finding legal trails in your area

[mr.walleye]

I live in NE Ohio and I can't seem to find any legal trails around my area. I see a lot out west but not many around me. the closest by me is about 6 hrs away. so, how do I find trails around me that are legal to drive on? don't get me wrong, if I have to drive 6 hours to get there I will, id just prefer something closer.

 

[4RunnerAquasport]

Dont know if this park is near you. Unfortunately paid entry parks are all you might find. off Road Vehicles, 4x4 Offroading - Southington Offroad - Windham, Oh
Check the Toyota and Jeep forums and fb pages also.

 

[Greybeardviking]

All Trails App

I am a new user to All Trails App.... but I have had great luck in finding legal, off-roading trails using this app on my iPhone. I believe there is an Android version as well.

 

[dawudih]

You're talking about public land trails I'm guessing. Don't come to Texas, only 3% of the land is open to the public & highly restricted with severe penalties; 97% is private & fenced off. It's really sad that many states do not offer readily accessible land for the public to consume.

 

[mr.walleye]

Dont know if this park is near you. Unfortunately paid entry parks are all you might find. off Road Vehicles, 4x4 Offroading - Southington Offroad - Windham, Oh
Check the Toyota and Jeep forums and fb pages also.

it is pretty close to me, planned on taking a ride out there sometime this week to check it out.

 

[MeefZah]

I lived in NE Ohio for the last 38 odd years.

Not many public trails accessible to SUVs in Ohio.

Your best bet is checking out the myriad of abandoned roads in the east / southeast of the state. A lot of those are pretty gnarly, and are totally legal. A good way to find those is with a DeLorme Gazeteer.

There's a thread on TW that I contributed to a lot when I lived in Ohio, some of my posts have good descriptions, pics, and GPS coordinates of abandoned roads that I found by basically exploring with a DeLorme. If you search within the thread starting more towards the beginning under my user name you'll find the posts. If you lurk there a bit you'll get some good intel.

**OHIO WHEELIN' & MEET-UP THREAD** | Tacoma World

 

[sbrown77]

head north! Michigan is full of old logging roads and two tracks and the DNR even has a nice catalog of em all with a map.

 

[LT1coupe]

Ut & co

 

[golfbuddy]

head north! Michigan is full of old logging roads and two tracks and the DNR even has a nice catalog of em all with a map.

Im heading up to MI from Cincinnati this summer. That link will come in handy, thanks.

 

[JVC8790]

Im heading up to MI from Cincinnati this summer. That link will come in handy, thanks.

I'm also in Cincinnati! I've been thinking of heading out to Hocking Hills area to do some exploring!

 

[Rightside Up]

You're talking about public land trails I'm guessing. Don't come to Texas, only 3% of the land is open to the public & highly restricted with severe penalties; 97% is private & fenced off. It's really sad that many states do not offer readily accessible land for the public to consume.

I’m happy with Texans owning Texas rather than the Fed. Gov.

 

[kingofthehill]

I’m happy with Texans owning Texas rather than the Fed. Gov.

I would rather the other way. I hate having to drive hours just to find a place to offroad. Texas is messed up in that way. I feel like there is no freedom here. I miss living in Nevada where there was public land access everywhere.

 

[VUI Guy]

I would rather the other way. I hate having to drive hours just to find a place to offroad. Texas is messed up in that way. I feel like there is no freedom here. I miss living in Nevada where there was public land access everywhere.

Texas will never be a Socialist leaning state. You trespass on someone's property and you might get shot.

 

[kingofthehill]

Texas will never be a Socialist leaning state. You trespass on someone's property and you might get shot.

IDK have you been around Dallas or Austin areas. They are looking pretty socialist (at least compared to 15 years ago). And i have no issues with someones property rights. that is one thing Texas got right along with the castle doctrine. But if you like to hunt, camp or offroad it is very difficult to live in Texas.There is very little public property so you have to travel very far or know someone who will let you use their property, or have deep pockets. I live well outside of the DFW area and I was looking at some land. For bare land in Hunt county in the country close to where I live the best deal I found was over $10k an acre for bare land. And I know I can get 150 mile+ away from DFW and find cheap land but that goes back to travelling several hours.

I would much rather live in a state that has good access to public lands like Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, or Idaho (most of which are less socialist than Texas).

 

[kingofthehill]

I live in NE Ohio and I can't seem to find any legal trails around my area. I see a lot out west but not many around me. the closest by me is about 6 hrs away. so, how do I find trails around me that are legal to drive on? don't get me wrong, if I have to drive 6 hours to get there I will, id just prefer something closer.

I usually look for national forest lands. Typically there are always some decent trails in the local National forest. Gaia GPS is a good paid app for finding trails and this is a good webpage for finding trails in the nationa forests:

Interactive Visitor Map

I would also recommend talking to locals to see if you can find some trails or offroad parks. Hope that helps but being in the Northeast I think your options are very limited. To find more available public lands you will need to go west of the rockies.

 

[Cymon]

I’ve been using this to find trails to potentially explore on our trip out to New Mexico this summer.

It has trail descriptions, locations, difficulty ratings and even videos of the trails. There is a free version and member version for $25 a year but the free still has good info.

Trails Offroad: Explore the Best 4x4, ATV, Overland, Jeep, and Truck Offroad Trails in Your Area | Trails Offroad

 

[bjax4x4]

Are there any public trails in NC?