Neal Creek Quarry

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[arecibo560]

Gate has been closed for a while. Does anyone know when they usually open it up?

The second quarry is also blocked off with some boulders.

 

[CamoDeafie]

@Cogs I do not think this place is really open; the main road is open yes but at least two pits I stopped at, have boulders blocking automobile access, and the side roads are all gated, at least up to the GPS coordinates shown on www.trashnoland.org

The larger of the two, there's no real easy access, you'd have to climb over the logs and boulders to access, or hike a long long long way around if the gated road actually leads to it




The smaller of the two pits, you have to park on the main road right next to the boulders, and then walk in, set up. It looks like it has been used recently, but I forgot my trash bags for cleanup.

 

[Tlock]

@Cogs I do not think this place is really open; the main road is open yes but at least two pits I stopped at, have boulders blocking automobile access, and the side roads are all gated, at least up to the GPS coordinates shown on www.trashnoland.org

The larger of the two, there's no real easy access, you'd have to climb over the logs and boulders to access, or hike a long long long way around if the gated road actually leads to it

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The smaller of the two pits, you have to park on the main road right next to the boulders, and then walk in, set up. It looks like it has been used recently, but I forgot my trash bags for cleanup.
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Get out of my stomping grounds!!!!! JK
those first ones belong to weyco and are no shooting. Havnt been up that way in a few years but if you have onx it will show you the property lines

 

[Cogs]

@Cogs I do not think this place is really open; the main road is open yes but at least two pits I stopped at, have boulders blocking automobile access, and the side roads are all gated, at least up to the GPS coordinates shown on www.trashnoland.org

The larger of the two, there's no real easy access, you'd have to climb over the logs and boulders to access, or hike a long long long way around if the gated road actually leads to it

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The smaller of the two pits, you have to park on the main road right next to the boulders, and then walk in, set up. It looks like it has been used recently, but I forgot my trash bags for cleanup.
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I'm pretty sure that first one is the Weyerhaeuser property, like Tlock said, but when I saw it, it didn't have the blockade. I'm not familiar with the 2nd one. I'll check the GPS on TNL again and try to find out which ones are closed and which are open. But we're dealing with BLM, ya know. So don't hold your breath!
@Rem700..300 is a lot more familiar with that area and should be able to shed some light on this.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Get out of my stomping grounds!!!!! JK
those first ones belong to weyco and are no shooting. Havnt been up that way in a few years but if you have onx it will show you the property lines

First gate, white with red reflective markers, no Weyerhauser signs or anything like I've seen on Gold Creek Road to the west of here; is the newest of the gates so far. Second gate, older, white, "NO SHOOTING" spray painted on it.

Third gate, much older yellow, unknown? May lead to the larger pit (it has what looks like a road going away from it?)

Fourth gate, across and away from the second pit, green. That was where I stopped for the day. Looks like the gates used by the Government Tree Farms in Kings Valley and out in Gooseneck.

Edit. @Cogs , the GPS on my Google Maps app didn't lead me to anything but "Scio School district" with driving directions, it told me to stop there and walk uphill, but ended at the larger of the two pits "arriving at GPS coordinates". This is for "Neal Creek Pit" on TNL site.

 

[CamoDeafie]

I'm just trying to find alternatives to either going to a range or driving into Salem to get to the BC whatever pit. Since Gooseneck and Gold Creek roads are both closed for the fire season.....

 

[Cogs]

This one is the Weyerhaueuser spot that I'm familiar with. It's just up the road from the main Neal Creek pit on BLM land (GPS on TNL website map). Hopefully this will help.

Weyerhaueuser 44°40'43.4"N 122°38'31.8"W

 

[Tlock]

I'm just trying to find alternatives to either going to a range or driving into Salem to get to the BC whatever pit. Since Gooseneck and Gold Creek roads are both closed for the fire season.....

Have you tried monument peak out of gates? It could be close to fire danger too

 

[Tlock]

With conditions out there im not even shooting on my property. To dry for me, id hate to burn my place up and have it spread off the mountain

 

[Cogs]

With conditions out there im not even shooting on my property. To dry for me, id hate to burn my place up and have it spread off the mountain

That's when a pit comes in handy. As long as it doesn't have dry tinder and rocks to ricochet. But many pits have some good dirt or small gravel to use as a backstop. (The one in the Santiam SF is good for that. The BC615 pit.)

 

[CamoDeafie]

Interesting; to confirm, that large pit looks like it's at the end of a road?

The roads I took according to the Google Maps ....

Go onto Camp Morrison Road, then cross a creek with the Hannah Covered Bridge (State parking lot?) then go up several miles; then turn R on a single lane bridge with a large BLM yellow gate over a small creek; before the "rough road ahead" sign.

@Tlock does this road lead to the large pit somewhere further up?

 

[Tlock]

Interesting; to confirm, that large pit looks like it's at the end of a road?

The roads I took according to the Google Maps ....

Go onto Camp Morrison Road, then cross a creek with the Hannah Covered Bridge (State parking lot?) then go up several miles; then turn R on a single lane bridge with a large BLM yellow gate over a small creek; before the "rough road ahead" sign.

@Tlock does this road lead to the large pit somewhere further up?

It goes for miles up there, I dont shoot in the woods unless im killing something. Im racking my brain trying to remember......

 

[CamoDeafie]

Edit I think I'm gonna need to download an actual GPS app.

 

[Cogs]

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Edit I think I'm gonna need to download an actual GPS app.

Yep. That's the BLM Pit. Is it blocked or gate closed?

 

[Tlock]

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Edit I think I'm gonna need to download an actual GPS app.

Onx

 

[CamoDeafie]

Yep. That's the BLM Pit. Is it blocked or gate closed?
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It's the one I showed in the pictures, the larger of the two with boulders blocking it. But it doesnt look as large as the one you showed in Onyx screenshot??

Edit. If the large pit by the road was the entrance to the bigger one in your photo, then yes it is blocked.

 

[Rem700..300]

The pit at the 2 mile mark is gated. It is BLM. I have seen people walk up and shoot. It used to be open but too many issues up there between parties, illegal burning, tree cutting and dumping. Was a great place. The little pit at 2.3ish miles use to have a no shooting spray paint on the rocks but cant read it now. People are always shooting there. Just up the road is the Weyco pit on the right with the stumps and ditch. It is supposed to be no shooting. It is painted on the rocks by the Sheriff's office but gets painted over by profanity. The stumps and ditch are to keep the cars out. People still have fires and a lot of shooting. Have seen people get a tick there before. There are a couple of other areas up there to shoot. But please pick up the garbage. It gets really bad up there for some reason

 

[CamoDeafie]

The pit at the 2 mile mark is gated. It is BLM. I have seen people walk up and shoot. It used to be open but too many issues up there between parties, illegal burning, tree cutting and dumping. Was a great place. The little pit at 2.3ish miles use to have a no shooting spray paint on the rocks but cant read it now. People are always shooting there. Just up the road is the Weyco pit on the right with the stumps and ditch. It is supposed to be no shooting. It is painted on the rocks by the Sheriff's office but gets painted over by profanity. The stumps and ditch are to keep the cars out. People still have fires and a lot of shooting. Have seen people get a tick there before. There are a couple of other areas up there to shoot. But please pick up the garbage. It gets really bad up there for some reason

So, is there a larger pit that's open further up the road,.or that's all that's there and it's functionally no go for ethical shooting?

 

[Tlock]

Just going by memory id say no. I am glad people are calling the road/area by its correct name now days

Try monument peak