Horse trailer parking in Northern California

Trailheads with trailer parking

Each place below is listed because its agency published something about trailers or equestrian parking there. Where it didn't, the page says so rather than guess.

Point Reyes National Seashore

Lots where the National Park Service publishes oversize spaces:

• Bear Valley Bus/RV/Trailer Parking Lot

  20 oversize spaces ^[1] · 20 spaces in total ^[1] · listed by National Park Service · Directions ^[1]

• Five Brooks Parking Lot

  10 oversize spaces ^[1] · 50 spaces in total ^[1] · listed by National Park Service · Directions ^[1]

• Randall Trailhead Roadside Parking

  10 oversize spaces ^[1] · 50 spaces in total ^[1] · listed by National Park Service · Directions ^[1]

NPS "oversize" spaces are sized for buses, RVs and trailers alike, not reserved for horse trailers.

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite's visitor lots are not listed here. Stock trailers park at the park's stock camps instead.

The park's oversize visitor-lot spaces aren't listed as trailer parking: the National Park Service names no stock-trailer parking at those lots, and bars trailers on the Mariposa Grove road and on Glacier Point Road past the Sentinel Dome/Taft Point trailhead. ^[2]

Frontcountry stock sites at Wawona (2), Bridalveil Creek (3) and Tuolumne Meadows (4) campgrounds, with a limit of two vehicles and two stock trailers per parking area. Stock can be loaded and unloaded at any stock camp, designated stock area or concession stable. ^[3]

• Bridalveil Creek Horse Camp

• Tuolumne Meadows Horse Camp

• Wawona Horse Camp

California State Parks

Lots whose own parking note mentions horse trailers, quoted as written:

Jack London SHP

• Upper Lot

  “Reserved for triplecreek, has horse trailer prking” ^[4] · listed by California State Parks · Directions ^[4]

Millerton Lake SRA

• Millerton Horse Camp Parking

  “horse trailer parking” ^[5] · listed by California State Parks · Directions ^[6]

Sugarloaf Ridge SP

• Hillside Trl Prking

  “horse trailer prking” ^[7] · listed by California State Parks · Directions ^[7]

Trione-Annadel SP

• Horse Trailer and Trailhead Parking

  “20 car spots, 5 horse trailer spots” ^[8] · listed by California State Parks · Directions ^[9]

20 other state park lots are listed as equestrian parking with no trailer detail, so they are not shown here.

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Equestrian parking areas and how many equestrian spaces the district counts. The district doesn't say how long a rig each space takes.

• Skyline Ridge Equestrian Parking Area

  25 equestrian spaces ^[10] · listed by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District · Directions ^[10]

• Jacques Ridge Equestrian Parking Area (County)

  7 equestrian spaces ^[11] · listed by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District · Directions ^[11]

• Event Center Permit Parking Area

  4 equestrian spaces ^[12] · listed by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District · Directions ^[12]

• Lot 1 (County)

  2 equestrian spaces ^[13] · listed by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District · Directions ^[13]

National forests

Where a USDA Forest Service trailhead description mentions trailers, quoted as written. Most forest trailheads say nothing about trailers.

Klamath National Forest

• Taylor Lake Trailhead

  “Those pulling stock trailers, be advised that this is a steep road with limited parking at the trailhead.” ^[14] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[14]

Lassen National Forest

• Cypress Trailhead

  “Plenty of parking and turn around room for vehicles and trailers.” ^[15] · “Plenty of room for trailers. Ideal for equestrians.” ^[16] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[15]

• Hay Meadows Trailhead

  “Ample parking available for vehicles and trailers.” ^[17] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[17]

• Mud Lake Trailhead

  “There is plenty of turn around space for horse trailers” ^[18] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[18]

Shasta-Trinity National Forest

• Stuart Fork Trailhead

  “This trail is a popular stock destination so please don't park passenger vehicles in the signed stock trailer parking.” ^[19] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[19]

• Swift Creek Trailhead

  “This is a popular stock use destination, so please do not park passenger vehicles in the signed stock trailer area.” ^[20] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[20]

• Canyon Creek Trailhead

  “This busy trailhead has a paved parking lot for over 40 cars and several trailer parking spaces.” ^[21] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[21]

Six Rivers National Forest

• Sand Camp

  “120' x 150' parking lot easily accommodates equestrian trailers.” ^[22] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[22]

Stanislaus National Forest

• Shingle Springs Trailhead

  “Cherry Lake Road is narrow and steep and not advised for RVs or trailers.” ^[23] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[23]

• Lake Eleanor Trailhead

  “Cherry Lake Road is narrow and steep and not advised for RVs or trailers.” ^[24] · listed by USDA Forest Service · Directions ^[24]

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Horse camps by longest rig

This is the longest rig a campsite takes, not the size of any trailhead lot. 14 horse camps on Ride publish one, longest first.

• Hidden Horse Equestrian Campground · Klamath National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 60 ft ^[25]

• Whitehorse Campground · Plumas National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 42–58 ft (longest 58 ft) ^[26]

• Loon Lake · Eldorado National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 55 ft ^[27]

• Dru Barner Campground · Eldorado National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 20–50 ft (longest 50 ft) ^[28]

• Horse Campground (Little Grass Valley) · Plumas National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 24–50 ft (longest 50 ft) ^[29]

• Wildcat Equestrian Area

  Longest rig at a campsite: 37–47 ft (longest 47 ft) ^[30]

• Little Lasier Meadow Horse Camp · Tahoe National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 30–40 ft (longest 40 ft) ^[31]

• Butte Lake Stock Corral · Lassen Volcanic National Park

  Longest rig at a campsite: 35 ft ^[32]

• Skillman · Tahoe National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 25–35 ft (longest 35 ft) ^[33]

• Wawona Horse Camp · Yosemite National Park

  Longest rig at a campsite: 35 ft ^[34]

• Wrights Lake Equestrian Campground · Eldorado National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 35 ft ^[35]

• Tuolumne Meadows Horse Camp · Yosemite National Park

  Longest rig at a campsite: 27 ft ^[36]

• Bridalveil Creek Horse Camp · Yosemite National Park

  Longest rig at a campsite: 25 ft ^[37]

• Snake Lake Campground and Equestrian Camp · Plumas National Forest

  Longest rig at a campsite: 25 ft ^[38]

Where is trailer access unknown?

46 National Park Service trailhead lots ^[1] and 344 OpenStreetMap trailheads ^[39] in Ride's Northern California data have no published trailer parking. Not published by any agency we use. Ridden here? Add it in Ride

Trailer parking by area: Point Reyes, Lassen Volcanic, Yosemite, Whiskeytown, Redwood, Lava Beds, Eldorado National Forest, Plumas National Forest, Klamath National Forest, Tahoe National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Mendocino National Forest, Modoc National Forest, Lassen National Forest, Bay Area, Henry Coe, Sonoma County, Mendocino coast, Humboldt Redwoods, Lake Oroville, Folsom Lake, Auburn SRA, American River Parkway, Grass Valley, Millerton Lake, Camanche and Pardee, Bizz Johnson Trail, Boggs Mountain, Bidwell Park. Camps: horse camping in California.

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Sources

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2. National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/restrictions.htm, read and verified by hand October 24, 2026
3. National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/stock.htm, read and verified by hand October 24, 2026
4. California State Parks: https://services2.arcgis.com/AhxrK3F6WM8ECvDi/arcgis/rest/services/Parking_viewpublic/FeatureServer/0/query?where=OBJECTID%3D18983&outFields=*&f=html, fetched October 25, 2026
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