Best Equestrian Camping near Du Bois, NE

Do you love the outdoors and horses? If you're looking for a rustic but comfortable experience, horse camping in Du Bois is the way to go. Finding a place to stay in Nebraska while traveling with your horse has never been easier. Search horse campsites and discover top-rated spots, as reviewed by other campers.

Best Equestrian Sites Near Du Bois, NE (5)

    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park

    1. Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park

    24 Reviews
    122 Photos
    20 Saves
    Shubert, Nebraska

    Indian Cave State Park offers campers Electric Plus, Electric, Basic and Equestrian Basic campsites. Hackberry Hollow campground has 32 Electric Plus and 15 Electric pad sites. Campers will enjoy an array of amenities including showers, modern restrooms, laundry facility and a dump and fill station, as well as picnic tables and grills.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access

    $15 - $30 / night

    Camper-submitted photo from Banner Creek
    Camper-submitted photo from Banner Creek
    Camper-submitted photo from Banner Creek
    Camper-submitted photo from Banner Creek
    Camper-submitted photo from Banner Creek
    Camper-submitted photo from Banner Creek

    2. Banner Creek

    6 Reviews
    10 Photos
    21 Saves
    Holton, Kansas
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • ADA Access
    • RVs
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground

    3. Waubonsie State Park Campground

    11 Reviews
    90 Photos
    62 Saves
    Hamburg, Iowa

    As a site on the Lewis and Clark Historic Trail, Waubonsie State Park in southwest Iowa is known for its exceptional vistas of Iowa’s unique Loess Hills and the Nebraska plains. Its extensive trail system offers something for the avid mountain biker, equestrians looking for a relaxing ride, or anyone eager to hike amongst the tranquil surroundings of the park’s ridgetop prairies and shaded woodland valleys. With nearly 2,000 acres of recreational opportunity and quiet beauty, Waubonsie State Park is an Iowa gem waiting to be explored.

    Stay overnight in one of eight cabins at Waubonsie, some featuring fireplaces and year-round accommodations. The park also contains a modern campground with non-electric and electric campsites, modern showers, restrooms, and a sanitary dump station. The more primitive equestrian campground contains non-electric sites with hitching rails, pens, and pit vault toilets. Cabin and campsite reservations can be made through the online reservation system for Waubonsie State Park.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City

    4. Syracuse City

    4 Reviews
    11 Photos
    2 Saves
    Nebraska City, Nebraska
    • Pets
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • ADA Access
    • RVs
    • Tents

    $10 / night

    Camper-submitted photo from Wagon Train State Recreation Area
    Camper-submitted photo from Wagon Train State Recreation Area
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Recent Equestrian Reviews in Du Bois

48 Reviews of 5 Du Bois Campgrounds


  • Lynn J.
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City
    Oct. 3, 2024

    Syracuse City

    Perfect for a traveling camper

    We stayed the first week in October. We were the only campers in the campground. We found 30 and 50 amp power pedestals. We stayed beside a pavilion with a water hydrant. The pavilion has several picnic tables and 20 amp outlets. It's in a treed area with a nice playground. The whole area is very flat. Leveling was a breeze. The entrance was a little bit confusing. There is a pay box at the edge of the parking box. The bathrooms were locked, but being self contained, we wouldn't have used them. I'm sure we will be staying here again.

  • Fred S.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Sep. 6, 2024

    Waubonsie State Park Campground

    Really good hiking trails

    Stayed one night on Sept 4. Camped at site 35 in the non-equestrian campground; non-electric fee $15. Parked van on the grass at this site. Like nearly all of the sites in this campground, this site was close to the campground road. Overall, I felt that the campsites were all bunched together - offering no privacy and spacing between sites. The shower house was closed during our visit. Water was also turned off at the wayer pumps in the campground. There was one single vault toilet available for all of the campers; it was reasonably clean. Wayne, the campground host, was nice & helpful. There is a self-serve firewood station in the campground; cost is either $5 or $10, depending on the amount of wood you purchase. The campsites have a picnic table & metal fire ring. I wasn't too pleased with this campground, but I was very happy with the nearby hiking trails within the park. It's a pretty state park with hills & lush forest. The day use areas looked great. I recommend those traveling along I-29 to stop at this park - not necessarily for the camping, but for the hiking. Had some T-Mobile 4G service.

  • S
    Camper-submitted photo from Wagon Train State Recreation Area
    Aug. 24, 2024

    Wagon Train State Recreation Area

    Noisy and insane bugs

    We are avid campers, we are no strangers to all the things that come with camping including bugs. That said, the amount of mosquitoes here made any amount of time outside unbearable.

    There was a lot of traffic through the campsite, not even people stopping to camp but literally just driving through, music blaring at 11pm.

