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Stone Church Horse Camp

This trailhead is part of the Stone Church Horse Trail System.

Named for the skeletal ruins of an old stone church nearby, the Stone Church Horse Trail System provides a great opportunity for scenic riding on 21 miles of trails. Various loops for other distances are available. The horse trail winds through the rolling hills of the Wayne National Forest. The trails will lead you through a variety of vegetation: open fields, brushland, mature forest, and new forest. Along the way, you may glimpse wildlife, and will recognize the influence of humans, both now and in the past. You will also pass many of our land management activities.

The trailhead provides a camp specifically for equestrians and 21 miles of scenic riding. The horse camp has ten sites are provided at the campground, each with a 45' long by 15' wide parking space. Two sites are fully accessible for people with disabilities. Each site has a covered paddock, fire pit, and tent pad.

General Information

This trailhead is part of the The Stone Church Horseback Riding Trail System. Routes can be planned using a map of the trail system.

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.
Open year-round for hiking.
This campground is open seasonally from early spring to winter. Visit our Recreation page to see seasonal open and close dates for the current year.

Camping fee is $15/night.

Getting There

Latitude / Longitude

Latitude: 39.60921

Longitude: -82.241079

Directions

To find this campground and trailhead west of Shawnee, OH:

Take State Route 93 out of Shawnee.
Turn left on County Road 38.
The Horse Camp and main trailhead is on the right, the old primitive campground trail head is further on to the west.