Wishbone ranch bowlinggreen ky

[flatcreek931]

Does anyone know if this park is still open

 

[twentyfootdaredevil]

Yes they are still open. Friend them on Facebook to get the dates.

 

[wizzo]

yes it is, they were open labor day weekend. haven't seen any up coming dates at this time.

 

[railman]

they will be open the weekend of Oct. 4th...

l8r, John

 

[cutngut]

I believe im in

 

[rockingyota]

have got to get back down to wishbone. aint been in over a year. always a blast tho

 

[cutngut]

I believe they will have bands playing this coming Saturday night. Oct 5
Fun place to night ride

 

[ridered3]

Bringing another thread back from the dead.

Got a group going to Wishbone and most of not all of us haven’t been there before.

What should we expect trail wise?

Is there a map?

What’s the must see/must ride trails or obstacles?

What should be avoided without either balls of steel or deep pockets?

 

[ridered3]

Any insights?

 

[pipewrench]

Make sure they will be open the day you plan to go. He used to have a map at the office. The trails range from mild to very hard. The hard stuff has bypass. Its a good park for the day.
Give me three steps and The Wash are good trails. You will have to hit Wizzos hill while your there.

 

[ridered3]

Make sure they will be open the day you plan to go. He used to have a map at the office. The trails range from mild to very hard. The hard stuff has bypass. Its a good park for the day.
Give me three steps and The Wash are good trails. You will have to hit Wizzos hill while your there.

Good to know all around.

 

[bigmike26]

Good to know all around.

Great place for a day's worth of playing. The trails and obstacles are not spread out. It is mostly rock and not really any mud holes, if that is your thing. Snot Rock and Terry's Territory can keep you busy for a while and they have bypasses too. Lyn is awesome and usually allows camping, but, as was mentioned check with him to make sure.

 

[ridered3]

Great place for a day's worth of playing. The trails and obstacles are not spread out. It is mostly rock and not really any mud holes, if that is your thing. Snot Rock and Terry's Territory can keep you busy for a while and they have bypasses too. Lyn is awesome and usually allows camping, but, as was mentioned check with him to make sure.

Good to know as well.

 

[ridered3]

Anyone got other contact info for this park?

Didn’t make the trip back in January due to weather, but may be headed back in a couple of weeks.

So far they haven’t answered an email, a FaceSpace message, the phone, and their voicemail isn’t setup…

 

[ridered3]

@Markrobinson finally got a response back from Wishbone and they’ve changed business models so don’t appear to be an off-road park anymore unless you decide to rent out the park/host an event.

 

[ridered3]

Little more info, they’ll host an event for trail riders but not open on certain weekends to riding anymore.

 

[TBItoy]

Little more info, they’ll host an event for trail riders but not open on certain weekends to riding anymore.

Sounds real Golden Mountain-y

 

[ridered3]

Sounds real Golden Mountain-y

Yeah it’s strange. Guy said he didn’t make enough money to sit around on the weekends collecting entry fees but also never responded to if/when they’d be open.

 

[kkoepper]

Sounds like another one circling the drain for us.

 

[ridered3]

Sounds like another one circling the drain for us.

Sounds that way for sure.

While 100% understandable to do whatever you want with your land, one of the common themes behind lots of off-road park closures is poor communication.

We had multiple people trying in multiple ways to contact this place in early January and never heard anything til the week of. Same this time around.

Hard to collect gate fees when you don’t communicate that the gate will or won’t be open.

 

[wizzo]

I'd imagine they are tired of paying insurance with not a ton of folks showing up. They lost the mild rig scene IMO to a park down the road. Wishbone is a great day ride for more built rigs to full on buggys.

Lynn enjoys playing music. I'd imagine it's much less expensive insurance wise to not have wheeling allowed or at minimum advertised on your land.

 

[ridered3]

I'd imagine they are tired of paying insurance with not a ton of folks showing up. They lost the mild rig scene IMO to a park down the road. Wishbone is a great day ride for more built rigs to full on buggys.

Lynn enjoys playing music. I'd imagine it's much less expensive insurance wise to not have wheeling allowed or at minimum advertised on your land.

Makes sense all around there and thanks for some additional insight into such a change.