Overview
Choccolocco Mountain Off Road Park is located in
Jacksonville, Alabama just minutes from Jacksonville
State University. Choccolocco Mountain is a differnt
kind of destination. It's dirty, dusty, and muddy (all
at once). The campground isn't much to admire, but it
gets the job done. The playground is just so-so but
features a kiddy size zip-line. The facilities are
minimal. But hey, it's AWESOME!!!
People that come here don't come for the luxury of an RV
resort. People come here to play in the dirt.
Choccolocco Mountain is covered with off road vehicle
(ORV) trails, some easy, some treacherous. It's not a
place to take your family sedan, that's for sure. Many
of the trails require full roll cages and recovery gear.
They all require a signature from each participant,
driver and rider alike, releasing the owner of all
liability. If you go to the park, make sure to pay close
attention to the maps. If possible, get in with a group
of other off roaders that are familiar with the trails.
It is possible to go somewhere that's hard to get out
of.
Now, with that said, we did observe a wide variety of
off road vehicles playing there - from hard-core rock
crawlers to stock Jeeps. There's a little something for
everyone. Be aware that the trails are not one way, so
you will meet other rigs. Fortunately, most off roaders
here are moving quite slowly.
The campground is basically the perimeter of a large
rock parking lot on top of a hill. There are electric
and water hookups, fire rings, and the view is
beautiful, but don't expect an RV resort. It can be
dusty when people are coming and going, but not terribly
bad.
Adventure Journal
Entry Date: September
2015
Our oldest son was invited to attend "Band Day" at
Jacksonville State University, so I began to look for nearby
campgrounds. There didn't appear to be anything in the immediate area,
but I stumbled across this place called Choccolocco Mountain. According
to their website, they had a campground with water and electric hookups.
I found some videos on YouTube of people driving Jeeps and UTV's at the
mountain, and it caught my attention. I grew up off-road, and I want my
kids to experience some of the same thrills I did as a child (only a
little safer). We own a Jeep, but we recently purchased a Polaris Ranger
Crew, a full-sized side-by-side with six seatbelts and awesome off road
capabilities. I decided to make a weekend of it!
Rebecca had to chaperone for the band, so she traveled to the university
with them. I loaded up the other three kids into HOMER III (the
motorhome), put the Ranger (Big Hoss) on a trailer, and headed to
Jacksonville later that morning. When we arrived at the park, we stopped
at the shed near the entrance. No one works in the shed, but there is a
guide that displays fees for camping and riding. You have to calculate
the fee, place the money in an envelope, and deposit the envelope in the
cash box. We also had to sign waivers of liability for each driver and
passenger (including children).
I pulled the motorhome up the rather steep and dusty hill and found an
empty RV site. Campers can pull alongside the sites, or back/pull into
the sites. I opted to pull straight in because there was a nice view of
the out the front windows, and I didn't have to disconnect the trailer.
I wasted no time pulling the Ranger off the trailer, grabbing a trail
map, and heading out to explore. It was just three of our kids and me on
this adventure, at least initially.
It was very dry, and there was some dust, but not so much as to make it
uncomfortable. There is more rock than anything. We could see
immediately that this was going to be very different from most of our
other trail rides. These trails were pretty rough. Not impassible by any
means, but rocky and rutted. There's no riding fast out on those trails.
Then we started seeing some of the side trails, and WOW! There was
no way I would even start to attempt many of those hill climbs and
boulder mine-fields. It was fun watching others though! We spent hours
on the mountain covering what we could cover safely. There were a couple
of times that our adrenaline was pumping a bit more than normal, but it
was all pretty safe.
We met a few folks at Choccolocco that had some very elaborate off
roaders People can spend a lot of money building rock crawlers, and this
is the perfect playground for them to give their rigs a challenge. We
were disappointed when a fairly large group decided to fire up their
engines and take a rather noisy and dangerous midnight ride, something
that is not allowed. Thankfully, we were sound asleep by the time they
returned.
Will we be back? Well duh!
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