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Title: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: The100Road on April 30, 2013, 09:31:33 AM: ID like to go camping just north of ellensburg off the Cook Canyon Road. I usually see Quads & dirtbikes ridding the gravel roads up there all the time. Is that okay to do? or who should i talk to to confirm that this is okay? and if its not they must just not enforce it because they are usually heavy on the summer weekends.

Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 30, 2013, 09:51:08 AM: Any green dot road it's OK to ride on. No green dot, no riding.
This includes the Naneum State Forest which is mostly DNR land, with WDFW land sprinkled in, also includes the WDFW lands out to the east....the Colockum and Quilomene wildlife areas.

It is fairly actively patrolled by both DNR and WDFW. They will pop you for no helmets on quads, your license stickers, campfires if closed to fires, etc....

The DNR has a fairly good green dot map for the Nanuem State Forest on their website.

I would suggest camping up Coleman to the west of Cooke. There are a lot more opportunities to camp in and around Coleman than Cooke with quite a few creekside camps in Coleman.
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: The100Road on April 30, 2013, 09:52:35 AM: Quote from: 6x6in6 on April 30, 2013, 09:51:08 AM
Any green dot road it's OK to ride on. No green dot, no riding.
This includes the Naneum State Forest which is mostly DNR land, with WDFW land sprinkled in, also includes the WDFW lands out to the east....the Colockum and Quilomene wildlife areas.

It is fairly actively patrolled by both DNR and WDFW. They will pop you for no helmets on quads, your license stickers, campfires if closed to fires, etc....

The DNR has a fairly good green dot map for the Nanuem State Forest on their website.

I would suggest camping up Coleman to the west of Cooke. There are a lot more opportunities to camp in and around Coleman than Cooke with quite a few creekside camps in Coleman.

Awesome. Thanks for the very helpful reply!
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: bobcat on April 30, 2013, 10:01:02 AM: ATV's are legal on most state land (DNR and WDFW) and are NOT legal on most National Forest land.
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 30, 2013, 10:03:56 AM: Here..........
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/amp_rec_naneum_gdot_map08.pdf (http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/amp_rec_naneum_gdot_map08.pdf)
And all the DNR maps....
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/RecreationEducation/Pages/PubMaps.aspx (http://www.dnr.wa.gov/RecreationEducation/Pages/PubMaps.aspx)
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 30, 2013, 10:05:42 AM: If you would like some camping suggestions, PM me.
I'll shoot you some google earth coordinates.
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: irishevox on April 30, 2013, 10:06:52 AM: are y'all a;; the people riding through there while i am turkey hunting? >:(
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on April 30, 2013, 10:14:09 AM: Quote from: irishevox on April 30, 2013, 10:06:52 AM
are y'all a;; the people riding through there while i am turkey hunting? >:(

Is it legal to ride there when your Turkey hunting?
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 30, 2013, 10:24:24 AM: Quote from: irishevox on April 30, 2013, 10:06:52 AM
are y'all a;; the people riding through there while i am turkey hunting? >:(
No.
By horse yes, ATV rarely. But not recently for either.

Get off the road further or walk in behind the gates/tank traps. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: irishevox on April 30, 2013, 10:29:11 AM: i am in big time.... but i can hear them.. and it doesn't bother me.... but except for the fact i almost got hit by one flying around the corner... lucky i was in my SUV.
Title: Re: Riding ATV's outside of Ellensburg?
Post by: The100Road on April 30, 2013, 01:37:38 PM: Quote from: irishevox on April 30, 2013, 10:06:52 AM
are y'all a;; the people riding through there while i am turkey hunting? >:(

Not me. this will be my first time up with a quad. probably memorial day weekend.