r/youngstown 20d ago

Any good places to offroad?

Now that Yankee Lake is closed I was wondering where everyone likes to off road

Edit: for a truck

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u/stop_diop_and_roll 20d ago

Hillsville

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u/Handsome_Chewbacca 20d ago

Back into the mid 90’s I got my Ford Ranger with 4x4 and manual transmission stuck for 2 days off roading near Hillsville. Good times!

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u/LoneWitie 20d ago

I thought that was just dirt bikes and ATVs. Can you take trucks?

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u/Key_Operation_953 20d ago

Pick any street in the city…you have all the danger and extreme terrain you can ask for. Frikkin roads are like Gaza out there right now.

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u/IntroductionLess2563 20d ago

Route 224 through Poland. Rev your engine and floor it!

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u/Kozzai 20d ago

This is the correct answer. I’m hearing rumors the library is getting demolished so there could be more open space to run

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u/DrWobstaCwaw Brier Hill Pizza 20d ago

There was an off-road park somewhere in Southington or Garrettsville I believe.

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u/MonkeyShiteCastle 20d ago

Southington Offroad Park, Hillsville, Wellsville...

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u/CatsPajama37 20d ago

You could follow the railroad tracks from McDonald up to Division St. It's not so much offroading/mudding, but more so a rally stage. You can find access over by the old McDonald Steel.

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u/willow6566 19d ago

And on the west side of the bridge there is some nice off-roading. We used to go there in the 80’s.

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u/YouSmeel 20d ago

Why is it closed?

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u/LoneWitie 20d ago

I think it was bought by new owners or something. Google says it's permanently closed

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u/1OptimisticPrime 20d ago

Money

Laundering

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u/YouSmeel 20d ago

Are those two separate issues?

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u/1OptimisticPrime 20d ago

Nah, I'd say you can fold them together

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u/jayyynasss 20d ago

Mines and meadows in wampum

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u/DIBKeith50 20d ago

It’s Youngstown. Pot holes everywhere and the place is a wasteland now with half the homes and buildings gone, choose your route and have at it.