Black Hills after Labor Day        Feb 09

Minnesota Trail Rider Association Newsletter,

       We’ve been to many places in the “hills” and always try to ride at least one new place on each trip, with the Broken Arrow Horse Camp and the area south of Custer as the new spot.  Broken Arrow is a busy place in Sept. including many Minnesotans’ we knew.  We were glad we’d made reservations and were delighted to be in camping spots right next to the horse corrals.  We enjoyed the entire area.  Including Beecher Rock and a ride to the Blue Bell Lodge for lunch.

  By Ken Olson

Walking Horse Journal  * Nov 2007

  We made reservations with the Broken Arrow Horse Camp near Custer, SD.  Their horse facilities were even better than described.  Each horse had a separate pen.  The owners said they have had as many as 50 horses there at a time.  The pens were under a roof, which dept the horses in the shade during the very hot afternoons.  Broken Arrow Horse Camp furnished hay at a treasonable price and the cost per horse for boarding was $5 a day.

  We rented a cabin and a tent space.  The shower and bathroom facilities were very clean.  Wheelbarrows were furnished to haul tack, and separate wheelbarrows were available for hauling manure to their compost pile.

 We rode their well-marked trails in the cool of the morning.  Several trails went into the pine forest, which surrounded the campground.  The smell of the pine was even more aromatic because of the hot weather.  The trails were cushioned with pine needles so our horses didn’t need shoes.

  We could relax when we went sight seeing because we knew our horses were in a safe place at the Broken Arrow Horse Camp.  We toured and went to Mount Rushmore in the evening so our grandchildren could watch the lighting of the faces.

 By Grace Larson, High Plains Walkers, Forsyth, Mt.

The Trail Rider * November/December 2007

Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota

  Broken Arrow Campground is a new horse camp near Custer, South Dakota: it’s surrounded by the Black Hills National Forest.  It offers covered pens, full hookups, trail access from camp, plus a rental trailer to get to other trailheads.    

  The Black Hills area has miles of marked, fairly easy trails.  We rode three hours from the campground to the Blue Bell Lodge in Custer State Park for Lunch

 By Suzie Smith

Read the whole article in myhorse.com, under Broken Arrow Horse Camp