Snowmobile Areas of Operation
Snowmobile Areas of Operation:
TRESPASS
A person shall NOT operate a snowmobile:
- A person may NOT operate a snowmobile in the following places:
- On an airport; or
- On a public or private parking lot; or
- On a railroad right of way; or
- In a cemetery; or
- On a forest nursery; or
- On private property or farm fields without permission, (posted or unposted); or
- On a public highway, street, or sidewalk; or
- On the shoulder of any state highway, including M-72, M-66, and US-131 in Kalkaska County, when no unplowed right of way exists.
- A person may operate a snowmobile in the following places:
- On a designated trail system; or
- On the unplowed right of way of a State Highway (US131, M72, M66) if operated with the flow of traffic and in a single file; or
- On the roadway or shoulder when necessary to cross a bridge or culvert. The snowmobile MUST be brought to a complete stop before entering the roadway and MUST yield to approaching traffic; or
- Across a public highway, other than a limited access highway, at right angles for the purposes of getting from one area to another. The snowmobile must be brought to a complete stop before crossing. Children under 12 cannot operate a snowmobile while crossing a roadway.
- On all County Roads when operating to the extreme right with the flow of traffic.
TRESPASS
A person shall NOT operate a snowmobile:
- On private property whether open, fenced, enclosed, posted or unposted; or
- When notice against trespass is personally communicated by the owner, or other authorized person; or
- In or upon farmlands, farm wood lots or platted property without written permission of the land owner.