned us so we weren't lined up with the same line that we took up it..The dirt there is terrible there is no grip, if you try to walk you will slip alot and that is what I did ALOT!!!! So we tried just to back down the hil but no way cause we could not stear the way we wanted, so to make the rest of the story short we had to go down the rut. We thought we were going to fuck up the driver's side (before we fell in it) but with how far the tires stick out the sides we were far from messing anything up.

troyboy162 · 07-30-2010, 03:03 AM

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rl...ed=0CBYQ8gEwAA

not seeing an airport out there? is this the right place?

S.B. · 07-31-2010, 12:38 AM

look north. All it is is a dirt strip that runs west to east.

troyboy162 · 07-31-2010, 01:40 AM

33.215557,-117.146042 ?

am i looking at the right place? i cant see an airport but maybe just a runway? either way you guys should take some pictures. dirt strips usually mean something is there to be found. looks like fun trails out there

S.B. · 07-31-2010, 02:20 AM

Ya it not a real airport, just a strip. The story, that I have heard, behind it was it was an air strip.port for drug dealer's. Because all over the trails are burnt cars with big rims. It is better if you see for yourself. The only thing is do not follow deer springs road because you will drive through bushes that will eat the paint and it just disappears at a point. So go to the end of the coldisack on Mesa Rock Ridge and take serendipity lane to the air port/ strip. Make any sense at all?

S.B. · 07-31-2010, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by troyboy162

33.215557,-117.146042 ?

am i looking at the right place? i cant see an airport but maybe just a runway? either way you guys should take some pictures. dirt strips usually mean something is there to be found. looks like fun trails out there

thats not it the one I'm talking about looks bigger and a little more north west.

SAR_Squid79 · 07-31-2010, 10:39 AM

Are you inept with Google Maps, or what?
I still can't find what you're talking about... Can't you just show us? Give us a Lat/Long? Do we have really have to try to crack your DaVinci Code?

This is the only thing that I can find in the area that looks like an airstrip. But this can't be what you're talking about - becasue there's a big ass house or something right on the edge of the strip...

S.B. · 07-31-2010, 05:13 PM

You need to look NORTH!!!!

Here maybe this will work. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...26994&t=h&z=15

SAR_Squid79 · 07-31-2010, 06:52 PM

THANK YOU!!!!

Actually I went too far North!

SAR_Squid79 · 07-31-2010, 07:01 PM

Looks like El-Farra St. would be the best way in...

I'd be willing to check it out with you one day, if you want...

S.B. · 07-31-2010, 08:45 PM

This is where we got stuck. Don't let it deceive you it is a gnarly hill.

And this is where we turned around. I still can't believe we were that close!!

BattleWagon · 08-01-2010, 12:05 AM

I'm game to give it a go sometime..

SAR_Squid79 · 08-01-2010, 12:45 AM

Is it BLM or what?

S.B. · 08-01-2010, 12:50 AM

If this is directed at me, what does "BLM" mean?

SAR_Squid79 · 08-01-2010, 12:51 AM

Who owns the land? Is it public? State? County? BLM (Bureau of Land Management)?

The rules that apply to (on) it depend on who officially owns it.

S.B. · 08-01-2010, 12:58 AM

From what I know it is public. I didn't see any signs saying otherwise.

If anyone is a part of SCUFF (SoCal Ultimate 4x4), then they know that SCUFF has gone on this trail a few times.

SAR_Squid79 · 08-01-2010, 01:06 AM

I was just asking. There looks to be tons of little trails, and the air strip itself might make for a good camping spot.

This is North County so I was actually thinking that this might make a good location for an easy little milk run day-trip and camp out / SoCal TTORA Meet & Greet...

S.B. · 08-01-2010, 01:30 AM

The only thing is when we (my bro and I) were leaving we went out on Camino Mayor by some guy's house and we meet him (on the outside of his gated house, and we did not go on his property) as he drove on to the road and he was mad that we were there, but that is because he is a rich snob. Just need to make sure we go by with truck that have strait pipes hahaha. The trails that aren't motocross are not hard, except the one I got stuck, which will make for an awesome challenge of who can get up there first or fastest.

Here is a map of where we exited

JoeTacoma02 · 08-01-2010, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BattleWagon

I'm game to give it a go sometime..

