Hockey Dad wrote:Wife going to Florida for a long weekend. Wanting to plan a couple day rides. I've been to School Creek. Would Randolph be worth a look? Manhattan? I believe there close togather. Could a person hit all 3 in 1 day?
Anything else out there that would be cool riding??
As for what makes a place a good place to ride, it's all relative, right? If you live in CO or AR and then want to know about "good riding areas in KS", well, there aren't any. If, like me, you live in a freakin' Kansas City metro suburb, well, any old pasture makes for "good riding"...relatively speaking.
That said, I think you can have a real blast riding at Randolph. It's designed for big 4x4 rock crawlers, but I've had lots of fun on motorcycles there. Oddly, I've never ridden at the spillway motorcycle area--what I assume you refer to as "Manhattan". As far as public riding areas go, I think School Creek is as good as it gets in KS. (I only go to Perry when I simply need something closer.)
I've never ridden Oakland (Topeka) or Carbondale.
Randolph to School Creek is about 50 minutes.
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