Best time to go
The camp's well is out of service every year from December 1 through March 15. If you stay during that period, plan water separately rather than counting on the camp well.
Overview
About Hocking State Forest Horse Campground
Why stop
- A base for the forest's 40 miles of bridle trails
Heads up
- Some routes are rocky and include steep climbs
Map
Where it is
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Full mapPlan your stop
Before you go
Best time to go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Hocking Hills Tour Guide
Your drive to Hocking State Forest Horse Campground, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Hocking Hills State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this place
Hocking State Forest Horse Campground Turnoff0:00 / 0:16
“You're coming up on the turnoff for Hocking State Forest Horse Campground, a rider-only base for forty miles of bridle trails. Stays require a reservation and valid permit.”
Plays as you drive up to Hocking State Forest Horse Campground in the Parkwolf Hocking Hills Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Rock House
- Breathing Through Skin
- A Ballroom by the Cave
- Pieces of a Cliff
- 22 audio storiesacross Hocking Hills’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor White-tailed Deer, Snapping Turtle, Chipmunk, and 9 more
- Works offlinemaps, 18 trails, 29 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
More about Hocking State Forest Horse Campground
A camp for ridersHocking State Forest Horse Campground is a 23-site overnight camp for riders in Hocking State…
Hocking State Forest Horse Campground is a 23-site overnight camp for riders in Hocking State Forest, in the Hocking Hills region. The forest has 40 miles of bridle trails, so this is a base for more than one ride. It is a horse-only campground, separate from Hocking Hills State Park's general campground.
Reserve before you arriveCurrent ODNR rules require a reservation and a valid permit; keep a digital or printed copy…
Current ODNR rules require a reservation and a valid permit; keep a digital or printed copy with you at camp. Each campsite allows one camping unit. Older bridle maps still show first-come self-registration, but that system has been replaced.
Plan for the rideRiders often praise the trail condition, though rocky stretches and steep climbs are part of…
Riders often praise the trail condition, though rocky stretches and steep climbs are part of the experience. Horses may use forest roads or designated bridle trails, and riding or hiking on bridle trails is not allowed after dark. Bring a bridle map before heading out; a visitor found the map hard to locate at camp and said some viewpoints were not clearly marked.
In the state forestThis camp is in Hocking State Forest, not the separate Hocking Hills State Park campground.
This camp is in Hocking State Forest, not the separate Hocking Hills State Park campground. The park was split off from the forest in 1949. Forest lands here began to be acquired in 1924 for forestry demonstrations, and later conservation work, including Civilian Conservation Corps projects, helped restore the cut-over land.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Hocking Hills
15 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
83 sightingsSnapping TurtleMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
13 sightingsChipmunkMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
19 sightingsGray RatsnakeMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
47 sightingsWatersnakeMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
11 sightingsRing-necked SnakeMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Hocking Hills. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
