Ride
the Gap with the Buchanan Family
No
one knows the Shawnee like we do!
One
Horse Gap Trail Ride 618-264-7433
tralride@shawneelink.com
Trail Usage Fee Alert!
Shawnee
National Forest (SNF) Service proposing a $5/day or
$50 per year bridle tag fee. Click here to read more...
Proposed
New Recreation Fee
(SNF announcement, Federal Register, October 15, 2007)
Please
take the time to send a comment to SNF. Use the convenient
contact us feedback form.
Scroll to the bottom of the SNF web
page to locate the form.
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W 088 29.041
19th
Annual Spring Ride
May 11-17, 2008
Memorial Weekend
May 24-26, 2008
Includes:
Camping--Friday-Sunday,
Meals-- Saturday breakfast-Monday breakfast
& Entertainment
24th Annual Columbus Day Fall Ride
October 12-18, 2008
Private
Group Rides Contact us for details.
The Buchanan Family's One
Horse Gap Trail Ride, southern Illinois, Shawnee
Forest, continues to be the place to ride.The
'Gap Ride' takes place at New Hope Hill campground
near Williams Hill located
4 miles SW of Herod, IL, which is centrally located
in the Eastern
Region of the Shawnee National Forest. In an article
about The One Horse Gap Trail Ride in Western
Horseman, the Shawnee National Forest was chosen
by Western Horseman magazine readers as one
of The Top 5 Best Places to Ride! So, come
ride with us. No one knows the Shawnee like
we do!
CAMPING
New Hope Hill offers a dining and
dance hall, horse and people water and full service
electricity. Campers may arrive on the Thursday
before the ride begins. There is a
$15 per night camp fee for Thursday and Friday nights.Saturday
night camping is included in the ride fee. Meals for
purchase before the ride begins are available for
Saturday supper and Sunday breakfast. Ride meals begin
at noon on Sunday and continue through the next Saturday
breakfast.
RIDING **UPDATE!
The State of Illinois is requires an "Entry
Permit" for out of state equine. Effective February
1, 2004. For a copy of the Illinois Transportation
and Ownership Transfer Regulations pamphlet, contact
the Horsemen's Council of Illinois, P. O. Box 1605,
Springfield, IL 62705. Phone (217) 585-1600. Fax (217)
585-1601. Web site:
www.HorsemensCouncil.org
for details.
MEALS
Meals will begin with Sunday's lunch and end
with Saturday's breakfast. We will be providing three
tasty meals a day. Bring your saddle bags to
pack our prepared lunch for on the trail. Extra meals
for purchase are available Saturday supper and Sunday
breakfast before the start of the ride.
ENTERTAINMENT
There will be nightly entertainment consisting
of live bands and pickin' and grinnin' around the
campfire.
Click
Here For 2008 Reservation Forms and/or Ride Fee Information.
Print our 2008 brochure.
(pdf)
Ride
the Gap (front)
Ride
the Gap (back)
2009
Rides
20th Annual May 10-16
25th Annual October 11-17
Website
updated Nov. 14, 2007
Trail work photos posted 8/27/07. Click on 'More
ride photos by Sondra'
