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Paddle Creek Horse Camp

This horse camp is a large level field with ample area for trailers and horses. Some hitching rails are provided. This camping area is open year-round and is kept mowed and has a capacity for approximately 100 people and horses to camp. This campground and trailhead are part of the Lake Vesuvius Horse Trail System. The Lake Vesuvius horseback trails system 46.66 miles long and is composed of 9 trails, 4 trailheads, and one horse campground.

The Lake Vesuvius horse trails wind through some of the most striking landscapes in Ohio. They will lead you through a variety of vegetation where many species of wildlife live. You will ride along rock cliffs, water falls, streams and along ridge tops. Expect to see open fields, brushland, mature forest, and young forests. Along the way, you will notice man's influence and land management activities.

General Information

This trailhead is part of the The Lake Vesuvius Hoseback Trail System.

Routes can be planned using a map of the trail system and our chart of loops, distances, trail markers and start/end points.

All of Lake Vesuvius horse trails are marked with gray diamonds though the diamonds have different color dots depending on the loops.

Trails are seasonally closed to horseback riding use from winter to early spring. Visit our Recreation page to see seasonal open and close dates for the current year.
Day and night (with lights) access is permitted.
Open year-round for hiking
Open your-round for camping.

You can build a campfire as long as you have a 10-foot clearance around it and put a ring around it with rocks. Fires must be extinguished before leaving camp. No bon fires are allowed. No standing or green trees may be cut. Check the bulletin boards to ensure no fire bans are in effect.

No fees required.

Getting There

Directions

To find this campground and trailhead from Ironton, OH:

Take SR 93 north out of Ironton for approximately 7 miles.
Turn right at the Lake Vesuvius Sign and travel approximately 3 miles on County Road 29 past the Sand Hill Trailhead.
Turn left on Township Road 245, less than a mile past the Sand Hill Trailhead.
The road will deadend at the Paddle Creek Trailhead/Camp.