Shawnee State Forest Horse Campground

We love riding our horses at Shawnee State Forest. The trails are great, and they have tie ups and benches where you can stop and take a break or have lunch.

We were pleasantly surprised at how nice the trails were. I never hear anything about this place. We will definitely go back when we have more time.

It's free to camp, you just have to fill out a registration card and drop it in the box at the map kiosk. There is a water spigot/pump at the far end of the campground on the side where the horse ties are. It's a manual/hand pump but it works well. There really aren't marked sites, except maybe what you can tell from the number of wood benches. The sites at the far end near Bear Lake are longer and tend to dry out better because they are in sun most of the day. The shaded sites are a bit shorter and may be very muddy when there's been a lot of rain. No picnic tables or fire rings, there are wood benches (also useful as a mounting block). I can't speak much for the toilets. . .they're available if you need them, but they're. . .toilets. You probably don't want to linger very long.

Conley Run trail is in terrible shape. Also noticed they changed a horse trail to a hiking trail??? What's up with that???

Enjoyed the horse camp, spent 5 days there