Palisades Horse Campground

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The Palisades Horse Campground is only for people camping with livestock. A one-way loop offers pull-throughs and back-in units at 12 campsites: 8 individual sites and 4 double sites. Each site has camp/tent pads, a hitching rack or four-unit stall with feed manger. Campsites 9, 10, 2 and 4 each have their own pens; Campsites 6 and 12 share a pen.

In addition to potable water for campers, there is a water tank for livestock. Grazing is not allowed in the campground, so bring adequate weed-free feed for your livestock.

Each set of horse pens/corrals are metal pipe and divided into two sections with room for 2-3 horses on each side (depending on the horses’ attitudes) Each side of the pen/corral has two hanging feeders for hay and grain. You may tie horses to hitching posts, outside corrals or to trailers. Do not tie horses to trees. Parking and camping must be conducted within areas provided for such use.

Services also include potable water faucets, trash pickup, vault toilets, wheelchair accessible picnic tables, fire grates and wheel barrows and rakes for cleaning horse pens. Clean pens daily and at the end of your stay. Leave the pens clean for the next camper. Place all manure, old hay and trash in the dumpsters.

From the end of September through October, the campground remains open with limited services and 1/2 price fees. Between November and May, there are no services (water, trash pick up or restrooms). After the water at the horse camp is winterized, horses can be watered in Williams Creek. Please keep the campground clean and pack out any trash.

Fees

Standard: $27 Double: $54

Rules

Quiet time is typically between 10pm - 6am. Please be a good neighbor and limit use of generators to no more than one hour at a time. Dogs must be leashed or otherwise physically restrained. Do not leave pets unattended. Check-out time: 12:00 pm; Check-in time: 2:00 pm - if the site is empty, campers may come in anytime. Standard single site occupancy is 8, but a single family with > 8 members is acceptable. Equipment with wheels (RVs, campers, cars) must fit in the parking spur. There is not any overflow parking available. Max RV size = 45 ft

Directions

From Pagosa Springs, CO : Travel about 2.5 miles west on U.S. Highway 160. Turn right on Piedra Road (CR 600/FSR 631) and drive about 16 miles. Continue on FR 631 for 6.2 miles. Turn right onto Williams Creek Road (FR 640) and head about 5 miles to the campground entrance (just past the Cimarrona Campground). National Geographic, Trails Illustrated : Weminuche Wilderness Map, map #140 Palisades Horse Campground (This sketch map is not drawn to scale.)