One Horse Gap Trail Ride

Bring your horse or mule and join the Buchanan Family for an adventurous trail ride excursion through unforgettable scenery.

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New Hope Hill Campground

More ride photos by: Sondra
(new trail work photos posted 8/27/07)

Authorized under permit from the Shawnee National Forest Service since 2002 and complied with the terms and conditions of that permit. Buchanan Ltd. is a nondiscriminatory permittee of the Shawnee National Forest. The event has utilized trails within the Shawnee Forest for more than twenty years.

Great riding--Great food--Great times!!

(click on 'Ride The Gap' to sign up)


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.


Find us on Google Map
Traveling with a GPS?
N 37 32.791
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'


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*DISCLAIMER: One Horse Gap Trail Ride is not affiliated in any way with 34 Ranch. Furthermore, 34 Ranch is NOT the "Original Home" or "The Home" of the One Horse Gap Trail Ride.

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