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Riding Indiana's Articles Archives
Lefty and the X Trail
By Ron Mc Coy
…sometimes your best boots just don’t measure up!
In the year 2000 a new six mile trail to Versailles State Park was opened. I’d been told that it would be open for sure in the spring, so on the Friday before Memorial Day, figuring it would be open by now, Karen and I decided to check it out….
Directions to Brown County Horseman’s Campground
Brown County State Park Horseman’s Campground in central Indiana is one of the most popular trail riding venues in the state.
Finding the campground is easy, once you know where to look.
First, be aware you can not get into the horse camp from the main entrance to the park. Do NOT go to the North Entrance.
You can find it on the map by looking for Columbus, Indiana on Interstate 65 South of Indianapolis. Find highway 46 and go west….
Riding Hickory Ridge
Hickory Ridge Horse Camp is in the middle of the Hoosier National Forest, south of Bloomington
Trail Maps are available, trails are well-marked.
Campground is primitive, with Vault toilet. It is clean and quiet.
This information is by no means complete. We hope our readers can help this site grow with informative article about places to ride in Indiana. If you have first-hand experience riding or camping at Hickory Ridge we encourage you to post one or more articles here. Tell us what’s good and bad, any pointers, directions, parking or camping information and be sure to say which trails you like.
Directions are very important.
Riding Jackson-Washington
Just trails and not a lot of riding, no horseman’s campground
You can only ride at Jackson Washington, not Starve Hollow unless they have opened up a trail there.
Jackson-Washington has approximately 13.9 miles of trail but they are very scenic.
You might want to ride there and then pull on up to Hickory Ridge to camp. When you are Jackson-Washington you are only an hour, maybe a little bit more from the Hoosier National….
Riding the Clark
By: Author Unknown
Rising at Clark State Forest near Henryville in the southern part of Indiana can be a fun time. There are many trails and some are classified as “easy”
However, many of the trails are pretty tough on horses that are not in good shape so unless you feel like walking you really need to have the horses in good shape. Fall riding is the most impressive after some of the leaves start to fall, you can see for miles from the ridgetops.
There are lots of hills at Clark. Seems either you are going up or down. The Shaw Trail is a favorite. The Wilderness Trail is also a great ride and the two together make for a great afternoon
Here are the official descriptions of the trails….
Riding German Ridge
By: HRA Crack Research Team
German Ridge is in the Hoosier National Forest south of Bloomington, Indiana.
The trails are nice and using a stacked loop system so you can ride an hour, 2 or 4 or so on. They are well marked and maintained.
The longest trail is 19 miles long and a really good ride. The campground has a pad for parking trailers, water and posts for picket lines. But electric, no showers. Pit Toilets are available….
Salamonie – 3 Parks in one
Salamonie – 3 Parks in one
Salamonie Lake Reservoir
Horseman’s campground with 40 sites, 11,594 acres with bridle trails. It is almost always wet and muddy.
Salamonie State Forest (SSF) on the upside of the Salamonie Dam. It has its own horsecamp and trails. There is a connector trail that runs between SSF and LBW
Riding Versailles
By: Ron McCoy
Versailles State Park is the second largest state park in Indiana with 5988 acres of property. It is quite scenic and the terrain varies from old overgrown fields and flat woods to some steep hills and hollows. Day riding only is available at this time but we are hopeful that overnight camping for horsemen will happen in the future. The state has run a 6 inch water line to the proposed camp location and this camp is in the master plan….
