Nebraska Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Guide

Off-Highway Motorized Vehicles (OHV) are motorized vehicles designed for (but, for some vehicle types, not limited to) off-highway or off-road recreational use. While OHVs are typically thought of as dry land-based vehicles, the category may also include snowmobiles. Facilities that serve other types of OHVs are also typical of accommodating snowmobiles. OHVs include small vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), which are not designed for road use and currently do not require a license for operation; off-road motorcycles; and off-highway vehicles such as jeeps, small trucks, dune buggies and sand rails. The following information tells a visitor where they can and cannot ride in Nebraska.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission offers 12 miles of snowmobile trails located at Niobrara State Park. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission do not allow off-highway vehicles at NGPC-owned areas with the exception of snowmobiles and ATVs on FROZEN lake surfaces at the following areas:

• Bluestem State Recreation Area (SRA)
• Branched Oak Lake SRA
• Box Butte SRA
• Calamus SRA
• Conestoga SRA
• Enders SRA
• Fremont Lakes SRA
• Gallagher Canyon SRA
• Johnson Lake SRA
• Lake McConaughy SRA
• Lake Maloney SRA
• Lake Minatare SRA
• Lake Ogallala SRA
• Lewis & Clark SRA
• Louisville SRA
• Olive Creek SRA
• Oliver Reservoir SRA
• Pawnee SRA
• Rockford SRA
• Sherman Reservoir SRA
• Stagecoach SRA
• Summit Lake SRA
• Sutherland Reservoir SRA
• Swanson Reservoir SRA
• Wagontrain SRA
• Walgren Lake SRA
• Willow Creek SRA

For more information, contact Michelle Stryker, Acting Trails Grant Administrator, at (402) 471-5425 or email her at mstryker@ngpc.state.ne.us.