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Reviews for Big South Fork - Honey Creek Horse Camp Inc.
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Allardt, TN

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The campground and hosts were excellent! Wonderful, friendly, excellent knowledge of the area. Bathrooms and showers were pleasant and clean. Other campers were very polite and friendly and we made new friends. Stables, round pens, corral panels, all good amenities for the horses. This is an overall great place to camp and I look forward to going back next year. I gave the trail a low rating due to lack of trail maintenance. Trails were worn down to bedrock in some places, very bad erosion. In some places the grove where the horse walked was 2-3 feet deep and rocky. In steep places there was no room for passing, and no turning around. Not good for beginners or inexperienced horses. Other trails were easy riding, with a mix of wooded and out-in-the-open riding. There were several places to stop so you could take pictures at the overlooks. Lovely views! Ask the campground hosts for one of their maps - they know the trails well and will make suggestions to match your ability.
Reviewed by: S&L on 5/16/2020 3:35:52 PM
 Experience: Intermediate Ride Date: 5/12/2020 Hometown: Horse Cave, KY

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HoneyCreek Horse Camp is conveniently located to trails that range from easy to hard. These trails are close to many of the 'Must See' destinations, including the O&W Bridge. The owners of HoneyCreek are fabulous and very accommodating! The campsites are all shady with picnic tables and fire rings. Stalls or pens are available. The stalls are not large, but are safe with water spigots and hoses at every third stall. There are also highlines available, which we used to tie the horses out after a ride before putting them away at night in the stalls. There is a large round pen to work your horse before a ride, shavings, forks, shovels and wheelbarrows to clean the stalls. There is a cute little gift shop with the prettiest caps and shirts of any horsecamp that I have been to! Ice and ice cream are conveniently available. Shower houses are clean and stocked with necessities in case you forget yours.
Reviewed by: paintedskyhorses on 6/14/2019 12:00:42 PM
More reviews by paintedskyhorses 		Experience: Expert Ride Date: 5/26/2019 Hometown: raymondville, Mo

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Oct 2016 was great weather to ride great trails from Honey Creek to Needles Eye, Gun Rock, White Oak Trail OL, Gert Wiley Trail, Grooms Branch, Jakes Hole, Overlook to RR Bridge, Oh Shit Trail & O&W Bridge. Needles Eye is a must see and they had maps by the shower house. Our site was level, water & electric. We used pens and they were nice. Hitching rails were broke and they need a dumpster to control garbage but it takes time when you are new owners and once they get them fixed I'd give them a 5 Star rating! Was a very relaxed campground! Enjoyed our time there! Was 750 miles and would go back! Thanks! You're getting it really nice!
Reviewed by: Linda & Morris Dolph on 1/17/2017 6:06:27 PM
More reviews by Linda %26 Morris Dolph 		Experience: Expert Ride Date: 10/10/2016 Hometown: Waterloo, IA

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We had a great time staying at Honey Creek Campground, the owner was so helpful with backing us in, bringing us firewood and stall cleaning. They know the trails and can let you know where they are, and what level of riding is needed to ride them. The campground has a nice bath house, camping spots and a big turn around spot if needed. Easy access to some very scenic trails, some of the prettiest BSF has to offer! We will go back for sure. The owners are great host to a wonderful campground....thanks for reopening Honey Creek!!!
Reviewed by: Audrey Rody on 10/5/2015 11:30:32 AM
 Experience: Intermediate Ride Date: 10/2/2015 Hometown: Columbia, Tn

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We had a great time riding these trails in Big South Fork! . We were given a good map by C.B.but more markings were needed. We were a little challenged by the rain but didn't let it spoil our fun! This is a nice shady campground with good owners. We really liked the hitching posts at each site to make tacking up easier. The barns seemed to be a complaint by some but were really no problem at all. They are much better than they may look on the outside and super clean with lime.
Reviewed by: Alice on 10/4/2015 9:42:51 PM
 Experience: Expert Ride Date: 10/3/2015 Hometown: Chapel Hill, TN

