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By Christine Churchill, Five Star Ranch Senior Staff Writer Horse camping was not something I was raised doing. In fact, I had never thought about camping with my horse until a few years ago.

My husband and I were trying to come up with ideas for a cheap family vacation. We had done the Disney World trip, the cruise, and the nearby Six Flags. I was yearning for something more traditional and something to do with my horse. A vacation camping with my horse was perfect.

At first the idea of taking my horse with me on vacation and camping out sounded outrageous and logistically too difficult. However, once the idea of a horse camping vacation was in my head, I couldn’t get past it.

I decided to study my options. One of the first things that surprised me was that many state and national parks have horse camping facilities. There are also specifically designed businesses that cater to the horse camping crowd. You have to do a little research and it takes a little more planning, but anyone can camp out with their horse.

Here are some tips I learned a long the way that might save you some trouble. This article focuses on camping at your trailer rather than in the back country with a pack. That will have to be another article. Anyway, here are tips for camping at your trailer.

Horse Camping – a growing trend

The best part of horse camping is that it is something you can do with other horse friends. Often people plan trips with horse buds and it turns into a fun social event. The growth of organized trail rides and competitive trail events has helped the growth of horse camping into a popular new horse activity.

Looking for additional resources on horse camping? Below are some books to help make your camping experience a positive one.







