I am looking for trails in Seligman, az

Davis8207 · #1 07/09/12, 6:10 PM

I went riding in Seligman when I was a youngster ( younger than I already am ), and I am looking for the area you can go riding, camping, etc out there. If it is any help, they have their Seligman Poker run on this OHV area. Anyone know the exit number or how to get there from the valley? Thank you

luke · #2 07/09/12, 7:20 PM

Seligman is about 190 miles and 3.5 hours from Chandler.
Looking at my maps, there is plenty of riding on the south side of I-40.
If I were to go there, I would make it at least an over nighter.

To get there , take the 101 north to north I-17 to north Hwy 69 to north Fain Road to north 89 north to I-40 west to Seligman

Davis8207 · #3 07/09/12, 7:21 PM

Oh yea,if I go its a weekend trip. Do you happen to have an exit number or name for the trails south of the 40?

RDO · #4 07/09/12, 7:24 PM

It's exit 123 on 40 and it's also 4+ hour drive and it's pretty flat out there and there is reservation in places to be aware of. Long way to drive when there are 1000s of great places to ride a lot closer. Start close to town and work your way out. Sport quad may not be the tool of choice on most of the trails.

luke · #5 07/09/12, 7:27 PM

Originally Posted by Davis8207

Oh yea,if I go its a weekend trip. Do you happen to have an exit number or name for the trails south of the 40?

Nope, never been there,....yet

luke · #6 07/09/12, 7:36 PM

The Hualapai Reservation is located on the north side of I-40

swatson9 · #7 07/09/12, 7:59 PM

This may be of help, the main office is in PHX

http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/fo/hassa...ld_office.html

Davis8207 · #8 07/09/12, 8:35 PM

Originally Posted by RDO

It's exit 123 on 40 and it's also 4+ hour drive and it's pretty flat out there and there is reservation in places to be aware of. Long way to drive when there are 1000s of great places to ride a lot closer. Start close to town and work your way out. Sport quad may not be the tool of choice on most of the trails.

And where might you recommend " close to town "?? Four peaks?

RDO · #9 07/10/12, 6:02 AM

I'd personally stay as far away from 4 peaks as possible. If you have a GPS and know how to navigate with it, I've got probably got 15 or 20,000 miles of trails I could send you. If not, and depending on where you live, the area between the Florence Junction turn off and Globe on both sides of the road from the Gila river to the Superstition wilderness is a huge area and has more trails than you could ride in the rest of year.... Montana Mountain area, Hackberry Creek, Walnut Canyon, Telegraph canyon, Pinal Peak area and lots more. Then there is the Bradshaws, Roosevelt lake area and cherry creek, Bagdad area, KOFA refuge, Winkelman area, mammoth to klondyke area and a ton more that are out there.

My advice would be to get a good GPS (Garmin is my choice) and the software for it and your computer and learn how to use it. Between myself, Luke, Griz, Jeff and lots of others on this site, you will never run out of tracks of places to go.

luke · #10 07/10/12, 7:11 AM

What RDO said.
A GPS and knowing how to use it is a valuable tool for off road navigating. Being street legal is also so important these days and will allow you to travel most anywhere and connect routes together.

Like RDO said, we have tons of proven routes, but you need a GPS.

500AF · #11 07/10/12, 10:32 AM

some of us dont need gps

i highly recommend street legal tho.

on sport quad try the rye, az area. heading north on hwy 87 when you come to rye go left (west) then right (north) to get on 414......tons of road out there flat anough to not knock your swingarm skid off. some old mines a river xing or 2.....probably 100 miles of roads, not requiring street legal. if you staged out of oxbow estates you could camp at 4000' or higher. everything north and east of payson is closed.

many of the areas spoken of would be pretty tough on most straight axle sport quads.

and beware or bears if you are camping.

less than 2 hours from chandler

Sandrider · #12 07/10/12, 6:22 PM

Roy, Ill take you up on your tracks offer. Can I stop by one day with a thumb drive?

RDO · #13 07/10/12, 6:33 PM

What area you lookin for? I can e-mail them....track files are very small. I've compiled all my single trips into 'areas' like florence, bagdad, bradshaws etc. each one probably has 20, 30, 40 or more trails. you can pick and choose trails with garmin software and only load the ones you want into your GPS. Pm me your e-mail and what area.

Davis8207 · #14 07/10/12, 6:59 PM

Is the gps just for exact coordinates?

AZGary · #15 07/10/12, 9:41 PM

Originally Posted by 500AF

some of us dont need gps i highly recommend street legal tho.

on sport quad try the rye, az area. heading north on hwy 87 when you come to rye go left (west) then right (north) to get on 414......tons of road out there flat anough to not knock your swingarm skid off. some old mines a river xing or 2.....probably 100 miles of roads, not requiring street legal. if you staged out of oxbow estates you could camp at 4000' or higher. everything north and east of payson is closed.

many of the areas spoken of would be pretty tough on most straight axle sport quads.

and beware or bears if you are camping.

less than 2 hours from chandler

pretty dusty up there right now if you dont mind dust. I was just there last week. I am thinking you might want to stay more toward Globe Florence area myself. much closer and as RDO and Luke said...1000's of trails.