Carriage & Sleigh/Horse Rides

Carriage/Sleigh Rides

Birchwood Farms Equestrian Center
Harbor Springs
231-526-2868
Carriage and sleigh rides are offered both at Birchwood Farms' property and off site.  Rates are $400.00 for the first vehicle off-site and each additional hour is $100.00.  On site rates are $300.00 for the first vehicle and each additional hour is $100.00. 

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Boyne Highlands
Harbor Springs
800-GO-BOYNE (462-6963)
Listen to the jingle of the horses tack as while the sleigh glides through our winter wonderland.  Rides are available most Saturdays from 6:00pm - 9:00pm during the winter season. 

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Boyne Mountain
Boyne Falls 
800-GO-BOYNE (462-6963)
Listen to the jingle of the horses tack as while the sleigh glides through our winter wonderland.  Rides are available most Saturdays from 6:00pm - 9:00pm during the winter season. 

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Riverside Carriage
Levering
231-537-4628
Carriage rides, hay rides and winter sleigh rides behind a team of draft horses are available at this farm, or on location! By appointment. 

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Stafford's Bay View Inn
Bay View
231-347-2771 ~ 800-258-1886
Winter sleigh rides offered on Saturday evenings in January and February. Call in advance. Discounts for those lodging or dining at the Inn.

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Terrace Inn
Bay View
231-347-2410 ~ 800-530-9898
Sleigh rides offered on Saturday evenings from late December to late February. Call in advance. Discounts for those lodging or dining at the Inn.
 

Horses

Boyne Highlands
600 Highlands Drive, Harbor Springs
231-526-3001

These rides and programs offered Thursdays - Sundays 

Fall Color Tours (not available Oct. 3rd)
Enjoy a two hour trail ride to the top of Boyne Highlands and experience the beautiful colors of  a northern Michigan autumn.  Take in the brilliant views of the Pleasant View Valley and Little Traverse Bay.  Your trail ride will include a stop at the top of the Mountain for an autumn themed snack and photos. 

Cost is $59.00 per person - must be 9 years of age or older. 

One hour non-color tour trail rides are available at 10 am & noon. 

Guided Trail Rides
Explore the vast mountainous terrain and make a new equine friend!  Trail rides begin from the new Birchwood Farms at Boyne Highlands equestrian facilities and cover the resort's 4,000+ acres. The wooded trails have been gently cut through natural vegetation and are exclusive to riders on horseback.  One, two and four hour rides are available.

Trail Rides offered Thursdays - Sundays departing at 12pm, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm.

One hour ride - $45 per person  

Two hour ride - $80 per person 

Four hour ride - $120 per person

All riders must be at least 9 years of age.

 

Pony Rides

For children not yet old enough to guide a horse on their own, we offer pony rides for ages 8 and under.  We'll hoist your young ones into the saddle and they can experience a true ride as handlers escort the horse for a gentle walk through the pasture near the resort's equestrian facilities.

15 minute ride - $25 per child

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Double K Corral
2325 Twildo, Petoskey
231-838-8402
Experience horseback riding in a traditional western setting. The 80-acre span is open for trail rides year 'round, weather permitting. Group, private and sunset rides available - all at reasonable prices. This is a great family experience with pony rides offered for those too young for bigger horses. Please call or e-mail: doublekcorral@yahoo.com

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