Information on Trail

This map shows 9 sections used for trail rides and training. Ride time is estimated. This is a Wilderness  Outback Trail. All Trails subject to change by Mother Nature. Meaning is, that it's not a daily maintained trail. The wood trail is kept up, but Mother Nature has a way of dropping a limb or two along your way, that's all.

WOOD TRAILS AND OR LAKE TRAILS.

SECTION 1

This area on the east side of Calhoun Falls takes you to TRI S RANCH off hwy. 72 east - take dirt road beside the church. Turn at Sign down dirt road.

SECTION 2

ABOUT 1 OR 2 HOURS

Trail is on the west side of Hwy. 81 and starts in the middle of town beside old crane(feed store or stables are gone now). Hwy. 81 splits (n/s) Calhoun Falls in half with the town in front and 26000 acres and the lake behind me. Trails start at my back door in town.

Rated: Easy

SECTION 3

RIDE TIME 3 HOURS

Leaves from town and heads west on a wooded trail marked on map, orange on the trees. Trail is a nice easy trail with a few climbing hills, open and cool in the summer.

Rated: Easy to Moderate

SECTION 4

RIDE TIME 4 OR 6 HOURS TO ALL DAY or MORE.

Use sec. 3 to go down to lake.  Sec. 4 takes you on one of our main rides of TRI S RANCH. This ride has two landings. Millwood and Beer Garden , with bathrooms right on the lake edge. Parking and pick up or drop off. This is where we stop for dinner. Use the lake's edge or off the lake to ride in the shade of the thick forest. Orange Marked line is Sec. 4's back line trail. If you come off the lake heading east, you will run into this wood trail (n/s). Helps to know your north and south on the Orange Trail from lake.

Rated: Easy to Hard ( with easy go around for most of the hard spots ).

SECTION 5

RIDE TIME 3 TO 5 HOURS

This wood trail can be accessed by sec. 3 or sec. 4 in their corners. This wood trail offers a little more challenge to the horse and rider. This section is where we have overnight Camping.  The end of trail number 5 (meets a closed off paved road) or trail beside road either one leads back to Hwy. 81. Cross over to old abandoned Rail Road trail. On this RR trail make a left when getting on the trail and will bring you north back by trail 3 and trail 2 or into town marked by red line breaks. ( If going back to the ranch make the right at center of trail.)  * There is one house near town that is very close to RR trail and can be a little unsettling for some horses, around house includes chickens. In general just stuff close to trail, and some times a car.

The family who lives there is very nice and we try to avoid any problem that would change that.

Rated: Easy to Hard ( with easy go around for most of the hard spots ).

It's no cake walk if you ride this trail, but still a good trail. We suggest a guide to any of section 6,7,8 If you want to try them.

These sections are training areas and you are in a very thick area with not much room for error and no help around for miles. This area is at the very back of the trail system. A real good area to test your horse and  your training out. You will find just about anything you want to look for and some you don't.

Safe riding and always remember to tell somebody when you head out into any remote area riding.

Enjoy the trails, and be safe,

TRI S RANCH