Quote:

Originally Posted by SAR_Squid79

I was just asking. There looks to be tons of little trails, and the air strip itself might make for a good camping spot.

This is North County so I was actually thinking that this might make a good location for an easy little milk run day-trip and camp out / SoCal TTORA Meet & Greet...

I'm down to go! Probably won't camp but who knows

07-12-2010, 03:23 AM	#1
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	Abandoned airport Has anyone ever ran the trail to the abandoned airport off of Deer Springs Road? How hard is it? And any pics would be great. __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

07-13-2010, 11:15 PM	#3
SAR_Squid79 SoCal Vice Pres. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,203	Do some research and put a plan together. __________________ ~Jamie 2000 Tacoma TRD 4WD PreRunner Supercharged. Locked. Armored. Mountain: She can crawl it. Ass: She can haul it. *"Roads? Where we're going we don't need . . . roads."* ~Dr. Emmett L. Brown My Rig My Trailer 4xInnovations

07-29-2010, 12:47 PM	#7
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	Ya. My brother and I went out there and then it got dark and we got stuck. Ya we broke the first rule of offroad to never go alone but we were in his jeep and I brought my truck which I parked by the gas station, so we had a back up if needed. But we got unstuck and it was fun. Just the only thing was we were kinda lost and we didn't find the airport but when we got home we looked at the map and we found where we went and found that we got so close that if we threw a rock it would of landed on the airport. The reason we got close but didn't go was the area that was close had a bunch of motocross looking things and we were tired so we just turned around and went home. __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

07-29-2010, 03:21 PM	#8
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07-30-2010, 01:34 AM	#9
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	Got stuck going up a hill. on the left of the hill there was a 2 ft deep rut and we went up on the right where it looked fine (remember this was night time at this point of time), was going up fine then the rear axle got hung up and and turned us so we weren't lined up with the same line that we took up it..The dirt there is terrible there is no grip, if you try to walk you will slip alot and that is what I did ALOT!!!! So we tried just to back down the hil but no way cause we could not stear the way we wanted, so to make the rest of the story short we had to go down the rut. We thought we were going to fuck up the driver's side (before we fell in it) but with how far the tires stick out the sides we were far from messing anything up. __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

07-30-2010, 03:03 AM	#10
troyboy162 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: victorville, Cali Posts: 164	http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rl...ed=0CBYQ8gEwAA not seeing an airport out there? is this the right place? __________________ Garage

07-31-2010, 12:38 AM	#11
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	look north. All it is is a dirt strip that runs west to east. __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

07-31-2010, 01:40 AM	#12
troyboy162 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: victorville, Cali Posts: 164	33.215557,-117.146042 ? am i looking at the right place? i cant see an airport but maybe just a runway? either way you guys should take some pictures. dirt strips usually mean something is there to be found. looks like fun trails out there __________________ Garage

07-31-2010, 02:20 AM	#13
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	Ya it not a real airport, just a strip. The story, that I have heard, behind it was it was an air strip.port for drug dealer's. Because all over the trails are burnt cars with big rims. It is better if you see for yourself. The only thing is do not follow deer springs road because you will drive through bushes that will eat the paint and it just disappears at a point. So go to the end of the coldisack on Mesa Rock Ridge and take serendipity lane to the air port/ strip. Make any sense at all? __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

07-31-2010, 10:39 AM	#15
SAR_Squid79 SoCal Vice Pres. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,203	Are you inept with Google Maps, or what? I still can't find what you're talking about... Can't you just show us? Give us a Lat/Long? Do we have really have to try to crack your DaVinci Code? This is the only thing that I can find in the area that looks like an airstrip. But this can't be what you're talking about - becasue there's a big ass house or something right on the edge of the strip... __________________ ~Jamie 2000 Tacoma TRD 4WD PreRunner Supercharged. Locked. Armored. Mountain: She can crawl it. Ass: She can haul it. *"Roads? Where we're going we don't need . . . roads."* ~Dr. Emmett L. Brown My Rig My Trailer 4xInnovations Last edited by SAR_Squid79; 07-31-2010 at 02:29 PM.

