Beach Question

[Rainyday101]

I had a friend show me via satellite photos where an abondoned beach is that has not been used since the late seventies. The new beach is just down from it a bit. One tiny problem though, the beach is in a small National Forest Park. Is in the water off the the beach illegal?

 

[Steve O]

Check the navigational water law. May be allowed to detect x number of feet from the water...or high tide mark. But then again, you're at the mercy of the Rangers.

 

[Flintstone]

Rainy101, are you in Ohio> I have a beach just about like that and i went to the Park office and they will give you a permit to do the park, don,t cost anything, they just want to know who is there. Good Luck Flintstone

 

[Rainyday101]

Rainy101, are you in Ohio> I have a beach just about like that and i went to the Park office and they will give you a permit to do the park, don,t cost anything, they just want to know who is there. Good Luck Flintstone

I will give that a try.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I would be careful with waltzing in to parks or city people with questions like this. They might morph something else they think applies to your "pressing question" (like, about disturbing earthworms or whatever) and saying "no". I don't know about any NFS place handing out "permits", so I can't comment on your exact thing. But I just know that md'ing on NFS land is not forbidden. In fact, there's an express allowance (can't argue with that, eh?).

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5261774.pdf

Print that out if you're skittish, and have it with you. But if it's abandoned and un-used as you say, then .... is anyone really there in the first place to care ? In any case, it's not dis-allowed.

 

[Rainyday101]

I would be careful with waltzing in to parks or city people with questions like this. They might morph something else they think applies to your "pressing question" (like, about disturbing earthworms or whatever) and saying "no". I don't know about any NFS place handing out "permits", so I can't comment on your exact thing. But I just know that md'ing on NFS land is not forbidden. In fact, there's an express allowance (can't argue with that, eh?).

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5261774.pdf

Print that out if you're skittish, and have it with you. But if it's abandoned and un-used as you say, then .... is anyone really there in the first place to care ? In any case, it's not dis-allowed.

THANKS Tom!!! I will not ask and just carry that with me. It is an abondoned beach, but the new beach is about 50 yards away. I really enjoyed reading that. I would never guessed in a million years that people in our government could have that kind of common sense. Imagine that someone that manages land actually sees metal detecting as a recrational hobby that is low impact to land. I was starting to think I lived in a socialist country.