Choccolocco Off Road Park

[Darkhorseman11]

I have been looking into a local trail to do some driving on and Choccolocco caught my eye. I have a stock Silverado so I wont be trying any extreme rock climbs or deep mud but i have never done much off roading so i am willing to give anything a try. I have a buddy who went there in his stock 06 Wrangler and he only got stuck in one mud hole due to trailer hitch keeping him from getting traction. Would this be a good park to start in? I live in Polk County and i am not aware of any other closer parks with full size vehicle access. Thanks for any input
        Alex

[94xjsport94]

If you don't want to rock crawl, don't go to Chocco. It is rocks uphill both ways. Morris mountain in Heflin might be more suited to a full size truck.

[PyratM]

If you don't want to rock crawl, don't go to Chocco. It is rocks uphill both ways. Morris mountain in Heflin might be more suited to a full size truck.

I second this. I watched a guy at Chocco dent the piss out of the door on his lifted Silverado and that was on a very easy trail. Too long of wheelbase to navigate the trees.

[kvom]

Best is to stick to Forest Service roads with a vehicle like that.

[DudeNiceH2]

You don't have to stick to forest service roads.. -_-

I have a hummer h2 and I wheel regularly. Durhamtown, Morris mountain, trey, and local trails I sniff out.

Just be prepared for paint damage. Just the way it goes for us big boys.


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[kvom]

There's quite a difference between a semi-built H2 and a stock Silverado.

[Darkhorseman11]

The only problem for me is every off road park I seem to find close to me is ATV/MX only. I just would like to find somewhere to drive, and in a perfect world, pull over and camp for the night. My truck is my only transportation at the current time so If there is a high risk of any damage I will probably pass up the opportunity. Is Morris mountain a good beginner/ intermediate trail?

[clark123456]

Camping at Morris (and Choccolocco, iirc) is done at the entrance of the park, not on the trails. 

Your 'perfect world' scenario is what you can do on certain forest service trails.  Bring a gun if you camp on a forest service trail in north Georgia.

[DudeNiceH2]

There's quite a difference between a semi-built H2 and a stock Silverado.

The wheelbase is probably very similar if not the same. Both GM


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[jgerhard]

2 cents, you should go with forest service trails, you can ride and camp on the roads north of Amicalola falls, Winding Stair gap, hawk mountain etc... very nice areas   Other Forest Service road areas to look into include Trey Mountain and Charlie's Creek but there are a few spots here and there you may want to have a winch/come-along incase you get stuck.  Personally with even with a rock capable jeep would not go out alone without straps, hi lift jack, spare tire, radio and tools just in case.  And boots and a gun to make a long walk, if required.  I've gone exploring several times a year for years and you can get into totally unmaintained, narrow, rocky areas rapidly.   

The regional ORV parks include Morris, Adventure ORV, Chocco, Durhamtown, and Gulches.  THis group can handle alot of what those parks have to offer with various levels of modified Jeeps and Toyotas.  Stock Wranglers can do the easy and some medium trails at those parks.  You may want to look at Durhamtown but honestly north GA is nicer unless you want to do some mudding. 

[Darkhorseman11]

Is there a place (website, map) of forestvservice roads in GA? That sounds like the best place for my situation but i am not sure how to find them //???//

[tcdawg]

Is there a place (website, map) of forestvservice roads in GA? That sounds like the best place for my situation but i am not sure how to find them //???//

see if this helps
http://www.gatrailriders.com/GTRForums/index.php?topic=11409.0