Top Horse Camping near Bear, DE
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Best Equestrian Sites Near Bear, DE (4)
1. Lums Pond State Park Campground
Kirkwood, Delaware46 Reviews•98 Photos•373 SavesThe newly-renovated campground offers sites with three-point hookups (water, electric and sewer), as well as four horse campsites without hookups. If you prefer a bed to a bedroll, stay in one of our yurts! These round stationary structures with canvas walls feature a single and double bed bunked together, a double bed-sized futon, an outdoor seating area, and outdoor deck.
Campgrounds at Cape Henlopen, Killens Pond, Lums Pond and Trap Pond State Park are open year-round. The Cottages at Indian River Marina are also open year-round, and the campground at Delaware Seashore State Park is open year-round, although during the winter months, it is open for self-contained units only.
The Division of Parks and Recreation has a Central Reservation Service. Although reservations are not required, we strongly recommend that you make one to ensure that accommodations are available. There is no additional expense to make a reservation.
Reservations can be placed for campgrounds, cabins, yurts, the Cottages at Indian River Marina, and Fort Delaware tours, and Killen's Pond Waterpark..
- Fires
- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- RVs
- Tents
$6 - $42 / night
2. Blackbird State Forest Campground
Townsend, Delaware5 Reviews•19 Photos•93 SavesOpen for camping 365 days a year at a cost of $25 per night per site. Online reservations only and credit card is required. Blackbird State Forest, located on the border of New Castle and Kent Counties, is Delaware's northernmost state forest. It is only a 30-minute commute from Wilmington and Newark. The ten tracts of Blackbird State Forest are open year-round at no cost to the public for nature walks, hiking, jogging, and horseback riding. The forest features a 1/2-mile, wheelchair-accessible wildlife and nature interpretation trail on the Tybout Tract as well as the Blackbird Education Center on the Meadows Tract.
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- Fires
- Phone Service
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Group
$25 / night
3. Tuckahoe State Park Campground
Ridgely, Maryland29 Reviews•122 Photos•144 SavesTuckahoe Creek, a quiet country stream bordered for most of its length by wooded marshlands, runs through the length of the park. A 60-acre lake offers boating and fishing.
The park has 20 miles of scenic hiking, biking and equestrian trails, flat water canoeing, hunting, picnicking, as well as a recycled tire playground for children.
Activities include day camps, canoe trips, Scales & Tales presentations and displays. Each weekend, Memorial Day through Labor Day, park staff offer a number of free family activities. Check out flyers posted throughout the park or call the park office for more details.
Accessible picnic areas, visitors' center, playgrounds, restrooms, campground facilities, and hunting areas are very popular.
- Pets
- Fires
- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
$21 - $70 / night
4. Hibernia County Park
Coatesville, Pennsylvania8 Reviews•14 Photos•99 SavesThe campground is open Friday and Saturday nights only. Two camping units are permitted at each site, one unit must be a tent. Sleeping in personal vehicles is not permitted.
- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Tents
- Equestrian
$15 - $50 / night
Recent Equestrian Reviews In Bear
88 Reviews of 4 Bear Campgrounds
Tuckahoe State Park Campground
A Gem of a State Park
We were looking to explore Maryland's Eastern Shore and picked Tuckaho because they had electric sites available. We were so pleased with our stay. The campground is well maintained and the sites are great. We have a small travel trailer and our site was pretty level and nicely private. We backed up to a hiking trail which was nice. There's lots to do here. There's a disc golf course and the camp store has discs available to use. We've never played before but had a blast learning, now we're hooked. We also enjoyed kayaking on the lake. If you enjoy birding this park is great, we saw so many cool birds. There's an arboretum and horse riding trails. We will definitely be going back!
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Great place to hike
Had a nice time camping for two nights. If you like small breweries, about 20 minutes away is Stewarts Brewpub. They have been around since the 1990s!
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Great Campground some wuitks
Great secluded campground, peaceful. Great bath houses, always super clean.
