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McKinley Horse Trail Campground

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Huron-Manistee National Forests
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1 site · RV, Tent
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.
What this place offers
Campfire allowed
Pets allowed
No showers
Toilets
No potable water
No picnic tables
No sewage hookups
No electric hookups
First come, first served
RV, Tent
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October 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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Judy B.
5 years on Hipcamp
September 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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Kate M.
8 years on Hipcamp
LocationMcKinley Horse Trail Campground, Huron-Manistee National Forests, Michigan, United States
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What this place offers
Campfire allowed
Pets allowed
No showers
Toilets
No potable water
No picnic tables
No sewage hookups
No electric hookups

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