Passes
How to Obtain a Pass and Hang Tag
Visit the following link to purchase passes: Forest Service's Recreation Passes and Permits page or contact National Forest in Mississippi offices.
The Supervisor's Office in Jackson, Mississippi does not sell passes or permits.
Special passes for the National Forests in Mississippi:
Mississippi Adventure Pass or Mississippi Annual Forest-wide OHV Pass
Anyone can receive a 50% discount on any National Forests in Mississippi Pass if you already have the following passes listed below:
- Interagency Senior Pass
- Interagency Access Pass
- Golden Age Passport
- Golden Access Passport
Available Passes
- The Adventure pass costs $50 and it includes unlimited day use in certain recreation areas across the forest for one year.
- Recreation areas include picnic areas, swim beaches, and boat launches.
What is NOT covered
- Fees for overnight use.
- Fees to reserve a picnic pavilion.
- Fees in other national forests across the United States
Includes the following special places:
- Bienville Ranger District
- Marathon Lake Recreation Area
- Shongelo Recreation Area
- Chickasawhay Ranger District
- Turkey Fork Recreation Area
- De Soto Ranger District
- Big Biloxi Recreation Area
- Homochitto Ranger District
- Clear Springs Recreation Area
- Holly Springs Ranger District
- Chewalla Lake Recreation Area
- Puskus Lake Recreation Area
- Tombigbee Ranger District
- Choctaw Lake Recreation Area
- Davis Lake Recreation Area
Mississippi Annual Forest-wide OHV Pass costs $60 and allows the use of trails open to vehicles less than or equal to 50" wide.
- OHV refers to an off highway vehicle
- Please look at the official Motor Vehicle Use Map or each National Forest for detailed trail information.
- Motorized Vehicle trails close when conditions are wet to prevent trail damage and erosion into streams.
- Check the status of your favorite trail before you arrive.
For more information, contact the nearest district office.
OHV Pass Trails include:
- Designated OHV Trail Riding Areas
- Chickasawhay
- Little Tiger ATV/Motorcycle Trail
- De Soto
- Bethel OHV Trails
- Rattlesnake Bay ATV Trail
- Tombigbee
- Chickasaw ATV/Motorcycle Trail