Our incredible trail systems, however, are fragile. Maine's trail systems rely on:

• Generous private landowners who open their land to outdoor recreation. More than 95% of Maine?s snowmobile trails are on private property, and??80% of the state-supported ATV trail system resides on private land. Many of these landowners rely on their land for their livelihood, including farmers and the forestry and forest product industry.?
  
  
• Dedicated ATV and snowmobile clubs, who volunteer year-round repairing trails and bridges, building new trails, working with landowners, fundraising, and grooming during the winter months. Consider volunteering and make a donation to your favorite clubs.??
  
  
• Your cooperation. It is up to everyone who enjoys the Maine outdoors to respect the trails and land by staying on marked trails, leaving no trace, and following all ATV and snowmobile laws.?View the 2023-2024 ATV and Snowmobile Law Book online. If you see someone abusing private land, please report them to the Maine Warden Service.???
  
  
• Registration funds.?Registration fees provide the funding to build and maintain the trail system and help support the clubs and volunteers who provide the critical work to maintain trail systems and supports private landowners who allow trail access. Always register your ATV and snowmobile.?

In Maine, we truly don't know how lucky we are to have so much access to private land? -- this gift is unmatched anywhere else in the country.

In recent years, landowners are reporting an alarming trend of uninvited use and abuse of their private properties. While landowners have opened up their land for snowmobile and ATV use on designated trails,?off trail riding and "boondocking" is damaging their land and putting access for all outdoor uses at risk. Please, respect private landowners by staying on the trails and respecting their requests.?

New sign and law for the 2023-2024 snowmobile season:?Off trail riding is prohibited in this area

Operating snowmobile in posted area.?A person may not operate a snowmobile off a snowmobile trail identified by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau
of Parks and Lands as having been funded by the Snowmobile Trail Fund pursuant to section 1893, subsection 3 if the trail is posted as being closed to off-trail snowmobile operation and
the operator has not obtained the permission of the applicable landowner or landowner?s representative.

For purposes of this subsection, ?posted? means containing signage that is reasonably likely to come to the attention of a person operating a snowmobile that indicates that off-trail snowmobiling is prohibited and that is placed by the landowner, the landowner?s representative, a local snowmobile club trail master serving as the landowner?s representative, a local snowmobile club representative or an employee of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife or the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

13106-A., subsection 27 Operation of snowmobile??- View all of Maine's snowmobile laws