Mud everywhere!

Me and me with mud. The "good ole days"! Most likely mid 1990's.

Riding areas are open.

The Ohio ATV riding areas should all be open soon. Perry State Forest and the other State Forests should all be open by now and The Wayne should open April 15th. It has been rainy, snowy and cold, although I am sure someone was there to ride opening day. This weekend will probably be a busy time to ride at Wayne, as Friday and Saturday are both looking like 70 degrees or more and sunny. I can't wait to take a trip down there to ride. I just wish that it was not so far away for me although at least for now, gas prices are not the issue that they were last year, when I wanted to go but couldn't. My goal is to at least go riding at the Wayne and at Perry. Only two rides a year is sad, I know, but that would be better than zero, like last summer. Unfortunately, money is an issue more so than it used to be. Well, hope everyone has a great spring, summer and fall of riding, and hopefully soon I will have riding stories to post.


MTD, Yard Machines, Yard Man, Troybilt, Cub Cadet

Perry State Forest

Just a reminder........the trails at Perry open on Tuesday, April 1!!!!

ATV Trails in Ohio PERRY STATE FOREST

Perry State Forest is the trails system that I have ridden at the most. It has trails, but it is also wide open for riding. It is old abandoned strip mines, and there are plenty of hills and mud to play on and in. The website says there are 16 miles of trails, but since the area is wide open for riding, I would guess there is much more than that. Perry State Forest is 4,500 acres of which I would say that just less than half of that is the ATV area. Anyway, the best time to go in during the week. I've been there on a Friday morning and there was only one other person there.

New Lexington has a McDonalds, and there is (last time I was there) a gas station with a mini mart right across from the entrance to Perry.

If you are into mud, Perry is your place to ride. When it rains, there is thick, gooey mud all over. Even when it's dry, there is mud here. The state did make some changes, though, and the big mud pits may not be there anymore.

Perry is open from April 1st until November 30.

Here is the link to PERRY STATE FOREST.

Here is the link to a .pdf format map of the atv area.

Here are a few pictures. Also, if you click on the label "Perry State Forest" at the bottom, it will bring up all articles on Perry on my blog.

Perry State Forest

Perry State Forest's ATV area. It is a great place to ride, kinda wide open riding, but with trails. It is also free, but you do have to buy the 3 year ATV registration for Ohio, which I think is around $8.50 for the three years. I have been there many times. It is very good for when you only have a day to ride. I usually go down there on a Sunday and ride for 6 or 7 hours.

There are a few pictures in past posts of it here.

Also Perry's website is HERE.

Perry State Forest Riding Area

The Perry State Forest ATV area is OPEN today......Too bad I can't go. Oh well, it's raining anyway, which I guess never really stopped me before. Hope everyone who does go has a good time!