Federal campgroundtype
First comebooking
May–Sepbest months
About Backbone Horse Campground
Backbone Horse Campground is a small, semi-primitive campground designed primarily for campers or picnickers that bring horses with them.
- Fees: Camping fee: - $15.00/night for each site. Day Use Fee: - $5.00/day for day ride only
- Managed by: USFS - Green Mountain & Finger Lakes National Forests
- Where: 7 mi west of Trumansburg, NY · 42.51473, -76.78981
Things to do:
Horseback riding
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
30°14°Jan
32°15°Feb
40°22°Mar
54°33°Apr
66°44°May
74°53°Jun
78°58°Jul
77°57°Aug
70°51°Sep
58°40°Oct
45°30°Nov
35°21°Dec
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Mar.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone | Horse | at camp | 6.9 mi |
| Interloken | Horse | 0.4 mi | 11.4 mi |
| Ballard Pond | Hiking | 0.9 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Potomac - Foster Pond | Hiking | 1.0 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Potomac Ponds | Hiking | 1.1 mi | 2.0 mi |
| No-Tan-Takto | Horse | 1.3 mi | 3.6 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
Cell signal
Verizon 5G · AT&T 4G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.Night sky: Rural
The Milky Way is bright, with a little glow low on the horizon.
Class 3 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.RV essentials
Dump station: 11.7 mi
Propane: 6.4 mi
Camps nearby
- Potomac Group Campground 1.6 mi
- Blueberry Patch Campground 2.2 mi
- Backbone Horse Camp 2.2 mi
- Campsite · 3 mi NE of Burdett 4.3 mi
- Finger Lakes - Hector District 4.5 mi
- Camp Barton BSA 8.6 mi