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UER Forum > UE Photography > Sunnyvale Trailer Park (Viewed 2658 times)
mookster 


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Sunnyvale Trailer Park
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Way back in 2014, during my very first Stateside adventure, I embarked on a long overnight train ride. A ride which ended up taking 16 hours instead of the timetabled 10.5, but it's thanks entirely to the train being ridiculously late en route that I spotted this.

I had not long woken up from my slumber and was looking out the window at the morning light over the countryside of god-knows-where when we started passing a lake. Very pretty I thought, but then after a minute, I noticed something peculiar. The slow train started passing small abandoned wooden shacks almost hidden by undergrowth and, as always, my eyes were immediately on alert for a possible abandonment. I soon began noticing more of the shacks, and then much to my surprise I started seeing big metal trailers, the kind you see all over America in trailer parks except they all looked to date from the 1970s, and all were abandoned. At this point I was wide awake and immediately got out my phone to open the maps app and pin the location down.

I had pretty much forgotten about the place until earlier this year when I realised on my way back east we would be passing very close to where I had seen the abandoned trailer park. I mentioned it to my friends who all were up for checking it out. I did stress to them that I had no idea if it would even still be there two and a half years after I spotted it but they didn't mind as it wasn't too far out of the way on the long drive back.

We arrived at the location and much to my relief and surprise it looked to still be there, as from where we parked in the old car park I could just make out the first of the wooden shack buildings. The park is situated on a thin strip of land sandwiched between a railway line and the lake and from doing some digging afterwards it appears to have been abandoned mostly in the early 1990s, although some structures showed evidence of occupation into the mid-00s. Presumably it was abandoned because the noise and vibrations from the busy railway line became too unbearable for residents. We were there about an hour and a half and in that time five or six huge freight trains must have rumbled past.

As a bonus, the trailer park also contained an abandoned marina which at one time would have had many boats moored at it. Part of it is partially sunk and the jetties are all slowly rusting away just like everything else.

There are 30 big trailers and about the same number of wooden 'cottages', all in varying states of decay. A couple of the wooden cottages have been burnt out, and a couple of the trailers are little more than metal skeletons but other than that it's a very cool place.

It's places like this, far off the beaten track that make me love my adventures so much more. Even more so in this case considering I'd have never even known it was there if the train was on time.

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Thanks for looking as always




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Re: Sunnyvale Trailer Park
< Reply # 1 on 4/30/2017 4:04 PM >
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You've hit a new low mookster
Once you're trailer park trash, you never go back




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< Reply # 2 on 4/30/2017 8:05 PM >
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Tired of everybody "exploring" trailer parks. Wtf is this shit!




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Re: Sunnyvale Trailer Park
< Reply # 3 on 5/1/2017 1:03 AM >
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Goodness Guys Give the Man a break... Im thinking Mookster finds these old trailers interesting because trailer parks are less common in England. Especially these older ones... That being said, i personally enjoyed this set. Some of these are from the 60's. The inside views of how they use to be made along with the old furniture and beds left in different states of decay was well worth a look. Must of been a popular place to camp and fish at one time.




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< Reply # 4 on 5/1/2017 4:47 PM >
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I think the trailer park is pretty cool! Its weird to see how quickly nature reclaims things after we leave them.




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I like these! I think like cradcore it is interesting to watch nature reclaim things. Makes you wonder why everyone left in the first place. There is a abandoned trailer park here that I haven't checked out, I think this thread sparked my interest.




mookster 


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< Reply # 6 on 5/1/2017 6:32 PM >
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Posted by The Seeker
Tired of everybody "exploring" trailer parks. Wtf is this shit!


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< Reply # 7 on 5/2/2017 1:35 PM >
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Cool!




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< Reply # 8 on 5/2/2017 2:18 PM >
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So cool. This place is a mid-century trailer goldmine.




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< Reply # 9 on 5/3/2017 1:56 AM >
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I think this is a great find.. I like the hidden locations like this. In my area if I found one of these it probably wouldn't be abandoned and I'd most likely get shot at, lol




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Honestly I love that you shared these trailer parks! I love being able to get an inside look into the past almost. I really enjoy the shots where you can see each of them just lined up and vacant.




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I enjoyed this set, reminds me of when I first
explored abandoned stuff as a child.





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awesome. I'm always on the look out for abandoned trailer parks. I'm jealous.




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< Reply # 13 on 5/8/2017 2:28 PM >
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This was one of my favorite spots of the weekend. Great find bud!

I had a blast walking around this place and I know you did as well. I would love to return again when everything is a bit more green.

Excellent shots, nice job catching the locomotive engine in #16. I tried a couple times to do the same, but I wasn't quick enough.



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