Some engineering genious put the bath houses furthest from the people that need them most. Tent campers….keep your shoes handy, its a hike. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs 12 slideout supernova with 5 bathrooms and a washer/dryer get the closest spot to a quick potty/shower break.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Snall campground, big sites
Nice smaller campground with large spacious sites. Very level and spaced apart from neighbor is you pick the right spots. We were in 17 which looked out to open space and woods. If it rains, some sites are flooded. Not much going on for activities in March. Near an Ape Adventure park, hike around lake, and any shopping or restaurants you might want are close by. It rained heavy so we didn’t get out much but walk around camp loop is nice and flat.
Blackbird State Forest Campground
Nice campsites
Spent a weekend in BO1, spacious campsite, grill, picnic table, firepit, parking for 2-3 cars plus overflow parking. Firewood was easy to get and was plenty of it. I was only one in the forest ATM but saw some hikers occasionally throughout the day walking by.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Great State Park - Great Price
We've been here a couple of times. Sites are paved and mostly level. Full hookups on all sites.
Campground is separate from everything else I. The park - good and bad. Clean bathrooms
Hibernia County Park
Beautiful park, not so great camping
The park itself is beautiful.
First, there is absolutely no privacy. The campsites are right next to each other with hardly any trees. The more dense woods is on the other side of the trail. You can see everything other campers do any they can see everything you’re doing.
Second, The campground is ON the hiking trail so everyone doing the loop walks along the sites. Including people with dogs off leash.
Tuckahoe State Park Campground
Peace and quiet close to home
We love this campground. We’ve stayed twice in the electric loop and both times had a quiet stay. The campsites are typically spacious and spaced out well. Bathrooms are clean. There is so much to do right in this area as well. Lots of hiking. We highly recommend the nearby arboretum and don’t miss the opportunity to see the aviary at the park office. The ranger was so nice there and went in to each enclosure to handle and show us owls, eagles, and falcons. A highlight of the trip!
Lums Pond State Park Campground
So peaceful
Peaceful state park. Clean facilities and lots of room to spread out.
Tuckahoe State Park Campground
Beautiful
We stayed here in March and loved it! The little office had a few items for sale but the woman who works there is so nice. We talked with her for awhile. There was a small lending library next to the store/office and wood was for sale too. There are sites that aren’t level but ours was okay. Nearby is St. Michael’s, MD. We went to the Eastern Shore Brewing Company where dogs are allowed indoors and then went next door to the Lyon Rum Windon Distilling Company. Also next to those is St. Michael’s winery tasting room. Something for everyone! There is an arboretum near he campground that was interesting too. Lake Tuckahoe is available to put your own canoe or kayak in or go fishing. There was a trail from the campground to the lake that was gravel. Eastern shore of t huh Chesapeake Bay offers lots of great scenery and things to do.
Blackbird State Forest Campground
Nice and secluded
The only thing about this site specifically is the trail was close by so you’d occasionally see people walking by but not enough that it didn’t still feel secluded. Nice hikes in the area, great weekend!
Hibernia County Park
Hidden gem
Inexpensive $15 a night, but you only get picnic table and fire ring. No hook ups. Great children's pond for 12 and under. Brandywine creek and Chambers Lake are there too. Great playground.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Decent Parking Spot Close to Wilmington
Lums Pond State Park is a medium sized campground 18 miles south of Wilmington, DE. As we were visiting family in Wilmington, it was important to us to find a park that was a reasonable driving distance from the city and Lums Pond is the closest state park and public campground.
We enjoyed Lums Pond for what it was- a safe and reasonably quiet place to park. The showers were decent and the cell service was good (we have Verizon). The park itself can feel a little crowded depending on what site you have- we actually enjoyed site #46, which was out in a field, over site #33, which was more on the forested side but felt a lot more crowded.
While this isn’t a place we would necessarily choose to spend our time outside of visiting family, it was very convenient and clean. The park is staffed for most of the day at the general store so questions were answered quickly.
They had an odd rule about us not being able to dump our cassette toilet in the bathroom, which we hadn’t run into before, but we were able to use the dump station- we don’t have chemicals in our toilet so this wasn’t a problem we had come across before. Site #33 also had a lot of garbage in the forest behind it, which added to the reasons why we didn’t like that site as much as #46- considering the rules that were intended to keep the park clean, it did feel like parts of the park were a little neglected despite the overall appearance of being well cared for.
