Horse camping at Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area
Horse camping facts for Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area, from Recreation.gov: sites, rig length, trailer parking, horse trails nearby and the rules. Where an agency doesn't publish something, this page says so.
What are the horse camping facts at Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area?
- Booked through
- Recreation.gov [1]
- Park or forest
- Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
- Listed for horses as
- Horseback Riding activity, named as a horse camp [1] (Recreation.gov)
- Not published
- Not published by Recreation.gov: horse sites, max rig length, horses per site, corrals, hitching posts. Ridden here? Add it in Ride Bring a portable corral or a highline.
- Reservations
- Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
- Coordinates
- 38.99681, -122.35445 [1] · Directions [1]
What else does the Bureau of Land Management publish about Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area?
- Sites
- 27 (“27 individual horse camp sites make up the group camp site. The group camp site has parking for fire pits, parking for horse trailers, and access to four vault toilets”) [2]
- Horse-trailer parking
- Yes [2]
- Water
- Drinking water and electricity are not available at the group camp site. [2]
- Season
- 3rd Saturday in April through the 3rd Saturday in November [2]
- Fee
- No fees; 14-day stay limit [2]
- Note
- Coordinates and directions on the BLM page put the camp on CA-16 about a mile east of CA-20, not at Cow Mountain as the source sweep assumed [2]
Read by hand on the agency's own page. Where it and the data above disagree, both are shown.
Where do I park a horse trailer at Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area?
Max rig length at the camp: Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
Horse-trailer parking (Bureau of Land Management): “27 individual horse camp sites make up the group camp site. The group camp site has parking for fire pits, parking for horse trailers, and access to four vault toilets” [2]
Horse-trailer parking (Bureau of Land Management): Yes [2]
Which horse trails start near Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area?
The agency and OpenStreetMap trail data Ride has loaded so far shows no horse-legal trail within 9 miles of this camp. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
Trails within about 9 miles where the managing agency (or OpenStreetMap) marks horses as allowed. Mileage is the mapped length of segments with that name, not a loop distance.
When is Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area open?
- Season: Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
As of October 25, 2026. Check with the agency before you haul: seasons move with snow and fire.
What are the horse rules at Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area?
Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
Is there water for horses at Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area?
- Water for horses: Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
- Water hookup at the site: Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
- Drinking water (people): Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
Ridden here?
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What other horse campgrounds are near Cowboy Camp Equestrian Campground and Wildlife Viewing Area?
Packing for it: the horse camping checklist.
Sources
- Recreation.gov: https://ridb.recreation.gov/download, fetched October 25, 2026
- Bureau of Land Management: https://www.blm.gov/visit/cowboy-camp-cg, read and verified by hand October 24, 2026