Dallas FJ

[steeleb430]

I recently got an FJ and I was wondering if anyone knows of some good offroading places near Dallas.

[taltyman]

Welcome and congrats, I'm not aware of anything within a few hours.

[Romag]

Arlington off of SH360, just south of trinity blvd on the right of 360 just before the rail bridge. There spot there that goes pretty deep around that area. You can cross the train tracks and find trails all around. Watch out for dirt bikers, ATVers, trains, and ect. Usually theres a few pickups and jeeps there, I think you'll even discover a vehicle or two that didn't make it. The area is under control of the city of Fort Worth, but it's so far off their normal jurisdiction area that usually only emergencies bring the po-po and the fire department out there. I've seen the occasional white fort worth fire truck out there though.

from: 32.837265,-97.04494 to: Angus G Wynne Jr Fwy/TX-360 S @32.818390, -97.059770 - Google Maps

If you study this map you can see that if you cross the tracks (either over, or under the bridge, don't die or get stuck here) you can find a route to the bridge that goes over the river, you can cross under that bridge and find all sorts of stuff.

Again, if you go here: be careful near those tracks, theres a TRE station right by this spot, and no rail crossing, therefore trains are always imminent and they don't blow their horns unless they see you. Most people cross under the bridge on the side of 360, but it's narrow so be careful.

[N8!]

you can always make a short trek from dallas on i20 and hit up Barnwell Off Road Park just north of Longview

[TXFJ]

N8! previously said:

you can always make a short trek from dallas on i20 and hit up Barnwell Off Road Park just north of Longview

Barnwell is the place!

[oh lydia]

The trails off 360 are great, a little or a lot of challenge- both available. We ran those trails in the FJ and there were a group of Jeeps that were so surprised at how well the FJ did. Made for great conversation. The Jeep people said they heard rumors of occasional police writing tickets down there, but we never saw them. That area has been in use by off roaders since the early 80's at least, that's where I honed my skills riding a dirt bike in 1981. The trails haven't changed much since then, though the access to them is trickier.

[FamilyJ]

Also, try going west on Trinity from SH360 to Industrial BLVD/HWY 157, turn left (south) and drive just 1-2 miles and you'll see a back-entrance to the aforementioned area on the left. This area is owned by Arlington--not sure if it's posted or not, but I mountain bike there regularly and see people back there all the time. There's also a wicked big man-made hill with tire tracks going up it. I'll try to take some pics and post...