Hickory Creek Wilderness Campground

Tidioute, Pennsylvania

First off, if you do decide to visit the campground make sure you have Google take you to the Economite Rd location, otherwise you will be directed to a Main Street address in downtown Tidioute.

Getting into the campground was a bit of a challenge simply because they are not set up for large or tall rigs. In the picture, look at where the electrical cable is hanging and where our hay pod is in the back. We had to park next to the slot where rigs would normally slide in because if we parked in the campsite, we would have taken out the electrical cable. We had water and electric hook-up.

The horses had a good-sized pasture with electric fencing. They were pretty happy.

$60/night for the hook-up and the two horses.

The campground is next to the Allegheny National Forest, so the trails are fairly extensive.

Our first day we rode for a little over an hour. The trails are marked with trail streamers and signs.

The trails were definitely worthwhile. Shar, the camp host, took us out on a ride our second day to an overlook. It was an hour up to the overlook and an hour back.

The overlook has high lines for the horses as well as a mounting block and picnic table.

Our horses had no problems with the highlines, but I am so short, I had to tie my horse up while I was still sitting in the saddle.

The overlook view itself was pretty spectacular. Looking down on the Allegheny River.

There is a small parking lot on the other side of the area where we tied our horses where people can drive up and park to see the view.

This was a really nice campground. A lot of long term residents with horses stay here and then spend the winter down in Florida or Arizona. The campground closes up in October for the winter. There is an above ground pool which the camp host invited us to use. We enjoyed the pool, even though it isn’t heated. There are also rental cabins, a laundry, restrooms, and a shower house.