Mendocino National Forest horse camping
Where to camp with horses, where to park a trailer, which trails allow horses and the rules in the Mendocino National Forest, from USDA Forest Service, Recreation.gov and OpenStreetMap data.
Where can I camp with horses in the Mendocino National Forest?
Where do I park a horse trailer in the Mendocino National Forest?
Named by the USDA Forest Service
Dixie Glade Campground
Ides Cove Horse Packer Trailhead
Summit Springs Trailhead
Named by Recreation.gov
Asa Bean Trailhead
Bathhouse Trailhead
Blands Cove Trailhead
Foster Glade Trailhead
Ides Cove Backpacker Trailhead
Ides Cove Horsepacker Trailhead
Rock Cabin Trailhead
Smokehouse Ridge Trailhead
Soldier Ridge Trailhead
Sticklake Trailhead
Thomes Gorge Trailhead
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 Mendocino National Forest trails allow horses?
The Forest Service publishes horse use for only 9 of the 296 Mendocino National Forest trail segments in its trail data, so the rest aren't listed here. That isn't a closure.
USDA Forest Service
Boundary (Devils Hole)
OpenStreetMap
Summit Trail
Ides Cove Loop Trail
Saint John Road
Lazyman Butte Trail
Haynes Delight Trail
Long Ridge Trail
Henthorne Trail
North Fork Crossing Road
Bear Wallow Trail
Flood Creek Road
Plus 71 more named horse-legal trails in the same data, not listed here.
Nearby on Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Lazyman Butte
Boundary (Devils Hole)
Trails the USDA Forest Service manages in the Mendocino National Forest and marks open to horses, plus trails OpenStreetMap marks as horse-legal near the horse camps. Mileage is the mapped length of segments with that name.
Is the Mendocino National Forest open to horses right now?
- Dixie Glade Campground: Not published by Recreation.gov. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
- Green Springs Campground: 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 in the Mendocino National Forest?
Ride hasn't collected area-wide horse rules from the USDA Forest Service yet. Each camp page lists the rules its agency publishes for that camp.
Is there water for horses in the Mendocino National Forest?
Water for horses at trailheads: Not published by the USDA Forest Service. Ridden here? Add it in Ride
Ridden here?
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What other horse campgrounds are near the Mendocino National Forest?
Sources
- USDA Forest Service: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_InfraRecreationSites_01/MapServer/0/query?where=site_cn%3D'5151.003931'&outFields=*&f=html, fetched October 25, 2026
- USDA Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/mendocino/recreation/dixie-glade-campground, fetched October 25, 2026
- USDA Forest Service: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_InfraRecreationSites_01/MapServer/0/query?where=site_cn%3D'5036.003931'&outFields=*&f=html, fetched October 25, 2026
- USDA Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/mendocino/recreation/summit-springs-trailhead, fetched October 25, 2026
- USDA Forest Service: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_InfraRecreationSites_01/MapServer/0/query?where=site_cn%3D'5038.003931'&outFields=*&f=html, fetched October 25, 2026
- Recreation.gov: https://www.recreation.gov/gateways/1068, fetched October 25, 2026
- USDA Forest Service: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_TrailNFSPublish_01/MapServer/0/query?where=objectid%3D10596738&outFields=*&f=html
- USDA Forest Service: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_TrailNFSPublish_01/MapServer/0/query?where=objectid%3D10593082&outFields=*&f=html
- USDA Forest Service: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_TrailNFSPublish_01/MapServer/0, fetched October 25, 2026
- USDA Forest Service: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_TrailNFSPublish_01/MapServer/0/query?where=objectid%3D10581791&outFields=*&f=html
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/, fetched October 25, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1189086679
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1376392331
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/10354499
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/948137078
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1531123792
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1188535771
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1188705536
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/10354362
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/10273565
- OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/10637827