Posted 2010-12-01 6:47 AM (#127665 - in reply to #127560) Subject: RE: Gettysburg
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Location: southcentral pennsylvania
As a civil war cavalry reenactor, I enjoy Gettysburg immensely, and never get tired of riding the battlefield. I am also a member of the Gettysburg Equestrian Historical Society, responsible for trail maintenance. The loop is 3 hours at a walk on a quarter horse. I have ridden the loop 9 times so far this year. An idea would be to stay at the Artillery Ridge Campground, ride Gettysburg, then trailer to Antietam a day, then Manassas another day. Antietam is mostly riding along the sides of the park roads. You do, however, get to ride over Burnside Bridge, a big deal for us history buffs. With Manassas, The Equestrian Society of Manassas does a phenomenal job of trail maintenance. Lots of MULCH of some trails. You can easily ride 6 hours doing all the loops.....even more if you start at Bull Run State Park and ride thru the tunnel under the interstate to the Manassas trails. You could then trailer from Manassas to Fort Valley, Virginia Horse Camp (no more than 90 minutes, probably less) to enjoy days of mountain trail riding.
Posted 2010-12-01 7:08 AM (#127666 - in reply to #127560) Subject: RE: Gettysburg
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Echoing everyone else the riding is limited and largely in the open. The facilities at Artillery Ridge are great. If you have the means Michaux State Forest is just 30 min. away and provides endless riding over very varied terrain. Codorus State Park is near as well and provides a few hours of riding.
Posted 2010-12-01 7:17 AM (#127667 - in reply to #127560) Subject: RE: Gettysburg
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Thank you for the input. We love learning about history. I don't really want to break camp once settled in to set up camp in another place in order to get some riding time. I'll have to ponder this one....
Posted 2010-12-01 9:44 AM (#127674 - in reply to #127560) Subject: RE: Gettysburg
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Location: novinger, mo
If you are going there for the history it is nice. If you are going there for the riding forget it. It takes 4 hours max to ride the trails. Nothing challenging and very boring except for the history part.
My husband is a civil war buff and he liked it for that.