Michigan Roadside Parks?

pros3lyte said:

Just curious to know if the Michigan Dept. of Transportation Roadside Parks are fair game to detect? I'm not sure if this would fall under the same category as an official rest-stop on the highway.

But the Roadside Park I'm thinking of has a bathroom maintained by the state, although, no vending machines that I'm aware of. The sign out front definitely does not say "Rest Stop".

Its on a 2 lane road out in the country, and has been there for over 50 years. I've detected it once very quickly about 7 years ago, and found a barber dime within the first 15 minutes. I've always wanted to go back but don't want to break any laws. Not sure of who to even contact regarding permission.

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Tom_in_CA said:

I would imagine that would fall into the "road right of way" domain. Except that instead of a typical road, where the right-of-way ends out at a certain # of yards beyond the pavement edge, in this case, it's a few acre side-plot.

As such, you would not confuse anything to do with Michigan state PARKS, with this. Since road right of way and park's dept. are two entirely separate things (even though both are state-administered).

I don't believe ANY park (of any stripe or color or administration) "needs permission". No more so than you'd need permission to fly a frisbee there. Instead, you'd ask yourself: Are there any rules or prohibitions that say "No md'ing " there. And if not, presto : Not prohibited. And as such, I'll bet that you can look till the cows come home, and find no-such-rule for roadside rests.

In fact, I'll bet that ... unlike parks which have "rules" (eg.: closes at sunset, no fireworks, etc...), I'll bet these roadside rests don't have any "rules" beyond what is on their signs there (eg.: dogs on leash, etc...). So that if you asked someone in the bureaucracy "where is the list of rules", they would probably look at you like you're from outer space.

If I were you, I'd just do it. Why would anyone care ? Is it an obvious historic sensitive monument or something ?

Or you can knock yourself silly asking higher and higher up the bureaucracy, until you find yourself the latest victim of "no one cared till you asked". Take your choice .

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pros3lyte said:

..... He completely ignored me,.....

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