I'm aiming to be a bit more "outdoor-sy" this year, looking to play with mud. I recently come to learn that a local lake used to have mud, but rainfall patterns now has made it too dry.

I've seen videos of awesome mud areas, which goes on for miles. I'm thinking MessyFun mud scenes from back in the days, and more recently MB videos (not the studio 588 ones, but she has some videos of a mud quarry?).

How do you guys go about to locate such locations?

Try ... https://www.quicksandfans.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17493

I can't Start the map by my cell phone. Is there a way to have it in the App? Like to add a mud spot

Quarries have amazing mud in deep sediment pools (like in a lot of my pictures), but they can be really hard to access and not too private (I'm lucky with mine!). The best way to find them is Google satellite view - look for big concrete/sand mine areas (sort of look like huge construction sites on satellite) but the good mud is often in or around these huge sediment pools, which are fairly easy to spot on Google Maps. Sadly, however, they are often not publicly accessible, so it may take some time to find a good one. Good luck!

Wow, interesting find. I'd love to know the brave soul who tagged some of these though. For instance, there one in Southeast PA (Norristown) right where I grew up, but it's RIGHT behind the Penn DOT (Department of Transportation driver testing) center (lots of cops and gov'ment), next to a public zoo. (Lots of security), and the East Norriton Police Department. Doesn't seem like the wisest place to go mudding.

i already have one GIANT mud area with tons of mud to choose from but i am looking for another, closer to my area.

if anyone has any advice on this matter on how i can look for this stuff, specifically on google satellite or how to use google satellite bc i am sincerely and idiot about this, please email me!! justaskthecheat@gmail.com

then, we would have an area easier to access for my girls and it wouldnt be me traveling non stop for mud shoots! PLUS it would be easier for me to do my solo shoots! yay! help a brotha out!

fuck yes, thank you!!!

Likewise, the spot marked nearest me on the Forth is right at the mouth of the River Carron which has a large sewage treatment works feeding into it, is very close to the big petrochemical refinery and in plain line of sight from a working dock!
Just a few miles further up the estuary I've been visiting much quieter spots further from industry and sewage works...

Pity there are so few UK locations listed on that map. I'm also dubious about the accuracy. The only one within driving distance of me doesn't appear to be anywhere near a marsh that is described in the text. Also, there appears to be one in mid Wales but the description ties it down to Malpas on the Truro River in Cornwall, which is 154 miles south west of the marker pin, as the crow flies!

Yeah, some of the markers are definitely slightly off, stuck in the middle of non-muddy rivers and the like. Or possibly all of the markers?

I've been picking sites with some flowing water, doesn't have to be a lot. After getting the bulk of the mud off in the stream water, I have a small backpack with two 2l coke bottles of warm water, a plastic jug, soap, a sponge and a towel. This gets me clean enough to be visually presentable, though I might still smell a little muddy up close.

Google mapping is fun!
Also , search where mud runs occur, or jeep or off road clubs have meetups, then google
the surrounding area.. and check to ensure no events are planned.
Jayce. I've got a fabulous red clay quarry here. ( brick company) Everything gets
permanently stained. so ripping is an option. Nice spring fed pond .
I think you ladies should plan a wetlook trip to Niagara Falls this summer, though..

ive been looking on a satellite map of my area this am and sending screen shots to mr mike nomic (thank you for helping me, btw) i dont wanna be greedy having all these mud spots...but then again, i do...lol XD but my glorious mud spot we have had for years is now two hours away and i want one RIGHT HERE so, if i just decide to play one day and my mini me is somewhere else....i can just GO! so, heres hoping mike can help me. i am not very bright....lol

this is a problem with us booking mud as well. we always have to tell people that their mud customs will come as SOON as the mud is as they want it and is good. we have 2 miles of potential mud and typically it is playable mud...but like last week....i drove up there and ran the fucking gas out of this big ass truck and we ended up, the entire area got completely flooded where we couldnt even take the road to get there!! the whole main road to GET to the spot was even shut down and flooded! SO, that is why you see all kinds of mud in our videos. deep and sinking, shallow and thick, its always pretty damn thick....always....it all depends on weather and temps. i pray for cool nights after rain so that the mud will still happen during the sunlight of the day but the coolness of the night will make it where it is still deep. !! its all in the weather!! we always give a disclaimer "you WILL get your custom...we wanna get in that mud as bad as you wanna see us in it!! we just dont want to get in mud you dont like or doesnt work for you or us!" and we just keep in touch with ppl and keep our eyes open for conditions!