All in all, we found this stay to be perfectly average and would stay again if we had to, but would also not necessarily recommend this park to friends or family unless they were visiting somebody in the area.
Hibernia County Park
Hibernia
County park so no booze but camp sites are under trees
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Nice clean park
Stayed for two nights passing through. Facilities were very clean. Campground quiet. Bike paths were more for mountain biking. AT&T good service. Stayed on 13. Nice and shady not close to bathroom. Most sites are level.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Fun weekend trip
We came in July. We want to come back in October when the leaves will be in full color. Huge campsites! Very quiet and the other campers are friendly. The camp store doesn’t follow its hours posted, so make sure to get there early for firewood. Our 11 & 4 year olds loved it. Very peaceful.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Just Okay
No big complaints. No big praise.
We needed a place to stay for the night and it provided that. If I were going to pick a camp to just hang out or enjoy nature, it wouldn't be this one.
Verizon cell service was fine.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Will be back again [when we can get a reservation]
I understand why it is so difficult to get a reservation at Lums Pond. I don't know if it's the host campers or the management, but they're definitely doing something right.
I have to say, Jim, the host camper by us was fantastic. As it was our first trip after a long winter, I managed to forget to put the anode back in our water heater. I went over and sheepishly asked him if I could borrow a 1 1/2" socket. He not only lent us a socket, but asked if I needed help, and if I had teflon tape (which I did) and was willing to lend a hand.
The site was fairly level, side-to-side, so I really only needed to level front to back. That was a bonus.
Our daughter really enjoyed the playground (which was excellent, by my standards). The only complaint I have is that the kiddie swings seem to be modeled after the seasickness machine that they had on Mythbusters (https://archive.org/details/MythBusters..Season.3..480p576P..DVDripHDTV..X265HEVC..O69..FIXED/Mythbusters+-+S03E26+-+Seasickness+-+Kill+or+Cure.mkv). I could only go on the swing with her for a little bit before I started to turn green. Other than that? She fought us about leaving the playground, and really would have been content if that was all we did.
I took her older cousins to the fishing pier, and we didn't even get a nibble, but I think it was too cold for panfish that close to shore.
The trails were well marked, and the day we took a hike, we ended up on the equestrian trail that runs all the way around the pond. It was a long, but easy hike.
The bath house was absolutely immaculate, and the design made even my public-bathroom-phobic sister-in-law comfortable and at ease.
All in all, it was a fantastic trip, and I hope to go back soon.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
GREAT !
Loved this place. Sites very well spaced, facilities clean, laundry room spotless, camp store has everything you might need and the hiking trails can’t be beat. We camped there twice…and did not disappoint either time. The only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is because there is no Wi-Fi…even though description states differently.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Peaceful State Park
The sites are large and the whole campground is very open. There is a small camp store with the essentials and very clean bath and shower facilities. The pond is huge; perfect for kayaking or canoeing.
Blackbird State Forest Campground
Spacious and private
Only 8 sites in the campground, very spaced apart. Each site has lots of room, very much enjoyed our stay and will return! No running water- only port a potties but they were clean
Tuckahoe State Park Campground
Great Kayaking and Beautiful Woods
We camped with our 17' travel trailer at site 19E with electric hookups. Some sites have water and sewer as well, which is rare in a MD state park. We had a picnic table, lantern pole and fire ring in a spacious, wooded site. Good dry wood was available for $5 a bundle. The restrooms were spotless. Hiking trails everywhere- and all level for easy biking. There's a small lake where many people were fishing for bass, and a calm waterway (Tuckahoe River) excellent for kayaking. We had our own yaks, but the park will rent them. A few miles down the road is a boat launch (Hillsboro) with access to another section of the Tuckahoe River, also great for kayaking. We saw beautiful aquatic plants, many birds, and a gazillion turtles. We paddled past several beaver dams, but they successfully stayed hidden. We love this park and campground!
Tuckahoe State Park Campground
Peaceful
Very quiet campground surrounded by trees. Stop at the camp store to get fired wood (asked not to bring your own). A lot of walking trials, and a pond to fish in.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Lum’s Pond campground
What a great little campground. Shaded well spaced sites with full hookups and yurts to stay in.
