Miners Park

One of our first rides out of the park on our 4 wheeler was to an area called Miners Park.  The Forest Service has turned an old mining town into a historic site you can visit.  They have plaques up explaining the mining operations that occurred here.  These were gold mines and they did find a good amount of gold ore.  There is a nice creek running through this area so we tried a little gold panning in it.  We did find a lot of black sand in our pan but no gold flakes.

It is nice to be able to ride right from our park onto the trails.  We are riding mostly the Paiute trail system and it is nicely maintained and pretty well marked.  Last year we had to trailer our 4wheeler outside the city limits to ride.  Here in Marysvale it is legal to ride on certain streets in town which makes it easy to get gas for our 4wheeler and get to trails on the other side of the highway from our campground.   So far the weather has been good, dry and warm and cool at night.  Our only complaint is that the wind kicks up every few days.  The locals say it happens mostly in the spring and will get better.