Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area

Have been riding our motorcycles here for years. Always clean and not overly busy. Great place for new to experienced riders. For newbies, beware the gun range is close by and can be a tad unnerving until you figure it out!

This is always been a cool area, it's a" borrow"area to remove dirt for the building of what was at the time the largest earth filled Dam at Oroville California. They actually built a small train line to transport the required clay for the dam the 10 miles or so up to the construction site. I remember coming by here as a child and there used to be a huge separating machine with conveyor belts loading the trains. Now it's just a big huge hole that they designated as a vehicular recreational area with a shooting area at the far end away from the rest of traffic. At times of high rain it becomes a lake and that's what the video shows the beginning of it starting to fill. Maybe I'll come back with some pictures in a few days as they have predictions of up to 6 in of rain for this week.

Very small riding area. Not monitored by rangers. Great for beginners. Not too many hills. Mainly all flat land. If you're looking for an adventure, I'd recommend elsewhere but overall, great place to take your kids riding in their learning stages.

Great place to ride around in an open area.

Great place to take your 4×4 or dirt bikes that is close by. Please keep it clean.