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Osceola National Forest - Off-Road Vehicles
Please check with the Ranger District Office for the latest handouts and information about regulations pertaining to off road vehicle riding.
The Osceola National Forest offers many enjoyable locations to ride Off Road Vehicles. While the Forest Service has not designated or marked specific ORV trails, there are many unnumbered roads and travel ways that zigzag throughout the forest where you may ride. Restricted Areas are designated to protect certain biological communities, such as wetlands.
Regulations:
State and Federal laws apply to all vehicles, including their operation, equipment, and licensing. You are responsible for knowing these laws. Click to view the Florida Motor Vehicle Regulations website.
Florida law requires off highway vehicles purchased after July 1, 2002 and operated on public lands to be titled. Applications must be submitted to your local tax collector's office or Department of Motor Vehicles. Click to link to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
Unlicensed vehicles are prohibited on the numbered forest roads.
All vehicle traffic is prohibited in the following areas:
All Wilderness Areas
Florida National Scenic Hiking Trail
In campgrounds, picnic sites, and other developed areas unlicensed vehicles should be on a trailer or carried by other means of transportation when entering or leaving the area.
Restricted Areas are designated sections of the forest where some roads or trails are closed to vehicle traffic. In these areas travel is permitted only on numbered roads by licensed vehicles. These areas are posted and marked with red signs.
Cross country travel (where there are no existing roads or trails) is prohibited. Protect the environment and your privilege to ride in the National Forest by not riding in wetlands, lakes, ponds, or savannahs. Mud bogging in these areas does extensive damage to the environment and is illegal. Riding in areas with moderate to steep slopes causes damage to both soil and vegetation. This increases compaction and erosion and also exposes and damages tree roots. Traveling near open water can lead to silting and sedimentation, polluting wetlands, streams, lakes and ponds.
Respect the rights of hikers, campers, horseback riders, and other forest users to enjoy their activities undisturbed.
Osceola National Forest Website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/florida/recreation/index_osc.shtml
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