Creekside Edge Off Road Park - North Houston

[KrazyKarl02]

I could not make TCC this weekend, so I decided I would go check out Creekside Edge, this is a fairly new park in Splendora (North Houston). It is probably 30 minutes from downtown Houston and 1.5 Hours from College Station. I am going to post some pictures up, but in case any of you do not want to read the entire write up, here is my executive summary:

-----CREEKSIDE EDGE-----
LOCATION: Splendora, TX, just North of Houston on 59
WEBSITE: http://creeksideedge.com/
VEHICLES ALLOWED: Whatever you want, I think you could bring a tank in, they would not care (4 wheelers, dirt bikes, trucks, jeeps, etc...)
PRICE: $10 per vehicle, $5 per person (so with my 4 wheeler it was $15)
FACILITIES: Running water, flush toilets, showers, RV hook ups (power and water, no sewer)
WHEELING: Lots of sand, creeks, and mud. Some elevation changes around the creek. There is no "hard" or "rock" like surfaces. There are a few places with the potential to roll if you are not paying attention. I went when it was very dry, If there was a little more water it would have been more fun. If there was too much water, it would be a mud bath.
WOULD I GO AGAIN: Hell yes, for the price and location it is good, it is like Spring Creek without the comp course, but more land. It is a great place to test out your vehicle or drink a 12 pack. Plus unlike Alto, the sandy mud washes off, It is cheaper than General Sam's. I think it has a lot of potential, it is never going to compare to Clayton, Katemcy, or Gilmer, but for cheap and close, I like it

[KrazyKarl02]

So I took my 4 wheeler, my buddy Jason took his Jeep Commander, He has 32" tires on it. We did not get stuck, but it was very dry. If it rained a lot, I am sure any size tire would have trouble. Anywho, down by the creek there were lots of wash outs, etc... where we showed how easily you can get a stock vehicle on 3 wheels.

[KrazyKarl02]

There was also some "muddy" trails, surprisingly the bottom was pretty damn solid. In addition they have laid out some odd crap to climb over, it does not present much of a challenge, but I'm sure if you drank enough you could make this interesting.

[KrazyKarl02]

The property is 350 acres (half the size of Alto, much larger than Spring Creek). There is a main road that runs the entire length of the property. A creek divides the property in half. At the creek/main road intersection there is a bridge. I am guessing it used to be a railroad or something??? My buddy with the jeep was hesitant to drive across the bridge (as I would be too, if I was in my daily driver), so we did not wheel the back half of the property. He was also a bit skiddish to play in the creek. For the most part the creek had pretty steep sides, like a 2' drop that would make crossing it a little difficult for rig with 32" tires. I did see some other jeeps with what looked to be 35" tires and they were able to cross it. I played in it with my 4 wheeler.

[KrazyKarl02]

As I mentioned, the entire property has one main road running down the center of it, The property is long and kind of narrow. Off of the amin road there are side trails, they all loop back into the main road (kind of like Spring Creek , but bigger). While we did not have to use this feature, this is a good thing, should you bring a rig there and get stuck, or it brakes, you are never too far off of the main road where trailer or some other vehicle can come to your rescue.

All in all, I had read a lot of bad reviews on the place, and I was pleasantly surprised. I had heard it was small, it probably took us 3 hours to cover the side we were on, not counting the half past the creek we did not go to. Don't bring your serious off road rock crawler/buggy and expect to have a technical challenge, but do bring a case of beer, a good attitude, and something with tires, you'll have a good time.

[davido]

Looks like fun. I'm guessing no camping? So that means we'll all be crashing at your place when we go? :D

[KrazyKarl02]

They allow camping, have toilets, have showers, and have RV hook ups (electric & water), but it is so close to me, I would just go home.

[cj nut]

Im in, lets go....

[BroncoJo]

Cool write-up Karl! is that the place with the motor-cross track?

[KrazyKarl02]

Cool write-up Karl! is that the place with the motor-cross track?

Yup, it has a moto-cross park out front. I think it started as just a moto-cross place. Most of the older reviews (2+ years) are pretty negative when they had just the 2 wheel track. Now they have a pretty fair amount of trails.

[KrazyKarl02]

Im in, lets go....

Bring it, seriously I went to Spring Creek like 6 times one summer, this is the equivalent (Cory, that means it is the same :flipoff2: )

[cj nut]

If the klogger still had a TTB I'd say lets go..... but now its just some other ride with a 60......boring.......

[tommy53002]

I'm down for a run to this place. My jeep is sitting in New Caney so this place is only like 15 minutes away. It will be perfect for a shake down run.

[cj nut]

will it be ready by next weekend?

[tommy53002]

Not likely. I have a lot of little things left to get it going. I'll probably be ready for a test run in two or three weeks.

[cj nut]

Ok, let me know I pulled my front axle forward about 4" and lowered the jeep about 3". Im really curious to see how it works, and this sounds like a good place to try it out.