Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area
Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area Location in Minnesota Show map of Minnesota Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Area	1,864 acres (7.54 km2)
Established	2002
Governing body	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area is a State Park unit located east of Lake Ore-be-gone in Gilbert, Minnesota. The recreation area consists of 36 miles (58 km) of trails on a 1,864-acre (754 ha) unit, all of which was local iron ore mining land until 1981. A 3,500-acre (1,400 ha) expansion of the recreation area is also being planned, with land acquisition underway.

The recreation area has trails for all classes of off-highway vehicles defined by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, including Off-Highway Motorcycles, Class I All-Terrain Vehicles, Class II All-Terrain Vehicles, and Off-Road Vehicles.

Minnesota is one of three states to have a state-maintained off-road recreation area, the others being California and Utah.