Campground Policy

Midwest Trail Ride General Campground Rules

1. Check-in 3pm – Check-Out 2pm. (One night’s reservation fits between this time frame). If you check in before noon you could be charged for an extra night.

2. Everyone must register at the front desk. Campers, day riders, guests, everyone.

3. Coggins and health papers (good for 6 months!) are required for all out-of-state horses.

4. Two night minimum on camping & cabin weekends.

5. Day Riding hours are between 8am – 7pm. Please park up front of the store.

6. Stalls all horses must go in a stall. Pens, corrals and tying out are not allowed. Campers are responsible for cleaning their own stalls prior to departure. All manure & hay must be put in manure bins! If you rake it out on the grass in front of your stall, you will be charged a cleaning fee of $25 per stall. 

7. Stallions must be stalled in stallion stalls. Any stallion displaying “himself” and acting unruly might be asked to leave at the camp owner/manager’s discretion. 

8. No unauthorized vendors. Please fill out a Vendor Sales Form and submit to management for permission to sell your “wares” on the campground property.

9. We are not responsible for injury, lost, damaged or stolen property.

10. Only 4 people and 4 stalls allowed per site. If you have more people or need more stalls, you must reserve another site. This includes visiting guests (guest parking is at the dining hall if there is no room on your site).

11. One “camper unit” per campsite. A living quarters trailer, a tent and other camper trailers are “camping units.” You can have one extra vehicle / trailer on your site. Additional trailer permitted only if the second trailer is less than 14ft long and non-electrical.

12. Leasing and sub-leasing of campsites is not permitted! Please call the office to cancel or transfer your reservation. 

13. No swimming pools on campsites or cabins.

14. Quiet Hour – 10pm will be enforced. Drunken, disorderly conduct & loud music or

parties will not be tolerated at MTR campground. Setting up camp, is not permitted after quiet hour.

Arena and Round Pen 

All manure must be cleaned up from Arena and Round Pen after you finish working your horses. Do not leave horses unattended in the round pen or arena. Lunge them, work them or exercise them and please take them back to your campsite with you.

Payments & Cancellation Policy

Event weekends & Cabins: Reservations made for the current season are to be paid in full at the time of reservation. Reservations made for the 2022 season will only require a deposit ($60/campsite, $70/cabin) to hold the site. Reservations will not be accepted without payment.  

Cancellations on event weekends will be forfeited if we cannot re-rent your site or cabin or you do not show up. Please give us plenty of notice if you are not coming so we can re-rent your site! 

Non-event / slow weekends: Deposits are non-refundable but may be transferred to another weekend if you cancel 48 hrs. before your reservation or if we have re-rented your site. *Transferred money may be used within one year

Cancellations cannot be left on answering machine or via Facebook messenger you must contact a live person. If you leave a voice mail message, we will call you back! 

THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION!