Does anybody ride the Osceola Nat. Forest in Florida? If so how are the trails and where do you park your tow vehicle?

 

Off-Road Vehicles
Please check with the Ranger District Office for the latest handouts and information about regulations pertaining to off road vehicle riding.

Osceola Ranger District
P.O. Box 70
Olustee, FL 32072
Phone: (386) 752-2577
Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30am - 4:00pm



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.
Be Courteous. Be Responsible. Be Safe.

 

I saw all of that on the website. I am looking for people who ride it.

 

the place is great. i go every couple weeks. miles and miles and miles of trails. obey the rules or they will ticket you. cant play in the mud or tear up ground. for trail riding is great. lots of technical trails also.

 

Does it cost anything to get in??? I would like to check it out!

 

No not yet but you better check it out soon. They are going to do the same thing they did in Ocala.

 

Yeah, no kidding... We are going to Ocala here in a couple of weeks, We just had to buy the off road vehicle stickers for our 4 wheelers.. we had just purchased one of them from an individual and to get it registered and the sticker was a good hunk of change.. Its ridiculous that these places are charging $$, its just another way for someone to make another buck!

 

I spoke with a ranger a couple of weeks ago about Big Scrub. You can still camp and ride out of there but you have to run along the tree line and then hop on a trail ASAP. No longer can you play on the power lines. They also told me that besides having the registration sticker, you must carry a copy of your title with you. Reasoning on that was just because the atv had the sticker, it didn't mean that it was registered to you. Had to have proof. Haven't rode at Osceola. Little bit of a haul from Palm Bay for a day ride.

 

Could you tell me - since you go to Osceola Forest - can we camp at any areas with our ATV? We like camping out and riding our ATV from the camping area.