Grass Valley horse trails

Where can I camp with horses around Grass Valley?

No agency lists a horse campground around Grass Valley in the data Ride has loaded so far. Camped here with horses? Add it in Ride

Where do I park a horse trailer around Grass Valley?

Horse trailheads and staging named on agency pages

• Penn Gate Horse Staging (Empire Mine) · California State Parks

  Lot size (all vehicles)

  6 spaces (“NAME 'Penn Gate Horse Staging', TOT_SPACES 6, NOTES blank”) ^[1]
  Sources differ: Not stated as trailer spaces; the layer does not mark this count as an area estimate, but the park page names no staging area at all. Publish as a lot size, not a trailer count.

  Trails

  fourteen miles of trails - including easy hikes (for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding) ^[2]

Named by California State Parks

• Penn Gate Horse Staging · Empire Mine SHP

  trailer spaces not published by California State Parks · Directions ^[3]

Horse staging, trailheads and entrances from the agencies' own map data. A trailer count appears only where the agency publishes one; a quoted lot note is the agency's wording. Parked a trailer here? Add it in Ride

Which Grass Valley trails allow horses?

County of Nevada

270 trails, 626.4 mapped mi ^[4]

• Pioneer Trail

  25.7 mapped mi ^[5] · surface: 33.281449969804 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Pacific Crest Trail

  22.1 mapped mi ^[6] · surface: 28.5698020132838 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Main Bear Valley OHV Loop

  15.7 mapped mi ^[7] · surface: 20.3854736639935 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Western States Trail

  14.9 mapped mi ^[8] · surface: 0.255655974082492 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Spenceville Wildlife Area Trails

  14.8 mapped mi ^[9] · surface: 19.083712239846 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Overland Emigrant Trail

  14.6 mapped mi ^[10] · surface: 17.5070532315015 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Bullards Trail

  13.9 mapped mi ^[11] · surface: 12.1166346478613, 5.93838131387699 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Excelsior Trail

  12.8 mapped mi ^[12] · surface: 0.266143282792599, 0.829798295825868, 12.3696966392773, 3.07734932531426 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Truckee Ditch Trail

  12.5 mapped mi ^[13] · surface: 16.2447627644287 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

• Donner Lake Rim Trail

  12.4 mapped mi ^[14] · surface: 16.0972319282218 · horses allowed per County of Nevada

Plus 260 more named horse-legal trails in the same data, not listed here.

California State Parks

22 trails, 11.7 mapped mi ^[15]

• Hardrock Trl

  1.7 mapped mi ^[16] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Osborn Hill Loop Trl

  1.5 mapped mi ^[17] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Upper Union Hill Trl

  1.0 mapped mi ^[18] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Indian Ridge Loop Trl

  1.0 mapped mi ^[19] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Indian Ridge Trl

  0.8 mapped mi ^[20] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Pipeline Trl

  0.6 mapped mi ^[21] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Orleans Trl

  0.6 mapped mi ^[22] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Lower Union Hill Trl

  0.6 mapped mi ^[23] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Osborn Loop Crosscut

  0.5 mapped mi ^[24] · horses allowed per California State Parks

• Osborn Hill Road Trl

  0.5 mapped mi ^[25] · horses allowed per California State Parks

Plus 12 more named horse-legal trails in the same data, not listed here.

OpenStreetMap

19 trails, 15.5 mapped mi ^[26]

• South Yuba Trail

  2.6 mapped mi ^[27] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Osborne Hill Loop Trail

  2.1 mapped mi ^[28] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Wolf Creek Trail

  1.6 mapped mi ^[29] · surface: asphalt · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Hardrock Trail

  1.5 mapped mi ^[30] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Indian Ridge Trail

  1.1 mapped mi ^[31] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Upper Union Hill Trail

  1.0 mapped mi ^[32] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Indian Ridge Loop Trail

  1.0 mapped mi ^[33] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Memorial Park Trail

  0.8 mapped mi ^[34] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Pipeline Trail

  0.6 mapped mi ^[35] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

• Lower Union Hill Trail

  0.6 mapped mi ^[36] · surface: ground · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

Plus 9 more named horse-legal trails in the same data, not listed here.

Horse trails named on agency pages

• Penn Gate Horse Staging (Empire Mine): fourteen miles of trails - including easy hikes (for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding) ^[2]

Trails where the managing agency or OpenStreetMap marks horses as allowed, one list per agency. Mileage is the mapped length of segments with that name, not a loop distance.

What closures and seasons apply around Grass Valley?

Not published by California State Parks or County of Nevada. 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 around Grass Valley?

Ride hasn't collected area-wide horse rules from California State Parks or County of Nevada yet.

Is there water for horses around Grass Valley?

Water for horses at trailheads: Not published by California State Parks or County of Nevada. Ridden here? Add it in Ride

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What other horse campgrounds are near Grass Valley?

• Skillman · 13.3 mi away · Tahoe National Forest

• Dru Barner Campground · 25.4 mi away · Eldorado National Forest

• Loafer Creek Horse Camps · 29.7 mi away · Lake Oroville State Recreation Area

• Little Lasier Meadow Horse Camp · 31.8 mi away · Tahoe National Forest

More horse trails in California

Sources

1. California State Parks (Parking_viewpublic): https://services2.arcgis.com/AhxrK3F6WM8ECvDi/arcgis/rest/services/Parking_viewpublic/FeatureServer/0/query?where=OBJECTID%3D17664&outFields=*&f=html, read and verified by hand October 24, 2026
2. California State Parks: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=499, read and verified by hand October 24, 2026
3. California State Parks: https://services2.arcgis.com/AhxrK3F6WM8ECvDi/arcgis/rest/services/ParkingPoints/FeatureServer/0/query?where=FID%3D57769&outFields=*&f=html, fetched October 25, 2026
4. County of Nevada: https://services1.arcgis.com/UvqJJ6GFv4u5BZQj/arcgis/rest/services/Nevada_County_Trails_PUBLIC_VL/FeatureServer/4, fetched October 25, 2026
5. County of Nevada: https://services1.arcgis.com/UvqJJ6GFv4u5BZQj/arcgis/rest/services/Nevada_County_Trails_PUBLIC_VL/FeatureServer/4/query?where=OBJECTID%3D540&outFields=*&f=html
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19. California State Parks: https://services2.arcgis.com/AhxrK3F6WM8ECvDi/arcgis/rest/services/RecreationalRoutes/FeatureServer/0/query?where=FID%3D1061154&outFields=*&f=html
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