Deam Lake has recently converted 68 of their regular RV sites to horse sites.  We just spent 4 days there and had a lovely time!

The Good Things:  They have 6 of the prettiest barns I have ever seen at a campground.  Barn use is required for the sites next to the lake, but the other sites have nice tie rails, or you can put up a picket line.  The trails are wide and very well maintained...much of them were gravelled.  And the map actually matches the trails!!  The trails are color coded and well marked.  The DNR staff patrol regularly and will stop to see if you need anything, but were not intrusive. There was a pit toilet close to our site.  It was pretty dirty when we arrived, but I stopped one of the DNR guys and told him and they came and cleaned it right away.  Most sites have good shade.

The Not So Good Things:  Three of the 6 bath houses were closed for repair and the 3 that were open needed renovating.  But they were relatively clean and the water was hot.  Three shower stalls in the ladies'...the men's showers had no stalls, so I hope the guys aren't bashful!   Some of the asphault parking pads were not exactly level.  Most of them sloped up or down a bit, but some sloped side to side dramatically.  It might be a good idea to throw some 2x6 boards in the truck to drive the trailer up on.  They only have water spigots at about every 6th site, so you had better take a lot of hose or be prepared to tote buckets.

All in all it was a great weekend.  The horse thing is still fairly new to them, so I think in time they will get it ironed out.  I will definitely go back!

It's driveway type gravel.  Our horses have shoes but no pads and did just fine.

The yellow trail goes all the way around the lake and is rolling hills.  A fast gaited horse could probably do it in 90 min.  Other trails lead off from the yellow trail.  The blue trail had some pretty steep hills.  I had to 'baby step' my horse down the hills and lean back in the saddle.

We did not encounter anything as challenging as Shawnee ( been there twice and love it) BUT, we had a novice rider with us and tried not to venture too far from camp.  We spoke to some regular campers who said that the red trail is quite challenging as well as some of the northern trails, which would have been more hours in the saddle than our novice friend could have handled.

Most of the trails we went on were wide enough for a small car.  No chance of knocking your knee on the trees.  But I understand some of the northern trails are single file.  Personally, I like to weave in and out of the trees a little bit.  But the wide trails sure are nice for gaitin' out!

Hope I answered your questions.  I'll try to post some pics later.

These are our "home" trails and Dwight gave a very good review.  The barns are awesome aren't they?

The areas around Deams Lake aren't quite as hilly mostly - and the trails are wide.  The "new" trail around the front of the park going by the dam is the rockiest - it's a new trail this year.

  Get more north-- going towards Clark State Forest (still in the same forest system) and the trails are more narrow and much more hilly. 

I'm not sure what is "red" over by Deams Lake-- if it's the Dry Fork Loop-- it's more challenging than anything we have ridden at Shawnee.   Part of one of those trails was just opened back up this summer due to storm damage.

All total-- there are approx 90 miles of trails-- but it's pretty spread out to do from one camp.

Poor Dwight and Disco bringing up the rear and eating dust!

Those pics are from 3 weeks ago.  So, no I did not see you.

If you're interested... there is a ride in western KY the weekend of Nov. 12 at the Pennyrile State Park.  You can look it up on the Women on the Edge website.  It's called the Chilly Ride.