Hunting is allowed on the Brighton Rec trails
Use Caution on all State Land
BE SAFE - WEAR ORANGE
A bell on your saddle can alert hunters to your presence.
Check the DNR website for hunting schedules
Directions
The Brighton Trail Rider Association Supports
LEAVE NO TRACE
Leave No Trace simply means: leave nothing behind you but foot prints and hoof prints. Stay on the designated trails. Do not discard anything on the trails, especially plastic. However, we do not expect you to clean up manure on the trails. In the Staging Area, we ask that you clean up after your horse. A manure pit is conveniently located and wheel barrows are available. Please bring used plastic and paper from your ride back to the Staging Area and place in the trash containers. We welcome you to spend time in the Staging Area, both before and after your ride. Feel free to use the grill and picnic tables. We only ask that you put all trash in the trash containers. If you stay in the camp, we ask that you clean up manure and hay at your site and dump it in the manure pit. Again, wheel barrows are available. When you depart, please take all trash and discarded items with you.
ALERT!!!!The equestrian staging area and campground are both scheduled to be CLOSED starting June 1st and through October for road repairs in 2024!!!!!
Directions to Camping and Staging Areas:
4246 Bishop Lake Rd
Howell, MI 48843
N 42°30’20”, W 83°51’53”
From Grand Rapids/Lansing:
Take I-96 East to Latson Rd Exit 140, and go south about 3.5 miles. Latson Road terminates at Chilson Road, keep going straight. Go about 2 miles to camp on right.
From Flint:
Take I-75 S/US-23 S. Take US-23 S towards ANN ARBOR.
Take the I-96 WEST exit, exit 60B, towards LANSING.
Exit at Latson Rd Exit 140, and go south about 3.5 miles.
Latson Road terminates at Chilson Road, keep going straight. Go about 2 miles to camp on right.
From Toledo, OH/Ann Arbor, MI:
Take US-23 N to the M-36 exit 54B, towards PINCKNEY about 5.2 miles.
Look for State Park sign on right. Turn RIGHT onto CHILSON RD. Go about 3.4 miles past stables to camp on left.
(The next exit north on US23 is Silver Lake Rd. You can exit west and follow the signs to Huron Metro Park on Winans Lake Road. Winans Lake Road will take you a more direct route to Chilson where you would turn right. Please note there is a roundabout on Winans Lake Rd now.)
From Chicago
Take I-94 east to US-23 North
Riding Stable:
For horse rental, go to the Riding Stable which is ¼ mile south of the staging area on Chilson Rd.