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McKinley Horse Trail Campground

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McKinley Horse Trail Campground is on a red pine plantation.

Bring your four-legged friends and explore the 240-mile Shore-to-Shore Horse Trail that runs from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron.
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Judy B.
October 13, 2020
Equestrian camps are for horse campers. Poles are to tie up horses on a high line. True, this Equestrian camp is not often. used. but it is so disappointing to arrive with a big rig, four horses and find all the pull through sites occupied by tents and children who have no idea how to behave around horses. .
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Kate M.
September 18, 2017
We stayed here on 8/10/17 We had this campground all to ourselves for three days! There are a few sites that are better suited for a small R/V or tent and others with full pull-through capabilities. Little known site as far as we can tell; most people were an hour north in the dunes. National Parks were all at capacity when we ventured down here. There was one outhouse for the whole camp and a hand water pump (I don't think the water is potable coming from this one). We would visit this place again. I wouldn't know how to review this for the equestrian adventurers. There were several hitching posts in the camp.

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