Whiskeytown horseback riding

Where to camp with horses, where to park a trailer, which trails allow horses and the rules at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, from National Park Service and OpenStreetMap data.

Where can I camp with horses at Whiskeytown?

Horse Camp Primitive Campground
listed for horses by Recreation.gov

Where do I park a horse trailer at Whiskeytown?

No agency publishes horse-trailer parking for this park. Ridden here? Add it in Ride

Which Whiskeytown trails allow horses?

National Park Service

28 trails, 48.6 mapped mi ^[1]

Clear Creek Canal Trail
4.9 mapped mi ^[2] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Boulder Creek Trail
3.6 mapped mi ^[3] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Mill Creek Trail
3.4 mapped mi ^[4] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Kanaka Peak Loop Trail
3.4 mapped mi ^[5] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Mount Shasta Mine Loop Trail
3.1 mapped mi ^[6] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Mule Mountain Pass Trail
2.9 mapped mi ^[7] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Oak Bottom Water Ditch Trail
2.7 mapped mi ^[8] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Clear Creek Vista Trail
2.7 mapped mi ^[9] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Rich Gulch Trail
2.4 mapped mi ^[10] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service
Brandy Creek Trail
2.0 mapped mi ^[11] · surface: native · horses allowed per National Park Service

Plus 18 more named horse-legal trails in the same data, not listed here.

OpenStreetMap

6 trails, 10.6 mapped mi ^[12]

Chappie OHV Trail 3
6.4 mapped mi ^[13] · surface: dirt · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors
Owen's Run
1.5 mapped mi ^[14] · surface: dirt · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors
Mule Mountain Pass
1.4 mapped mi ^[15] · surface: dirt · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors
Enticer
0.8 mapped mi ^[16] · surface: dirt · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors
Lower Brandy Creek Trail
0.3 mapped mi ^[17] · surface: dirt · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors
Wintu Access
0.2 mapped mi ^[18] · surface: dirt · horses allowed per OpenStreetMap contributors

Trails in and around the park where the managing agency or OpenStreetMap marks horses as allowed. Mileage is the mapped length of segments with that name.

Is Whiskeytown open to horses right now?

No National Park Service alerts for Whiskeytown National Recreation Area as of October 25, 2026.

Horse Camp Primitive 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 at Whiskeytown?

Ride hasn't collected area-wide horse rules from the National Park Service yet. Each camp page lists the rules its agency publishes for that camp.

Is there water for horses at Whiskeytown?

Water for horses at trailheads: Not published by the National Park Service. Ridden here? Add it in Ride

Ridden here?

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What other horse campgrounds are near Whiskeytown?

Bridge Camp (CA) · 25.1 mi away · Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Preacher Meadow (CA) · 25.6 mi away · Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Big Flat Campground · 36.6 mi away · Klamath National Forest
Hidden Horse Equestrian Campground · 45.4 mi away · Klamath National Forest

More horse trails in California

Sources

National Park Service: https://mapservices.nps.gov/arcgis/rest/services/NationalDatasets/NPS_Public_Trails/MapServer/0, fetched October 25, 2026
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OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/, fetched October 25, 2026
OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/10561157
OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/880323020
OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/280521282
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