    And the GPS coordinates were wrong. They are closer to 40.63093° N, 96.57335° W

  • Danni A.
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Aug. 11, 2024

    Waubonsie State Park Campground

    Quiet and Peaceful

    This park was a great place to head to and unplug for a weekend. We camped in the area without hookups, so we pretty much had that area to ourselves. The area with hookups was somewhat crowded. The bathrooms and shower were clean. Water is easily accessible. The park is small, and we didn't find much to do other than a few hikes. 

    There are signs in the bathrooms warning of the raccoons. These signs are not exaggerating. We had a raccoon at our campsite trying to steal our food while we were there, like the raccoon was less than 10 feet from humans during mid-day.

  • Michael M.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Jun. 9, 2024

    Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park

    Cool cave right off the river

    The campground is pretty well-kept. Multiple playgrounds and shower houses throughout. Firewood for sale. A giant raccoon tried to get into my cooler 10 minutes after we turned out our lights for the night. Lookout for ticks. The cave was a little smaller than anticipated and near the tables on bank, the river unfortunately had a couple large patches of garbage. Still a fun place to camp out and hike around a bit.

  • TThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City
    Jun. 1, 2024

    Syracuse City

    Great little out of the way spot

    There are truly electrical hookups just about everywhere and there are no marked sites that I could find. We just pulled off the road to an electrical station and plugged in. Sadly, the 30A plug I plugged into kept tripping the breaker, but I always have a backup 20-30A converter, I just don't get to use my AC (cool night, didn't matter). It would be great if there was some brochure or site map at the location so you didn't feel like your were gonna ruin their well maintained lawn.

  • Kristi D.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Jul. 5, 2023

    Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park

    Fun park at the southern tip of NE

    Enjoyed our night here. One of the only ones at the park as it was freezing out. We pulled up as you literally drive through a bunch of open farmlands to get here and it was almost a little spooky because we did not see anyone. They have miles of trails to see an old town, old cemetery, the great Missouri and of course Indian Cave. I recommend a stop!

  • Kristi D.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Jul. 5, 2023

    Waubonsie State Park Campground

    Had the campground too ourselves!

    It appears not many people camp in Iowa in February. We had the campground to ourselves. We missed the crazy cold and snow by a day but it was 20 degree with the wind when I hiked the prairie. Lovely little state park, clean and the trail system was pretty neat. Wasn't perfectly flat and had some overlooks. Very much enjoyed!

  • Tarrah C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Apr. 5, 2023

    Waubonsie State Park Campground

    Nice Trails

    This is a great weekend spot not much to do around the park. The campsites are nice but close with not much space in between. There are 2 campgrounds, the one north of the highway is a horse campground but required. There are nice trails in this area. The campground on the south is more of a tent site. There are vault toliets, no showers. A lot of great trails o this side. All campsites include a picnic table and fire ring.

  • Amy H.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Sep. 21, 2022

    Waubonsie State Park Campground

    Very nice

    The campsite was very nice. Not too expensive. The showers and bathrooms were nice and had decent room. If you are wanting a site here it would be best to reserve one there were not a lot to choose from when we got there just about every spot was reserved. But overall was a great place to camp for a family.

  • ANDY C.
    Camper-submitted photo from Wagon Train State Recreation Area
    May. 14, 2022

    Wagon Train State Recreation Area

    Campground cruisers.

    Stayed 3 days in the main campground, there are also more dispersed areas at this place with nice grassy area. Level gravel pads and easy manoeuvering with 29ft TT, 30/15a electric, only 3-4 spots with water hookup which are taken. Water is available to fill tanks. Although I do not fish, there are fishing areas. Camp areas along the water we're almost fully occupied but we chose to stay on the opposite side for more grassy room to play/separate the dog, I did not find any dog mess and clean up after mine. Fire rings with the typical icky grill and decent picnic tables, I did not use any of the B/R. Overall not a bad spot, but, The roads around this area are almost all gravel including the main strip through the camp area so you'll have to find your way around to minimize time on gravel, I traveled through Hickman for this and to get firewood at the hardware store, it seems none is available here. Lots of traffic in and out Kicking up dust all day even at early am hours, lots of vehicles and they drive fast. There are no reservations. I don't think I'll be back here.😕

  • Crystal R.
    Camper-submitted photo from Syracuse City
    Aug. 5, 2021

    Syracuse City

    Low key

    Small Town with shops and restaurants. Pleasant quiet environment other then nearby train. Location has 2 other RV campgrounds around the corner . It's a city park next to the expo center nice and clean . Pull in next to any hook up. Donation box is $10

  • Caitlin  R.
    Camper-submitted photo from Banner Creek
    Aug. 1, 2021

    Banner Creek

    Peaceful with beautiful grounds

    Several loops to pick from but all of them have beautiful grounds! Spacious between campers and water hookups!

