Posted 2008-11-06 8:34 PM (#94426) Subject: Camping In New England
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Posts: 420 Location: Florida
Hey All! Great threads! We have camped In Mass, ME and NY with our horses. We bought a LQ trailer this season and it was Awsome! Next Season we want to head out of the New England area. If anyone has any suggestions and web site info I would appreciate it.
Ps to you Southern states.... We are so bummed out winter is comming on us up here.
Posted 2008-11-06 11:42 PM (#94437 - in reply to #94426) Subject: RE: Camping In New England
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Posts: 45 Location: Southern Illinois
If you can get down to the Big South Fork area in Tennessee, it would be worth your drive. You can search and there are many threads in this chatroom regarding great places to camp there.. (I always hear Bandy Creek is a great place but I've never been; their website is www.bandycreekstables.net in case you want to check it out..)
There are lots of good camps in KY and TN. A few in IN and the Shawnee Forest of So. IL is fabulous. (There are several camps in the Shawnee, but I am partial to One Horse Gap)
Posted 2008-11-07 5:58 PM (#94483 - in reply to #94426) Subject: RE: Camping In New England
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Posts: 420 Location: Florida
Thanks. Yes we have searched on the Muleandhorse site it is very helpful. We have a few of our trips on a web site http://www.everytrail.com/ I posted a NY trip to otter creek in the Adirondack mountains a Maine trip and 4 Mass trips. We tend to spend most of our Summer in a State forest called Myles Standish State Forest located in South Carver Mass. We are advocates for this style of camping, you are on the site with your horses. It is hard to find this as most Horse camping is a group thing or your horses are stored far from you. I prefer to see them as they need to enjoy their vacation as well as I do.
Posted 2008-11-12 1:01 PM (#94763 - in reply to #94426) Subject: RE: Camping In New England
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Posts: 648 Location: Coconut Creek, FL
yeah those of us in southern states have a very different camping season. I'm in South Fla and we start in Oct and go through April - too hot, wet, buggy, and muggy in the summer to camp, though we do ride year round.
Posted 2008-11-25 1:28 PM (#95344 - in reply to #94426) Subject: RE: Camping In New England
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Posts: 1391 Location: North of Detroit, MI
woo hoo Otter Creek trails in Northern NY...
I am BOUND and determined to get a ride in there soon. My sister (with horses) lives less than 5 minutes from there... and I spent many, many years in that neck of the woods. I've hiked parts of it with my sister and one daughter.
There's other stuff to do in that area - but it's hard to find out where. Check out the Co-op on the way into Lowville for Croghan Bologna and fantastic cheese!! There used to be a wonderful bakery on the road up to the trail head, but I think it's been closed.
there's a side road off of the Greig-Glenfield road, by the double bridges over Independence River... can't take horses there, but you can hike up the side of the river and then cross onto the rocks in the middle of the river to sunbathe and swim. BRRR... brings back many memories.
NY Has 3 other equestrian trails in the state. Brook... something, SW of Albany.
If you get to Michigan - be sure to try the shore-to-shore trail system. mtra.org for more info!!
Posted 2008-11-25 6:05 PM (#95360 - in reply to #94426) Subject: RE: Camping In New England
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Posts: 420 Location: Florida
Yes we took a chance on the Otter Creek system and loved it. We plan on returning again this comming spring just before 4th of July to beat the deer flies. It's funny how you search and search for something new to do and some are flat out busts but some really pay off.
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