Willow Prairie Horsecamp

The campground and trails are great. The camp hosts, Russ and Nellie are horrible. They kept coming into my campsite to talk and then Russ ended up being bossy and rude. They made my stay there unpleasant. I understand that they probably have to deal with a lot of unruly aholes but I'm not one. Don't treat me like one! They do work hard trying to keep the sites and grounds clean but their personalities are harsh and downright rude. I was there by myself, my friend had the site next to me and we happened to be right across from the hosts site. I recommend staying in sites 5-10. USFS needs to get new hosts for this location, Russ and Nellie are just a bad fit. They don't like horse people. Just to emphasize, Russ told me to load all my horse poop into my trailer and take it home with me! I asked him if he was kidding, nope! He's crazy! BTW, I was quiet and kept my site clean and left my horse poop in the manure wagon.

Really enjoyed this camp and our site. The camp hosts were very helpful and friendly and the trails are fun.

The campground and trails are great. The camp hosts, Russ and Nellie are horrible. They kept coming into my campsite to talk and then Russ ended up being bossy and rude. They made my stay there unpleasant. I understand that they probably have to deal with a lot of unruly aholes but I'm not one. Don't treat me like one! They do work hard trying to keep the sites and grounds clean but their personalities are harsh and downright rude. I was there by myself, my friend had the site next to me and we happened to be right across from the hosts site. I recommend staying in sites 5-10. USFS needs to get new hosts for this location, Russ and Nellie are just a bad fit. They don't like horse people. Just to emphasize, Russ told me to load all my horse poop into my trailer and take it home with me! I asked him if he was kidding, nope! He's crazy! BTW, I was quiet and kept my site clean and left my horse poop in the manure wagon.

Really enjoyed this camp and our site. The camp hosts were very helpful and friendly and the trails are fun.

Nice place. We had site 10 which was great for seclusion and access to water troughs. There is just 1 vault toilet with no sinks. Hosts were full of info. The trails weren’t marked the best for navigating and the maps were awful.

Nice place. We had site 10 which was great for seclusion and access to water troughs. There is just 1 vault toilet with no sinks. Hosts were full of info. The trails weren’t marked the best for navigating and the maps were awful.

Host helpful, facilities safe and clean

Host helpful, facilities safe and clean

This is a beautiful horse camp with a good camp host. Be prepared to keep your dogs on leash when in camp. There is abundant clean horse water in the troughs, but there is NO potable water, you will need to go to Fish Lake or Lake of the Woods nearby to refill your people water. Good manure disposal area with nice wheelbarrows.

There did seem to be some committed generator users. Folks, I don't know what you are doing with your electrical, but you really really should not need to run your generator for 8 hours a day!

The trails are very nice but it takes a bit to figure out the map. Only the main forest service trails are shown on the maps and there are a bunch of other trails winding around not far from camp. That said, the signed trails are quite good. The maps are available in the kiosk by the camp host. There are lots of trail markers with CAMP and an arrow, to help you find your way home...

We used this as our base, and one afternoon drove to nearby Fourmile Lake for a ride. Really not worth the 6 miles in and 6 miles back on a washboard gravel road....I think going to the Summit Snopark and riding the PCT would have been better. We did go to Lake of the Woods to get water and have dinner at the Lodge. It was very tasty but expensive. There is Potable water no far from the RV Dump station on the way into Lake of the Woods.

This is a beautiful horse camp with a good camp host. Be prepared to keep your dogs on leash when in camp. There is abundant clean horse water in the troughs, but there is NO potable water, you will need to go to Fish Lake or Lake of the Woods nearby to refill your people water. Good manure disposal area with nice wheelbarrows.

There did seem to be some committed generator users. Folks, I don't know what you are doing with your electrical, but you really really should not need to run your generator for 8 hours a day!

The trails are very nice but it takes a bit to figure out the map. Only the main forest service trails are shown on the maps and there are a bunch of other trails winding around not far from camp. That said, the signed trails are quite good. The maps are available in the kiosk by the camp host. There are lots of trail markers with CAMP and an arrow, to help you find your way home...

We used this as our base, and one afternoon drove to nearby Fourmile Lake for a ride. Really not worth the 6 miles in and 6 miles back on a washboard gravel road....I think going to the Summit Snopark and riding the PCT would have been better. We did go to Lake of the Woods to get water and have dinner at the Lodge. It was very tasty but expensive. There is Potable water no far from the RV Dump station on the way into Lake of the Woods.