Know where to ride
State forests are classified for OHV use. Make sure you know the classification and what it means when you ride in a state forest.
- Closed: OHVs are not permitted in the state forest.
- Limited: OHVs may use state forest roads and trails that are posted open to their use
- Managed: OHVs may use state forest roads and trails that are not posted closed to their use.
For more information, download the OHV regulations.
State forests alphabetically by classification
- Badoura - Limited
- Battleground - Closed
- Bear Island - Limited
- Beltrami Island - Managed
- Big Fork - Managed
- Birch Lakes - Closed
- Blackduck - Managed
- Bowstring - Limited
- Buena Vista - Limited
- Burntside - Limited/Closed
- Centennial - Limited
- Chengwanta - Limited
- Cloquet Valley - Closed/Limited/Managed
- Crow Wing - Limited
- D.A.R. - Limited
- Emily - Limited
- Finland - Closed/
Limited/Managed - Fond du Lac - Limited
- Foot Hills - Limited
- General C.C. Andrews - Limited
- George Washington - Closed/Limited/Managed
- Golden Anniversary - Limited
- Grand Portage - Limited/Managed
- Hill River - Limited
- Huntersville - Limited
- Insula Lake - Closed
- Kabetogama - Managed
- Koochiching - Managed
- Lake Isabella - Closed
- Lake Jeanette - Limited
- Lake of the Woods - Managed
- Land O'Lakes - Limited
- Lost River - Managed
- Lyons - Limited
- Mississippi Headwaters - Limited
- Nemadji - Limited
- Northwest Angle - Managed
- Pat Bayle - Limited
- Paul Bunyan - Limited
- Pillsbury - Closed
- Pine Island - Managed
- RJD Memorial Hardwood - Limited
- Red Lake - Managed
- Remer - Limited
- Riverlands - Managed
- Rum River - Limited
- Sand Dunes - Closed
- Savanna - Limited
- Smokey Bear - Managed
- Smoky Hills - Limited
- Snake River - Closed/Limited
- Solana - Limited
- St. Croix - Limited
- Sturgeon River - Closed/Limited/Managed
- Two Inlets - Limited
- Waukenabo - Limited
- Wealthwood - Limited
- Welsh Lake - Closed
- White Earth - Limited
- Whiteface River - Closed