OHV recreation is just one of the many uses allowed on National Forest lands. OHV travel is regulated by the OHV travel plan; check with the closest Ranger Station for specific areas. It is your responsibility to know and abide by regulations relating to motor vehicle travel. State law requires registration of all motor vehicles before being operated on public lands.

You can ride in designated areas in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area and in the Sand Lake Recreation Area Check out our OHV section for information where you can ride, rules for riding, campgrounds and staging areas and more. You can ride on gravel surface roads that are not gated, bermed or marked closed. OHV riding can be restricted when fire danger is high. Be sure to check our Fire Section for public use restrictions before heading into the woods with your OHV.

Bulldog Canyon (off Usery Pass Road) requires a permit. Contact the Mesa Ranger Station to obtain the permit. OHV/ATVs can also be ridden on most forest routes (roads and trails). State law requires you to be street legal to drive on any road maintained by a city, county or the state. This includes a state license plate (similar to your car or truck plate--not a title plate generally given to you when you buy a new ATV), insurance and you must be a licensed driver.

California law requires that in order to utilize the HOV lane, there must be two (or, if posted, three) separate individuals occupying seats in a vehicle. Until your "passenger" is capable of riding in his or her own seat, you cannot count them. California law does not recognize concealed weapon permits from other states; therefore, they would not be held valid. If you wish to transport a handgun during your California visit, it should be carried unloaded in a locked container.

In most areas of National Forest, you need to stay on roads and trails that are open to motorized travel. You may not take your ATV behind a closed gate, or travel OFF the road or trail (cross-country), unless the area is specifically designated for that use. Motorized vehicles are not allowed in any Wilderness Area. You should contact the local Forest office for more details and maps to help you learn where you may ride. Back to Top

Under common law, pedestrians, horse riders and carriage drivers have public user rights over the whole width of land designated a highway. Usually this is between the hedges and fences on either side of the carriageway and this area may include verges. These rights may, however, be restricted where limitations are imposed such as the provision of a footway, along which only pedestrians have user rights.

There are thousands of miles of established dirt roads in the Eastern Sierra. Some range from drivable by two wheel drive to very challenging four wheel drive routes. We ask that you stay on existing dirt roads. There is one open area east of Bishop managed by the Inyo National Forest. This area is called Poleta Canyon and can be accessed by taking East Line Street out of Bishop and traveling approximately 9 miles east. The area will be marked where open riding is allowed.

Yes but you need to join the Hatfield Forest Riding Association. Contact the Estate Office 01279 870678.

No because grazing cattle can knock bikes over with expensive results. Motorbike parking is planned for the future but in the meantime bikes can be left in the main carpark free of charge.

The final rule defines an OHV as “any motor vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain.” Technological advances have enabled many classes of motor vehicle to travel off highways. The designation requirements in the final rule apply to all classes of motor vehicles (not just OHVs) except aircraft, watercraft, and over-snow vehicles.

There are over 45 miles of designated ATV trails throughout the forest. Parking is available at each trailhead. WMA check-in stations contain hunting brochures with a district map on the back or you can pick one up at the district office. A permit can be purchased at any self-service fee station or at the district office in Rolling Fork. Annual permits are only sold at the district office.

The Interstate system has been deemed adequate to handle the navigation task the US routes used to provide in many areas. Many state legislatures have adjusted their numbering systems over the years to make bookkeeping easier, and eliminated US routes or portions of them in the process. Since 1956, when the Interstate program was implemented in full, the mileage of the US system has decreased from 162,358 miles to 150,934 miles in 2004, or a net loss of 7%. Sep 26, 2004

The National Highway System is a system of roads administered by the FHWA (see Question 4.1 ) that receives special funding from the federal government. It was started with ISTEA (see Question 4.3 ) in 1991. All Interstates are in it, but not all US Routes. Many state routes are included and even some city-maintained routes. More information is at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep10/nhs/ , as well as in the text of the United States Code Title 23, Section 103 ( http://frwebgate.access.gpo.

Yes. All Guide Horses are trained to ride in passenger vehicles, and some are trained to enter taxi cabs, busses and subway trains.

All the circuit will be done riding 1999 4x4 Toyotas, with air conditioning during the day and eventually heating at night.

Each lesson is 3-4 hours of instruction with 1 hour riding time. The lessons are divided between two thirty-minute sessions. Your session starts when you put on your wakeboard and jump into the water. The 5 to 10 minutes traveling to nice water does not count as your lesson time.

The new Forest Plans do not open any new areas to off-highway vehicle use. In fact, the plans require that vehicles be operated only on designated routes. The current status of designated OHV routes (roads, trails and limited areas on the Angeles and Cleveland Forests) is unaffected by the new Forest Plans. All designated routes or areas are in zones in which public motorized use is allowed.