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Spent Labor Day weekend at Honey Creek and had a great time. The owners were exceptional and friendly and went out of their way to take care of guests. The trails were beautiful and we enjoyed all our rides. The campsite is close to several trails. The stalls were a little small, but the camp allowed picketing horses so we moved the horses to our campsite so it wasn't a problem. Nice shaded sites. Also met a number of friendly campers. Will definitely be back.
Reviewed by: Aubrey Henley on 9/24/2015 12:56:01 AM
More reviews by Aubrey Henley 		Experience: Expert Ride Date: 9/5/2015 Hometown: Rineyville, KY

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We, our horses and our dog enjoyed our stay @ HCHC. Owner CB & his family were very informative upon our arrival, gave us very accurate maps to find our way around and even offered free firewood. All the campsites are well shaded, have picnic tables, firepits, & hitching posts for use. The bathhouse was clean and centrally located within the camp sites. The dump station was conveniently located near the bathhouse. We used a round pen that was available (since we had the campground to ourselves) even though there were clean barn stalls available for the taking. HCHC even provides WIFI! The trails were GREAT, no crossing busy roads, mostly cleared from ice storm damage, we saw the Double Arches, the Arch, the Devil's Den, & lots of beautiful rock formations. We met 4 riders that were staying @ another campground complaining how far they had to ride in order to reach BSF interior trails, which we didn't have that problem at all. We met 6 other riders that were staying @ another campground complaining their site was in the "middle of a yard" and they couldn't have their horses in their campground, which we didn't have that problem either. Our dog even became best friends with a resident neighbor's dog that chose to be our "trail boss" for no charge, HA! We WILL most certainly return to HCHC, it was the best (people, horse and dog) accommodating camp we've visited @ BSF.
Reviewed by: Garrett on 9/23/2015 4:07:04 PM
More reviews by Garrett 		Experience: Intermediate Ride Date: 9/21/2015 Hometown: Lynchburg, TN

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I had a great time at honey creek over memorial day weekend. I couldn't have asked for more hospitable or friendly staff. They were very welcoming. We had a great time. The riding is excellent. No crossing highways or roads like some camp sites to get to the trais. Beautiful views just minutes away from camp. Along with very affordable pricing. Overall it was a great experince and we will be back in the Fall!
Reviewed by: matt lawrence on 6/1/2015 11:29:28 AM
 Experience: Expert Ride Date: 5/22/2015 Hometown: Smithville, TN

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I'm so happy Honey Creek is back open with CB and Bridget making sure we were happy campers! Trails are still some of the prettiest in BSF (even after the ice storm). Challenging at times. Fun!
Reviewed by: Sheila H on 5/3/2015 5:11:06 PM
 Experience: Expert Ride Date: 5/2/2015 Hometown: Rockvale, TN

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The creek and river trails were great.Some trails are nice and wide but you can find the challenging trails.
Reviewed by: Jon Myers on 4/3/2015 7:04:48 AM
 Experience: Expert Ride Date: 3/20/2015 Hometown: Findlay, Oh

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We had a blast! The weather was perfect, CB who runs the campground was awesome. He made sure we were comfortable, gave us maps,explained the trails and hauled us out to the far end so we could ride back. Would have given a 5 but there were lots of trees down from an ice storm ~ not ride management fault ~ and because we were so early in the ride season had to do some trail cleaning in spots. Beautiful views and nice trails. Would go back!!!
Reviewed by: JoandSteve on 3/31/2015 12:21:55 PM
 Experience: Expert Ride Date: 3/21/2015 Hometown: Risingsun, OH

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I gave trails a 4star only because of a recent ice storm which resulted in down trees of all sizes. In spite of this we had a blast riding. Great weather and CB was a great host! Give this Campground a visit.
Reviewed by: JLynnS on 3/26/2015 2:15:20 PM
More reviews by JLynnS 		Experience: Expert Ride Date: 3/15/2015 Hometown: VanBuren, OH