Yep, I went full CSI one day and managed to locate the infamous mud from those Cocoa Soft/Route 207 vids. This summer I'm thinking of buying a drone to suss out places without looking too shady.

The most important thing is to be lucky enough to be already located where there are good mudpits, and that is something that is usually determined by the geology of the area. Since you are in the Pacific Northwest, Coos Bay, Oregon is known for its tidal mudflats. As to quarries, as mentioned, you need to start looking for 'em in your area on Google satellite view.

Always worth checking out the old Sinking Map but note that for those of us who have traveled around enough to know, most of those locations are a bit of the joke, and the joke's on you if you drove very far to get to those locations! Not that there is not a few inches of mud at a lot of these places, but that is the point, it isn't the deep creamy mud that you're thinking about when referencing those old Messy Fun mudpits, which incidentally, were found by me and provided to Messy Fun for filming.

Note that good mudpits are almost always quarry mudpits and almost no quarry mudpits are on that Sinking Map and never will be in any great number as if you know of a good quarry mudpit, the last thing you would ever do is let the local constabulary and other mud fetishists you don't know have that location so they can be aware of your presence there and ruin the mudpit for your own use. Unfortunately, it is actually unwise to ever share a mudpit location with anyone who you do not know rather well.

How can I add some spots to the map by using a cell phone?

NIAGARA FALLS!!! Slowly I turned, inch by inch....

should you accept, there s also a neat spot nearby with mud and water ( Wheatfield lakes) 7 miles from the 'Falls' I also know the local friendly innkeepers. Outdoor pool party, anyone??

Ok, so it looks like idea for DIY finds is:
- Search for areas where mud runs have been held, and check it out
- Look for tidal mudflats or quarry

I guess my question is how does one search for mudflats or quarry? Google map search aint giving out results because presumably nobody marks these locations.

Mudflats, I dunno. Quarry, you can probably just google search and see if there are any near by. There is a massive rock quarry five minutes down the road from me, but it's not near the river. Also its a gated construction site.

For coastal mud, start with where the larger rivers in your area meet the sea. An area with smaller streams/creek channels meeting the larger one is often good as that gets you to the softer mud without going so far out on the flats.

Look for the "Google My Maps" App on Google Play (Or whatever the Apple store is called)
EDIT::: Turns Out "My Maps" is not available for Apple. But you CAN use the Google Maps app to manage them. More info Here: https://support.google.com/mymaps/answer/3024396?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS

As I created that map with "Google My Maps" - The Editable Link you should be able to open in a Web Browser on your phone. (If the Built-In Browser is being Difficult, Get Firefox from the Store and view it in Desktop Mode (There's a tickbox for it))

Then, Star or favourite the map within your Google Account.

Sign in to the Google My Maps App on your Android device (Or the Google Maps app on Apple) with the same account and you should be able to add pins etc.

Remember, There's Two links in that thread. One is "Protected" anc cannot be edited by anyone other than me (Due to people repeatedly deleting the old map)
The other link IS editable. That's where you add pins, and once a month, I clone all the pins across to the Protected Map.

chris, mike has been helping me and you know where i live....HELP A BROTHA OUT!!! i dont even know this area very well since ive only lived here a couple of years!

Thanks for advice - I ll try it the next days

For clarity, perhaps I should mention that when using Google Maps or similar, you look for mudpits by switching to satellite view and then pick an area to search. The problem is that most mudpits are not visible until you zoom in considerably. Learning how to recognize an area worth zooming in on is something of an art but it is the key to being able to examine large areas. Note also that Google Maps is often composed of two sets of satellite imagery taken at different times. The large scale view may show nothing in the way of mud yet the smaller scale imagery may reveal that they have filled in some hole with mud that may well be dried up before Google Maps once again updates their large scale satellite view.

I can vouch that a bunch of the pins have been moved from the original locations they were placed.