how do i find national forest trails

bearmedic · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:52 am

im trying to figure out what national forest trails and rds are open for vehicle traffic, well as in gravel ordirt roads when i looked on teh national forest website it just said open to state legal vehicle on certain roads but didnt give the road type. Just the fact that sinc eim not gonan beable to make it at beasley knob but im darn sure gonna try..............but after all this im just looking for what fire roads and trails through national forest are open any suggestions?
drew

Weegie5 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:12 am

Try to call (I don't know if they have e-mail) the Ranger District(s) that cover the NF you're interested in. They'll be able to tell you if a specific Forest Road is open to motorized traffic and/or a list of all the Forest Roads that are.

www.fs.fed.us

Signcutter21 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:07 pm

in addition, if there is a NFS office near where you want to wheel, stop in and talk to them. The people there, in my opinion, have been helpful in telling me about conditions of the trails in their district. On the NFS.Gov website there is also a interactive map feature.

mike

stick · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:44 am

Go to the local forest office or the office closest to where you want to wheel. Stop in and talk to them. They usually have maps of all the roads. As long as you let them know that you're a responsible wheeler, they'll be willing to help you out.

Cowcatcher · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:58 am

Sometimes their maps are not complete so it wouldn't hurt to take a USGS 7.5 minute topo map in with you and let them mark it up for you.

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:29 pm

I know the Ouachita Nat'l Forest in Arkansas has gravel and access roads for Jeeps and other capable rigs to traverse...

That is Lake Winona in the background...

Here is a website too for you to check out and see how it can help you out...

http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/ouachita/

bearmedic · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:20 pm

ive tried that linka nd all it shows up are the off road parks and stuff like that in ga and the only one they say is open where ill be at is beasley knob. ill try call ing the ranger statnionand ive been trying to find topo's but i dont know where to look........i tried the gaoc but they have sectional maps.
drew

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:08 pm

have you tried this link before?

http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm

bearmedic · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:11 pm

no but im lookin at it now

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:12 pm

I hope it will help you out with what you are looking for...

bearmedic · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:27 pm

well im finding it and trying to get topo lines on it and roads so its slow going.
drew

dog_party · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:01 am

2006KJSPORT4x4 wrote:

have you tried this link before?

http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm

Man, THAT is a cool map! Thanks for sharing that link! It helps the speed a lot to go to the "Transportation" layer group and uncheck "Roads". Sure goes a lot faster, and still shows the main roads.

I like how the mouse cursor is tracked with Long/Lat.

But I tried to print a map and it brings up a "Create Printable Map" box, but I can't figure out where it creates the map. Anyone been able to create a map? I also tried exporting the information and it said it exported it, but I can't find it anywhere on my computer. (shrug)

bearmedic · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:51 pm

yeah i emailed thema nd they told me to call and give hte long lat and they would print me off a map of the area.
drew

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