Horseshoe Lake Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $12From, per site
- Sites
- 10All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
If you looking for an equestrian style base camp to explore area trails or a destination campground with plenty of room for your family, try the Horseshoe Lake Recreations Area located north of Ino, Wisconsin on the Washburn Ranger District. Please note: OHV use is prohibited in the campground. Keep reading
Recreation
Whether you are looking for a pleasant afternoon ride or an extended visit, the Horseshoe Lake Saddle Trail is a perfect adventure for any horseback rider. The combined trail loop length is 12 miles. Some distances overlap between the loops. Trail Length: A Loop 9.25 miles, B Loop 3.7 miles, Outside Loop 10.25 miles. So, if you like camping and horseback riding with scenic views of the forest, then the Horseshoe Lake Recreation Area is the place for you. Forest Roads are also open to horseback riding. For a map of roads on the Motor Vehicle Use Map please click here. The nearby Moquah Barrens provides a great place to ride, view wildlife, bird watching and berry picking in the late summer. OHV use in the campground is prohibited. Bring your trailer with your OHVs (ATVs and UTVs) and access the Iron River Trail from open OHV use roads.
Facilities
The Horseshoe Lake campground features nine family camping units; one group site that allows up to 14 people. All other sites allow up to eight individuals and up to four vehicles. The sites here are not exclusive to campers with horses however, highlines are present at each campsite. Shared amenities include two vault toilets, two manure pit, and garbage service. Both back in and pull-thru sites are present. Please note there is water available onsite that is non-potable (not safe for drinking) so please plan accordingly. A parking area is available for visitors looking to ride the trails for the day. There is a $5 use fee for day use of the recreation area or you can purchase an annual pass.
Natural Features
The terrain is gently rolling with a sandy loam surface ideal for horse riding. The trail weaves through towering pine and hardwood forests as well as through the area's open barrens. Whether you are interested in plants, scenery or wildlife, touring the trail with binoculars or camera can allow you to take advantage of fantastic viewing and photographic opportunities.
Nearby Attractions
Forest Roads are also open to horseback riding. For a map of roads on the Motor Vehicle Use Map please click here. The nearby Moquah Barrens provides a great place to ride, view wildlife, bird watching and berry picking in the late summer. OHV use in the campground is prohibited. If you bring your trailer with your OHVs (ATVs and UTVs) you can access the Iron River Trail from open OHV use roads.
What the agency tells you
First come, first served sites may be available
Off-road vehicles must be secured on a trailer when parked within the campground
Click here for more information on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Everything else this campground posts · 1
Don't move firewood. To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destinations and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 10
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…campsite. Shared amenities include two vault toilets, two manure pit, and garbage service. Both back in…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $12 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
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rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
10 sites
All 10 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 10 of the 10 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Horsecamp | 1 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 10 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 2 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 3 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 4 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 5 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 6 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 7 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 8 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $12 |
| Horsecamp | 9 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $12 |