Blackbird State Forest Campground
Wonderful time
My family had a great time here. The camp sites are spaced out a good amount so each site has good privacy. There are multiple port a potties here but some sites are a bit far from them. Each site has a fire pit, a grill, and two tables with a decent amount of space for tents. I would highly recommend this campground and will be returning.
Lums Pond State Park Campground
Nice camp sites .
Quite, spacious sites, lots of walking trails and a large pond.
Tuckahoe State Park Campground
Okay
A rather typical state part. Fishing, boating, camping, and hiking. The campground was fully booked for the weekend but the other areas weren't crowded as I've seen at other MD state parks. The pump out station was very nice.
Somethings I negatives about Tuckahoe: We lost power during a rain storm. The farm roads around the park are very bumpy. The Camp store has weird hours (I forgot to pack the bacon and ruined the trip!!!!) The site was tiny and right on the road.
Guide to Bear
Camping near Bear, Delaware, is a great way to enjoy the outdoors with family and friends. With several campgrounds in the area, you can find the perfect spot to relax and explore nature.
What to do
- Hiking and Biking: Many campgrounds offer trails for hiking and biking. At Elk Neck State Park Campground, one visitor shared, “Great trails and great staff,” highlighting the park's accessibility and beauty.
- Water Activities: If you love being on the water, Lums Pond State Park Campground is a fantastic choice. A camper noted, “We went on a hike to check out the lighthouse,” showcasing the park's scenic views and water access.
- Wildlife Viewing: Campers at Tuckahoe State Park Campground have enjoyed spotting various wildlife. One reviewer mentioned, “There are great walking trails, and a pond to fish in,” making it a perfect spot for nature lovers.
What campers like
- Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate well-maintained restrooms and showers. A visitor at Killens Pond State Park Campground said, “Overall, it was a pleasant experience with relatively above-average cleanliness for the bathrooms.”
- Spacious Sites: Many campgrounds offer roomy sites. One camper at Lake-In-Wood Campground mentioned, “The sites appeared to all be a very good size,” which is a big plus for families.
- Friendly Staff: Campers often highlight the helpfulness of campground staff. A visitor at Martinak State Park Campground said, “The staff was very nice,” making for a welcoming atmosphere.
What you should know
- Road Noise: Some campgrounds are near busy roads. A reviewer at Susquehanna State Park Campground pointed out, “The only downside I could find was the noise from the road,” which might be a concern for light sleepers.
- Limited Amenities: Not all campgrounds have full amenities. For instance, at Wharton State Forest - Atsion Recreation Area, one camper noted, “There are no electric hookups and cell service is low, but manageable.”
- Primitive Camping: If you’re looking for a more rustic experience, Atsion Family Campground offers primitive camping. One camper mentioned, “The roads are soft sand and can get rough after a rain storm,” so be prepared for a more rugged experience.
Tips for camping with families
- Kid-Friendly Activities: Look for campgrounds with playgrounds and activities for kids. At Lums Pond State Park Campground, a reviewer said, “There are even bouncy houses and playgrounds for the kids,” making it a hit for families.
- Plan for Bugs: Some areas can be buggy, especially near water. A camper at Killens Pond State Park Campground noted, “It’s been a while since I’ve been inundated with so many bugs,” so bring bug spray.
- Bring Outdoor Games: Campgrounds often have open spaces for games. One camper at Martinak State Park Campground suggested, “Enjoyed walking on the dock and view of the water,” which is perfect for family fun.
Tips from RVers
- Check Site Size: Make sure your RV fits the site. A reviewer at Lake-In-Wood Campground mentioned, “Some tight spots to navigate through,” so plan accordingly.
- Wi-Fi Availability: Some campgrounds have decent Wi-Fi. A visitor at Elk Neck State Park Campground said, “WiFi good enough to stream,” which can be helpful for staying connected.
- Be Prepared for Road Noise: If you’re sensitive to noise, consider this before booking. A camper at Susquehanna State Park Campground mentioned the nearby highway noise, so keep that in mind when choosing your site.
Camping around Bear, Delaware, offers a mix of fun activities and beautiful nature, making it a great spot for families and RVers alike.
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