Mud Map Reborn - Community Sinking Location Map!

[desmondxk]

I gotta question about one of the sites North Carolina the "Quarry Site" specifically like how to get there. If anyone has been there

[ChubbyMudder]

Places to avoid: Add to the map? Another map layer?

I had a not-good experience earlier this month, and I have seen little in the way of "Avoid this place", and nothing like a list of such.
So what I'm saying, is have at least, a list, and at most, a version of the QS map showing all the user-submitted places to stay away from.
Only issue I can think of, a bad actor could copy and paste the pins from the other QS maps and add a note to each with a nonsense reason to say away.

Or create a pin with the No symbol, and use it on each of the QS maps in their respective categories e.g. quarries to avoid goes on the quarry map, bogs to avoid go on the bog map, etc.

My non-good experience involved the quarry NE of Shelton, Washington, next to Hwy 3. No interactions with anyone, but all clues point to the place being off-limits, w/o any actual signage saying so. Especially all-around bad feelings about the place that were not a thing until this month (August 2025).

[desmondxk]

So what about the Quarry in Wilmington NC? Someone mentioned you had to TRESPASS to get there which sounds sketchy enough but what specifically do I need to avoid to get there? I was kinda hoping that the person who found it could explain it better https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Wow49QZT6J-OOwoLE0HLq-njpkGg9HLj&ll=34.30683972046881%2C-77.9663559936441&z=15

[MuddySkater]

One thing I've noticed with the map and this is more so with parts of the UK, is the place marker isn't tagged at the location of whats described, ie a mud area or quarry but in a general area often a field or in the middle of a housing estate. And some of the descriptions are a little vague, wet area, deep mud, this doesn't really go into much detail.

I think a lot of deep mud community here in the UK don't want to share there locations and that's a shame, I know some locations get ruined or trashed by groups of guys having fun.

[Wario]

Ellington (the creator of Ellington's Quicksand Maps) is in the process of doing the following major updates to the editable mud map.

Here is the updated map description after Ellington updated it

Icon Mud Type Symbols:

Square = Bog
Circle = Mud
Diamond = Swamp
Wavy Lines = Quicksand
Wave = Tidal Mud
Tea Pot = Clay
Question Mark = Unknown
Volcano = Mud Volcano / Mud Pot
Pickaxe = Quarry Mud
Rain Cloud = Clean Up Location
P Symbol = Parking
Path = Path to Mud
Movie Camera = Notable Quicksand Location
Red Exclamation Mark = Dangerous Quicksand Location

Icon Mud Info Colors:

Green = Good all year.
Blue = Seasonal.
Orange = Privacy issues.
Purple = Investigation needed.
Yellow = Tidal Mud
Gray = Notable Quicksand Location
Light Gray = Marker in Wrong Location / Out of Date.
Black = Private Property.

Public Quicksand Map is being updated by Ellington to prepare a template for Ellington's Quicksand Maps 3. New Color Code and Quicksand Type Symbol Edits by Ellington.

Look's like he has

- updated and added new color meaning's
- added quicksand type symbols
- is in the process of converting all quicksand locations to their appropriate symbol and color
- Will be adding MANY new Quicksand Locations!