Going to durhamtown for a week; Thoughts?

I have friends that go there and they love it.

I worked there for 10 years, so maybe I'm a little biased since the place is my second home.

It's like Disney on a dirt bike. There's stuff there for everyone to do.
The cabins range in price, how nice they are, and amenities just like you'd expect. How big is your group?
If there's several of you, it's worth renting the house. It's kind of secluded from the bigger campgrounds so you can do your own thing.

As far as riding is concerned it's hit or miss. As you may know, Georgia has been in a severe drought with wildfire in the mountains. The ground gets like concrete when that happens and you physically can't work on the tracks or trails and the riding suffers. Idk what the weather has been like in the past month or so, but make sure you have good goggles in case of dust.

The cool thing is that even if you aren't really a trail guy, you'll have fun riding some of the more open trails, there are little jumps throughout and tracks in the woods that take less of a beating. I'd recommend MX6 for fun factor. The "supercross" track or MX1 is fun too, and of course there's the bomber which was designed and originally build by Mark The Bomber himself burnet. The tracks have gradually tamed down over time, so what you and I consider supercross or a national caliber track isn't exactly the same there. It's still a blast, just a bit more safety oriented.

There's 8000 acres of trails, 9 or so ( since I've last been up) tracks, a freestyle course, a drag strip, a " straight rhythm", an arenacross track ( this one was legit last time I was up) and a whole lot more. You won't be able to see everything in your first trip. The most important advice I can give you is if you get lost, keep making lefts on the main trails. The way everything is routed, left is always shorter than right if there's a choice. Sometimes lefts will be a continuous loop that brings you back to where you started, but it will be marked.

Enjoy your time out there and post some thoughts after your trip.

~Jesse

I went there for the first time last year and I'm going back again this year. It was a awesome place! The cabin I had was a newer one and very nice. Some of the older ones and campers looked a little sketchy. Like you I will be leaving the camper home it's not worth bringing it for the price of the cabins. There's a grocery store not to far away. We got lunch etc. there for the week. For dinner we went out.

Durhamtown is a mixed bag. If you've never been, well, there probably isn't another place just like it.

The good:
Tons of acres to ride.
Bunches of trails.
Eight tracks (maybe more).
Dining on site.
Shop on site.
Well stocked store on site.
Something for a wide variety of skill levels.
Cabins.


The bad:
The dirt sucks. Red clay that's like riding concrete some days. If we haven't seen rain lately, it's going to be hard and dusty.

Lots of quad-tards and buggies. Play a drinking game. Every time a quad-tard does a donut in the parking lot, everyone take a drink.You'll be wasted (actually, don't drink and ride). Buggies (like Razors) are like a plague over there, and you share a good bit of the trail system with them. Be careful on the "one-way" trails.

Some of the tracks are simply trails in the woods that have jumps, and they see very little prep.



DP is about 35 minutes from where I live, and I've ridden there for over 12 years, in fact, I'll probably be there Friday. As Jesse said above, it is hit-or-miss. If you get there after a few days of rain, it's going to be great. My son and his friends went yesterday and he said it was probably the best he's ever seen it, and he's been riding there as long as I have.

If you want true moto, stick to the Bomber. It's the flagship track of DP, and gets the most attention. If it's prepped, the "Big Buck" can be entertaining. Tracks 5 & 6 are what I would consider "vet tracks" and if they've been prepped, they can be fun (if you're old and shy away from big air). That's where I spend most of my time. If you ride trails, try to find as much singletrack or "bike-only" trials as you can, and stay off of the main trails.

Enjoy your trip! DP is a one-of-a-kind experience.

It really depends on what you're looking for. If you want tracks that are like concrete and tons of trails right outside your cabin, it's your place. If you want serious MX, this is not your place. If you want serious MX drive another 3 hours to Monster Mountain over in AL.

They have a good medical center in Athens. Its where everyone goes when they get hurt on the concrete like tracks. Not a fan of it unless you just want to ride trails with your kids then its fine.

Highland Park in west ga has better trails in my opinion because of more elevation change. Monster mtn for moto.