About Us

Board of Directors

The Northumberland & District ATV riders club is a club for ATV riders and enthusiasts.  Northumberland and District ATV riders is an ATV club in Northumberland County, NOW IN OUR FIFTH YEAR, with miles of trails to enjoy. The club presently has over 100 members and is growing strong.

To keep the access of land that you can ride, means getting along with the rest of the world, private landowners, public land managers, and people you meet on the trails. The better you get along with the people, the easier it will be to find and keep riding areas.  We have been working hard with the aforementioned to make sure that ATV riding enthusiasts can keep enjoying this sport.

It mostly takes common courtesy and consideration. A few hints for getting along with people and keeping your riding areas open are:

-Know who owns the land you are using, get permission if you need it. Stay on marked trails if they are provided.

-Obey closure signs. They’re posted for a reason.

-Always leave gates and fences as you found them

-Use courtesy when you meet others on the trails. Pull off and give right of way to horseback riders or hikers. It is best to shut off the engine whenever you are near horses – a panicked horse is danger   to you and its rider.

-Riding behavior that harms the land is self-defeating and irresponsible. Learn to protect and preserve your riding areas.

1. Obtain a travel map from the Forest Service, or regulations from other public land agencies. Learn the rules and follow them.
   
   
2. Keep your ATV quiet. Don’t make your exhaust system nosier-there is nothing people dislike more than a loud off-highway vehicle. Keep your spark arrester in place.
   
   
3. Avoid running over young trees, Shrubs, and grasses – damaging or killing them.
   
   
4. Stay off soft, wet roads and trails readily torn up by vehicles (particularly during hunting seasons). Repairing the damage is expensive.
   
   
5. Travel around meadows, steep hillsides, or stream banks and lakeshores easily scarred by churning wheels.
   
   
6. Resist the urge to pioneer a new road or trail, or to cut across a switchback
7. Stay away from wild animals that are rearing young – or suffering from food shortage. Stress can sap scarce energy reserves.
   
   
8. Obey gate closures and regulatory signs. Vandalism costs tax dollars.
   
   
9. Stay out of wilderness areas. They’re closed to all vehicles. Know where the boundaries are.
   
   
10. Get permission to travel across private land. Respect landowner rights.

Come explore and be part of our club by also becoming a member!