Willow Prairie Horse Camp and Campground - Jackson County, OR
N 42° 24.395 W 122° 23.454
10T E 550121 N 4695099
This horse camp and campground caters to the equestrian lover and also contains nearby horse trails and is located in the Rogue River National Forest.
Waymark Code: WMX4QE
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2017
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The following is taken from the US Forest Service website to highlight this horse camp:
Each site in the campground has four corrals. Nestled in tall timber just southwest of Mt. McLouglin is a beautiful meadow called Willow Prairie. Adjacent to the camp is a wetlands with a beaver swamp, and several large ponds where wildlife abounds. Keep your eyes open for sandhill cranes, Canada geese, ducks, elk, and deer.
A campground host is onsite between Memorial Day and Labor Day to answer any questions about the campground, the nineteen miles of maintained horse trails, or about the surrounding area in general. As volunteers, our hosts provide a great service for our visitors. If they make contact and ask you to comply with a specific regulation, they are only doing what the Forest Service has asked them to do. Please respect this, and if you have disagreement, contact the Butte Falls Ranger District.
The Willow Prairie Guard Station was constructed on the edge of the meadow in 1924 by a Forest Service road crew. Its main purpose at that time was as a firefighter guard station. The original cabin was recently restored by local volunteers and employees of the Butte Falls Ranger District. These volunteers represented the Rogue Snowmobile Club, Boy Scouts, and the Coalition of Equestrian Clubs.
The Campground has been in existence since the 1950's. In 1990, it was converted to a horse camp with 19 miles of interconnecting trails. This renovation was through a partnership with the Forest Service and the Coalition of Equestrian Clubs which provided much of the labor for this wonderful facility.
Directions:
From Butte Falls, OR, travel east on Road 821 for approximately 17 miles southeast to Forest Road 3738. If you are entering the Butte Falls Ranger District from Highway 140, turn north on County Road 821 from Highway 140, and drive approximately 2 miles northwest to Forest Road 3738. Turn west onto Forest Road 3738 and drive 13 miles to where 3738 intersects Forest Road 3735, turn left onto Forest Road 3735 and continue 0.25 mile to Willow Prairie Campground.