Camping and Horses

More on these fabulous area in Utah

We headed out of our campsite to go Bryce Canyon City.

As we were driving out to go do our laundry, get some Propane and empty our tanks we saw a herd of cool looking deer just past our Coyote Hollow campsite

Ruby's General Store in Bryce Canyon City. The town should be called Ruby because everything here is owned by Ruby's. Ruby's opened in the early 1900's click here to find out their history.

Ruby's Old Town

At this gas station you can fill your water, empty your Sani and grey water, fill your Propane and get some groceries.

You can do your laundry at Ruby's Inn

Heading back towards Hwy 89 0n Hwy 12 to the Losee Canyon Trail head

You will go through 2 tunnels heading back

You will past the information centre as well

You will also pass the first red rocks on the right and the first trail head to Thunder Mountain on the left

Casto Canyon road

After doing all our laundry we headed to another trail head Losee Canyon.

To get to Losee Canyon Trail head you head back toward Hwy 89 on Hwy 12 you past the Red Canyon trail head and the info centre. You come out of Dixie Forest area once out you till see a sign Casto Canyon and Losee Canyon Trail Head turn right. Turn down gravel forest road to the right. For Losee Canyon you will head in about 2 miles. You can not camp at trail head but we did see some people camping just before the parking area for the trail rides are. There is limited parking in the trail head for large rigs.

Here is the trailhead

Ruby's runs trail rides out of most of the trail heads so keep your eyes open for these riders. You do not want to spook their horses most of the riders are beginners or first time riders. These were the healthiest trail horses I had ever seen.

Parking a large rig in the area is tuff we were lucky enough to get permission from Ruby's trail riders wranglers to park our rig in their lot. It isn't too busy for them right now but in summer months there is no way you could park here.

Start of the trail

This trail is all along the floor of the canyon it is beautiful from start to finish

Another fabulous ride

If you just want to visit this area without your own horses you can still ride all these beautiful Canyon's. Ruby's Inn does trails rides in Butch Cassidy Trail in the Red Canyon , Thunder Mountain, Losee Canyon and the outside rim of Bryce Canyon. They have lovely healthy horses. I was very impressed with what I saw. The wranglers were real horsemen and knew there stiff. To Book your trail rides "click here" or email

horserides@rubysinn.com

To ride into Bryce Canyon you have to contact Canyon Trail rides even if you are riding your own horses. They too have good healthy trail horses and you can do the Peek-A-Boo trail this one is magical.

This area is well worth the visit. You can hike, bike and ride horses.

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Camping in the "Dixie National Forest" area of Utah is just amazing! We were lucking enough to hear about this campsite through some Arizona friends. Thank you Linda :) It is a little tough to find but if you are going North on Hwy 89 towards Bryce Canyon head to Hwy 12 turn east on Hwy 12 as you go by Red Canyon area you will pass the info centre on left and a campsite on your right keep going up past all the red rock area through both of the red rock tunnels until you get up on the flatter plaque there is a ATV paved parking lot on the right side this will be the first right on the top of the hill Forest Road 113 (you will not see the sign until you pull in for the 113) go through parking area with the pit toilet and head west on the gravel road. The road goes for about 1/2 mile then it bends back to the SE you will see the sign (picture below) saying Coyote Hollow Equestrian Park. There are 4 good campsites with hitching rails. You can set up corrals. Each campsite has a picnic table, fire-pit and BBQ on a concrete slab. All sites are gravelled. To get to the trail head just ride the gravel road about 1/2 a mile you will go past the first trail head that is for hikers they have some brochures there about the plant life. Then head to the end of gravel road you will see a big turn around and the trail head.

Campsite is less then a mile from Hwy 12 down Forest road 113

Camping sites are $8 a night on the honour system there is no camp host. Fee help maintain this great site so please honour the system.

As you can see if our rigs fits here anyone can LOL

Our nose was sticking out a bit

Nice gravel sites

A very clean pit toilet

Around the campsite is all beautiful tall pine trees

To get to trailhead just ride the road about 1/2 mile

This first trailhead is not the horse one.

The second trails head has a big round about and hitching rails on one site and the trail head on the other with the sign Thunder Mountain.

If you have ever been to Disneyland you will already know a little about Thunder Mountain. The Thunder mountain ride at Disneyland was a copy of this mountain "Cool Hah" :)