Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area
47°48′24.7″N 92°44′34.9″W / 47.806861°N 92.743028°W / 47.806861; -92.743028
Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area is a Minnesota state park located east of Lake Ore-be-gone in Gilbert, Minnesota. The recreation area consists of 36 miles (58 km) of trails on a 1,864-acre (754 ha) unit, all of which was local iron ore mining land until 1981. A 3,500-acre (1,400 ha) expansion of the recreation area is also being planned, with land acquisition underway.[1]
The recreation area has trails for all classes of off-highway vehicles defined by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, including Off-Highway Motorcycles, Class I All-Terrain Vehicles, Class II All-Terrain Vehicles, and Off-Road Vehicles.[2]
Minnesota is one of three states to have a state-maintained off-road recreation area, the others being California and Utah.
References
- ^ "Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) State Recreation Area". Travel the Heart (National Geographic). Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ "Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
External links
- Iron Range OHV State Recreation Area at Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
- Trail Map
- Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area at Irontrail.com.
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