Where do y'all use your Golf Carts?

Most of the campgrounds we visit require any vehicle to be street licensed and insured if operated in the park. RV resorts are more mixed in allowing unlicensed vehicles to operate. We have visited some parks where any vehicle use is discouraged and anyone looping the campground is asked to stop or leave.

Although I do not own a golf cart, I have two dune buggies that are street licensed and insured. One is a fiberglass body based off an air cooled VW Bus and the other is a tube frame with aluminum panels based off a water cooled Honda scooter. The latter one gets more attention because it looks more like an off-road vehicle until I point out the DOT parts that makes it legal to wear a standard license plate. I don't push my vehicle use on the places that I visit, but I will educate anyone that does not understand what I am driving.

Michael, I think there are bad apple parents that allow their teenage kids to go wild in their carts giving the non cart owners a bad opinion of the rest of us. It's a shame that parents have such a hard time being parents these days and are more likely to make excuses for their "little angels..."

Some communities allow carts on the street...so much for the golf course only theory :S

Even state parks have a hard time saying "NO" to a street legal, registered/insured vehicle. We often take a 50cc scooter...most I have heard is no "joyriding"...vehicles go "to" and "from" campsite. That goes for any vehicle in most parks. Never had a problem running the scooter to the camp store, shower house, etc...same as many do in their TV or toad (although I did have one CG tell me I would have to pay for an additional vehicle on my site if I took it off the truck).

Golf carts belong on the golf course. Leave them at home when camping. Get out and walk! Exercise makes you live longer and healthier. More time for camping. I can't think of any State or National parks that allow them, for good reason.....Dennis

Executive wrote:
Golf carts belong on the golf course. Leave them at home when camping. Get out and walk! Exercise makes you live longer and healthier. More time for camping. I can't think of any State or National parks that allow them, for good reason.....Dennis

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A lot of state and federal campgrounds you have to have a legal licensed vehicle in order to use it on campground roads. Some private campgrounds you can use them, call ahead to find out if they are allowed.

My seasonal site you can use a GC or a UTV. I use a licensed scooter that I can take to town.

Some private campgrounds even rent GC's.

Executive wrote:
Golf carts belong on the golf course. Leave them at home when camping. Get out and walk! Exercise makes you live longer and healthier. More time for camping. I can't think of any State or National parks that allow them, for good reason.....Dennis

Well Dennis may I suggest you begin a Fitness Blog? Besides the GC we also ride motorcycles, though surely we would more fit if we walked. But then come to think of it, we do work out regularly, so maybe it will be Ok for you to allow us to decide how, and with whom, we would like to camp?

And I disagree that GCs belong on Golf Courses exclusively. Golf Carts are great! Even fit people love them because they will carry 4-6 people, or groceries, or that 20 lb bag of ice. They will even carry your elderly mother who still enjoys the lake or the woods, but who no longer has the mobility for long walks. probably because she didn't take your advice, Dennis.

Still Very happy to receive any constructive advice from Golf Cart wrong thinkers:)

I'm not aware of any state or national forest areas around here where they would be any use. Outside of your campsite, you may be able to drive along the road you came in on, but that's about it. Most of the other roads have too much higher speed traffic or are too rough for a golf cart. Likewise, any trails are too narrow, rough, or both. ATVs are common, but golf carts are pretty much limited to golf courses.

Michael, don't sweat the negative posters. They are uninformed and speaking from ignorance. And the go to a gym comments? That's what you do when you're home. Some of us actually have jobs that keep us fit as well. The last thing I want to do on my relaxing vacation is have any type of a work out.

We take ours to any larger campground we go to. Most KOA campgrounds allow carts. The large campgrounds at Myrtle Beach allow carts. Fort Wilderness at Disney. There are a ton of places that allow them. Some do require liability insurance but that's cheap. $95 a year through Progressive.

We have a Club Car DS that was rebuilt for us. Silver to match our truck and RV. We love to cruise the large campgrounds and check out everyone else's setups. We are not alone either. Lots of the nicer parks have many campers who enjoy their custom carts that they modify and tweak for fun just like their RV's. We just call before heading to anyplace we haven't been to before to make sure they allow them. The only place we don't take ours is a golf course. Never much cared for the sport...

I use mine at home and swap meets. To many kids run loose in Cg with carts. I find I only need my bike at the cg.