---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 4.10"
title: "36"
number: "4.10"
heading: "Travel on park roads and designated routes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/4.10"
---

# §4.10. Travel on park roads and designated routes.

- (a) Operating a motor vehicle is prohibited except on park roads, in parking areas and on routes and areas designated for off-road motor vehicle use.
- (b) Routes and areas designated for off-road motor vehicle use shall be promulgated as special regulations. The designation of routes and areas shall comply with [§ 1.5](/cfr/36/1.5.md) of this chapter and Executive Order 11644 ([3 CFR](/cfr/3.md), 1971-1975 Comp., p. 666). Routes and areas may be designated only in national recreation areas, national seashores, national lakeshores and national preserves.
- (c) **The following are prohibited—**
  - (1) Operating a motor vehicle not equipped with pneumatic tires, except that a track-laying motor vehicle or a motor vehicle equipped with a similar traction device may be operated on a route designated for these vehicles by the superintendent.
  - (2) Operating a motor vehicle in a manner that causes unreasonable damage to the surface of a park road or route.
  - (3) Operating a motor vehicle on a route or area designated for off-road motor vehicle use, from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise, without activated headlights and taillights that meet the requirements of State law for operation on a State highway.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 10683, Apr. 2, 1987, as amended at 80 FR 36476, June 25, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 320102.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 10683, Apr. 2, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 10683, Apr. 2, 1987, as amended at 80 FR 36476, June 25, 2015]