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Why Go
This is a motocross facility inside Salt Lake City limits, which is the whole point: you do not have to drive to the desert to ride. There are four tracks plus a 50 track for the youngest riders, built with tabletops and banked turns, and the prep schedule rotates by season, with the main and vet tracks running April through October. Gear rules are enforced: helmet, boots, and goggles for everyone, and every machine has to be currently registered. Riders under 18 need an OHV education certificate or a valid driver's license.
Do this: Dirt bikes, ATVs, youth riding courses
Family note: Beginner tracks for young riders
Fees and hours: stateparks.utah.gov
Build Your Day
Add to the trip: Ensign Peak (Hike, 2 mi) · Grandeur Peak (West) (Hike, 10 mi) · Mount Olympus (Hike, 13 mi) · Lake Blanche (Hike, 16 mi)
Quick Answers
- What is there to do at Jordan River OHV State Rec Area?
- Dirt bikes, ATVs, youth riding courses
- Is Jordan River OHV State Rec Area good for kids?
- Beginner tracks for young riders
- Why visit Jordan River OHV State Rec Area?
- Because it puts a maintained motocross track with tabletops and banked turns inside Salt Lake City, so a ride session does not cost you a day of driving. Youth riders have a path here too: a 50 track, and an OHV education certificate as the route to riding legally before 18.