  • Edward K.
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Jul. 19, 2021

    Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park

    Great Park in Southeast Nebraska

    Nice quiet park with lots of family activities. The camping spots were mostly wide with 30/50 power hookups. Paved parking pads made leveling the camper easy. All the park staff we interacted with were very friendly. We hiked, biked, played disc golf, and practiced our archery. Great park that was quiet and offered lots to visitors.

  • Stacy Z.
    Camper-submitted photo from Banner Creek
    Jul. 18, 2021

    Banner Creek

    Fireflies and cool breezes

    Bob and Diane were wonderful hosts!!! So kind and helpful!!! Sites were beautiful!!! We had a spot right near the grassy area with the woods right behind us!! Fireflies at night wonderful!! Great water hook up and electric site! They even came back with ice for us twice!!! Everything is very clean and well kept! The grounds and water are awesome!!! Site was a nice gravel pull in with good space away from other sites. Wonderful winds on hot nights!

  • Judy C.
    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    Jul. 10, 2021

    Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park

    Great state park, wonderful hiking

    Beautiful park. The hiking was great. I was there during the week and it was almost empty. I hiked for about 4 hours and didn't see another person the whole time.  

    The hiking trails were a bit confusing, at least the ones I was on, the maps and trail could be improved and expanded.

    The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that the campground was almost empty but they put all the campers in one area. Would have been nice to be a bit spread out.

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    Camper-submitted photo from Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park
    May. 20, 2021

    Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park

    Vast, scenic and remote

    The park is huge and takes you along an hour long historic trail that has old settlements, ruins of workshops and beautiful view-points of the Missouri river from the bluff edges. It ends at the Indian cave (boardwalk/stairs to the cave are currently closed to all the visitors). You have neat family picnic shelters in between too. The campgrounds are a little cozy if not cramped and give you a good vibe of you love the campground aura. The sites on the bend of the loops (25 and 24) are more spacious and for people who want bigger areas. Most of the sites are shaded under large cottonwoods. The nearest gas station (actually any store) is a 15/20 minutes drive away and the park office/store was closed due to covid restrictions. So bring in everything except ice and firewood, yeah coffee too (we forgot). No water sport rentals nearby. Didn't see anyone kayaking either. I would stay here again if I wanted another relaxed/hike-only trip.

  • Emily M.
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Apr. 20, 2021

    Waubonsie State Park Campground

    Fun in the Bluffs

    Grew up camping and hiking here. Not many amenities but the bathrooms are clean and the trails are fantastic. The view is great from the side bluff train. Close to Nebraska city. Tent sites are not too close together. Can get pretty busy on weekends in the summer.

  • Tony B.
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Sep. 27, 2020

    Waubonsie State Park Campground

    Second time back, and a stone throw away from Nebraska City

    This is my second review, because second time is a charm. Even though the campsites are closer together than I am use to. We actually took 2 sites, one for us and one for my oldest sons site. This worked out and gave a little more space needed. This also gave us time to really explore those trails I was drooling over. We took one of the more scenic trails and took us over the top of some of those beautiful Loess Hills. I still believe it us a great hiking park, and is only a hour away from Omaha for us.

  • Tony B.
    Camper-submitted photo from Waubonsie State Park Campground
    Sep. 20, 2020

    Waubonsie State Park Campground

    Great hiking park

    First off let me make it clear, I like this park. But for me this is not the greatest camping area. The sites just are to close for me as a tent camper. The could almost use some of the day use picnic area as primitive sites. The rest of this park is great. For one it is clean, and maintained. The hiking trails are not for bikes, and they have several different levels or skills levels. The look out was pretty cool as well. We will return, and do some more hiking. I am not sure the campsites were fall, but it could be because the applejacks festival going on across the river in Nebraska City.



Guide to Du Bois

Nebraska offers a variety of options for horse camping enthusiasts, providing beautiful landscapes and well-equipped facilities for both riders and their horses.

Tips for equestrian camping near Du Bois, Nebraska

Campers appreciate these amenities for horses

  • The Banner Creek campground features electric hookups and sanitary dump facilities, ensuring a comfortable stay for both you and your horse.
  • Syracuse City provides ample space with picnic tables and water hookups, making it easy to set up for a weekend of riding.
  • Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park is well-reviewed for its clean facilities and accessibility, which are essential for horse campers.

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  • Which is the most popular equestrian campsite near Du Bois, NE?

    According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular equestrian campground near Du Bois, NE is Hackberry Hollow Campground — Indian Cave State Park with a 4.6-star rating from 24 reviews.

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