ATV riders will have the unique opportunity for long-distance travel by permit on:
- Designated state forest trails and roads
- Designated local (township) roads
- Designated PennDOT-administered roads
2025 Riding Season
The Northcentral Regional ATV Trail will operate during the 2025 summer riding season, which begins on Friday, May 23, 2024, and ends on Sunday, September 28, 2025.
2024 Riding Area
The 2024 Northcentral Regional ATV Trail area covered parts of Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga counties. The 2025 riding area is expected to be similar to 2024.
For 2024 riding area details, please see the:
Riders are encouraged to travel the preferred route, but are free to ride any trail or road in the area that is designated open to this use.
Responsibility falls on riders to plan their route and use only designated trails and roads, while avoiding those that are not open to ATV use.
ATV riding opportunities within this area are as follows:
- 450 miles of township roads
- 163 miles of state forest roads and trails
- 40 miles of PennDOT-administered roads
Riding Permit
Permits for the 2025 riding season are not yet for sale. Please check back for updates.
Riding the Northcentral Regional ATV Trail requires the purchase of a yearly permit.
Fees for 2024 riding season were:
- $40.00 for Pennsylvania-registered ATVs
- $60.00 for ATVs registered in another state
Permits are accompanied by a decal which must be visibly displayed upon the machine for which the permit is secured.
How to Obtain Permits
Permit sales for the 2025 riding season have not yet begun. Please check back for updates.
Riders can purchase permits in-person through the Tioga, Tiadaghton, Sproul, or Susquehannock State Forest offices when sales begin.
Please note that credit cards will not be accepted at the Sproul State Forest office after Friday, May 3, 2024. Please be sure to have cash or check.
2025 Office Hours
Tiadaghton, Tioga, Susquehannock, and Sproul State Forests: To Be Announced
Processing of permit applications for the 2025 riding season has not yet begun. Please check back for updates.
Please do not mail applications before the announcement.
Riders can obtain a permit by downloading, printing, and filling out the Application for Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Permit (PDF) and sending with check or money order to:
Mira Lloyd Dock Center
137 Penn Nursery Road
Spring Mills, PA 16875
ATTN: Northcentral Regional ATV Trail
Applications will be processed in the order they are received and mailed back to applicants as soon as possible.
Permit Decal Placement
The permit decal (sticker) shall be placed in the uppermost, middle portion of the windshield on UTVs.
For ATVs and UTVs with no windshield, place the decal (sticker) on the right front fender (rider point of view).
Program Evaluation
DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry implemented a comprehensive monitoring program to evaluate the impact of the three-year pilot program (the precursor to the Northcentral Regional ATV Trail) on:
- Local communities
- Ecological values
- Other state forest users and recreational values
- Bureau of Forestry operations, staffing, and law enforcement capacity
- Public safety
- Adjacent public lands and natural resources
The monitoring program also evaluated the effectiveness of the special permit; the adequacy of funding for continued operation of the trail; and the need for additional education, outreach, and trail marketing.
Evaluation Report
DCNR published a Report to the General Assembly on the Northcentral ATV Regional Trail Connector Pilot (PDF) about the pilot project for further evaluation and stakeholder input in December 2023.