Please let me introduce you to Kentucky's newest off-road and recreation park: Wilderness Trail Off-Road Park. The park is open on a PRIMITVE basis right now. We hope to have several primitive campsites developed this year and news concerning a trail-head very soon.
If you would like to visit the park now please contact the Holler Crawlers on their webforum on www.hollercrawlers.com or email them at hollercrawlers@hotmail.com. You can also call Adventure Tourism Director / Holler Crawler President Jon Grace at (606)-302-1943.
This 9,000 Acres of riding heaven sits near Middlesboro Kentucky, Bell County, which is located in the Southeastern part of the state right near the Kentucky/Tennessee/Virginia line.
To the locals, it has always been known as Mountain Drive.
A pristine stretch of land in eastern BellCounty comprised of beautiful plateaus, roaring mountain streams, and deep hollers.
On top of the mountain you get the feeling of almost being in the old west...on a primitive frontier landscape. Rolling, grassy fields and scrub brush...and yes...even cattle dot the landscape. Wilderness as far as the eye can see. Then you look beyond the pastures and you immediately realize...You're on top of a mountain! A glance to the north will give you a view of the PineMountain Range...And looking to the south will offer a view of the towering CumberlandMountain range.
Mountain Drive has been extensively mined and beautifully reclaimed over the past half century. After coal and lumber operations ceased on the property, large sections were leveled and reclaimed as pasture land, in an area where flat pasture land was a luxury of the highest degree.
Through the generosity of AsherLand and Mineral, our club has obtained the right to develop 9,000 acres of this property into an off-roaders dream come true. The future park will stretch from the Colmar region in the west to the end of Hances Ridge in the east, with more land hoping to be added down the road to connect in with the already world famous trail riding in Harlan County. The entrance will be the locally-famous "Bridge To Nowhere"...which will now be a Bridge to Somewhere. Somewhere beautiful.
The park is also bordered on the north end by the famous Cumberland River and will be accessible from our trailhead area, where visitors can enjoy some great kayaking an canoeing, as well as river smallmouth and walleye fishing! And speaking of fishing, Mountain Drive also has numerous ponds that contain largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappie, which our visitors can fish on the terms of catch and release. All that is required to enjoy some great fishing is a valid Kentucky fishing license!
As a club we are also planning on developing camping and picnicing areas throughout the property.
Mountain Drive offers riding of all kinds...there is truly something for everyone. For beginning riders, you can cruise for hours upon end on easy, flat gravel roads...taking in the sights of the beautiful mountain ranges on either side and watching all kinds of wild life. For those who enjoy a bit more of a thrill, Mountain Drive also contains miles of wooded trails, ranging from easy to extreme. Pick your poison! We also hope to develop even more mud pits, rock crawling gardens, dirt tracks, and hill climbs!
We are also happy to announce that other activities may be offered upon the opening of WTOP. We have been in talks about helping develop a paintball course on a section of the property. So after a long day's ride you can get your blood pumping with some great paintball action! More info on this soon...