07-31-2010, 05:13 PM	#16
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	You need to look NORTH!!!! Here maybe this will work. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...26994&t=h&z=15 __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

07-31-2010, 06:52 PM	#17
SAR_Squid79 SoCal Vice Pres. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,203	THANK YOU!!!! Actually I went too far North! __________________ ~Jamie 2000 Tacoma TRD 4WD PreRunner Supercharged. Locked. Armored. Mountain: She can crawl it. Ass: She can haul it. *"Roads? Where we're going we don't need . . . roads."* ~Dr. Emmett L. Brown My Rig My Trailer 4xInnovations

07-31-2010, 07:01 PM	#18
SAR_Squid79 SoCal Vice Pres. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,203	Looks like El-Farra St. would be the best way in... I'd be willing to check it out with you one day, if you want... __________________ ~Jamie 2000 Tacoma TRD 4WD PreRunner Supercharged. Locked. Armored. Mountain: She can crawl it. Ass: She can haul it. *"Roads? Where we're going we don't need . . . roads."* ~Dr. Emmett L. Brown My Rig My Trailer 4xInnovations

07-31-2010, 08:45 PM	#19
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	This is where we got stuck. Don't let it deceive you it is a gnarly hill. And this is where we turned around. I still can't believe we were that close!! __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

08-01-2010, 12:05 AM	#20
BattleWagon Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 406	I'm game to give it a go sometime.. __________________ FREE TIRES!!! http://ttora.com/forum/showthread.ph...40#post1835540 *Support Friends of The High Lakes!!* http://www.friendsofthehighlakes.com/ My Build http://ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156417

08-01-2010, 12:45 AM	#21
SAR_Squid79 SoCal Vice Pres. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,203	Is it BLM or what? __________________ ~Jamie 2000 Tacoma TRD 4WD PreRunner Supercharged. Locked. Armored. Mountain: She can crawl it. Ass: She can haul it. *"Roads? Where we're going we don't need . . . roads."* ~Dr. Emmett L. Brown My Rig My Trailer 4xInnovations

08-01-2010, 12:50 AM	#22
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	If this is directed at me, what does "BLM" mean? __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

08-01-2010, 12:51 AM	#23
SAR_Squid79 SoCal Vice Pres. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,203	Who owns the land? Is it public? State? County? BLM (Bureau of Land Management)? The rules that apply to (on) it depend on who officially owns it. __________________ ~Jamie 2000 Tacoma TRD 4WD PreRunner Supercharged. Locked. Armored. Mountain: She can crawl it. Ass: She can haul it. *"Roads? Where we're going we don't need . . . roads."* ~Dr. Emmett L. Brown My Rig My Trailer 4xInnovations

08-01-2010, 12:58 AM	#24
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	From what I know it is public. I didn't see any signs saying otherwise. If anyone is a part of SCUFF (SoCal Ultimate 4x4), then they know that SCUFF has gone on this trail a few times. __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

08-01-2010, 01:06 AM	#25
SAR_Squid79 SoCal Vice Pres. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,203	I was just asking. There looks to be tons of little trails, and the air strip itself might make for a good camping spot. This is North County so I was actually thinking that this might make a good location for an easy little milk run day-trip and camp out / SoCal TTORA Meet & Greet... __________________ ~Jamie 2000 Tacoma TRD 4WD PreRunner Supercharged. Locked. Armored. Mountain: She can crawl it. Ass: She can haul it. *"Roads? Where we're going we don't need . . . roads."* ~Dr. Emmett L. Brown My Rig My Trailer 4xInnovations

08-01-2010, 01:30 AM	#26
S.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: From San Diego, CA; Now in Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 450	The only thing is when we (my bro and I) were leaving we went out on Camino Mayor by some guy's house and we meet him (on the outside of his gated house, and we did not go on his property) as he drove on to the road and he was mad that we were there, but that is because he is a rich snob. Just need to make sure we go by with truck that have strait pipes hahaha. The trails that aren't motocross are not hard, except the one I got stuck, which will make for an awesome challenge of who can get up there first or fastest. Here is a map of where we exited __________________ 2008 Tacoma 4X4 TRD Rugged Trail now with SAWS 2.0 front (need new collars) Wheeler's 3-Leaf AAL in rear 255/85/16 Cooper ST's, cheap Harbor Freight 6" lights that are converted to HIDs, KC slim lights with 130watt driving lights home made On Board Air

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