Trails

• ~25 miles of trails
• Each trail is color coded
• Each trail has 10 themed items to locate
• Perimeter fence
• Creek crossings
• Mostly wooded
• Shoes recommended
• Map available at checkin
• Camp host checks to ensure your return at night

Covered Arena

• Covered 125′ x 200′ arena
• North wall to block wind
• Gravel pathway to get into arena when muddy
• Bleachers in covered area
• Magnesium chloride added yearly to reduce dust
• Two round pens outside of covered arena for guest use
• Multiple hitching posts nearby
• Cattle working pens connected

Mountain Trail Course

• 30 natural obstacles
• Multiple large bridges
• Rock mazes and backing stations
• Multiple gates
• Moguls, spin box
• Step up and step downs
• 1946 firetruck for photo purposes
• Permanent course map with horsemanship tips per obstacle posted

Electric Camping Sites

• 32 electric sites with 20/30/50 amp hookups.
• Each electric site has a 10′ x 85′ gravel parking area and a 20′ x 85′ grass section.
• Each electric site has a private fire pit and a garbage barrel. One bundle of firewood free per night. Additional fire wood available to purchase.
• Sites 1-22 are pull through sites.
• Two night minimum during three day weekends.

Cabins

• We have four Cabins that each sleep two people.
• Cabin #3 and Cabin #4 have a queen size bed.
• Cabin #2 and Cabin #5 have two twin beds.
• Each cabin has a mini-refrigerator, microwave, heating and air conditioning, rustic decor, fresh bedding, hitching post, a private fire pit and is located close to stalls and restroom. One bundle of firewood free per night. Additional fire wood available for purchase.
• Two night minimum on weekends
• 11am check-out and 1pm check-in.  Enforced if one client is arriving the same day a different client is departing. 
• Cabins have a $10 dog charge per visit.
• Any damage will be charged to the customer.

Covered Stalls

• We offer 75 10′ X 10′ covered stalls.
• Water hydrants are at each barn. Bring your own buckets. Bucket straps and hanging buckets work.
• Bedding is required (minimum of 1 bag per stall). Bedding, buckets, and bucket straps are available for purchase in the office.
• Wheelbarrows and manure forks provided for use.                  
• You must clean your own stall before departing. We will have volunteers available to clean your stall for a tip. This should be left in the tip box by the ice at the guest shower house.
• Every equine must be stalled; only one equine per stall.
• No picket lines, portable pens, or tying to your trailer. You can tie to your trailer to saddle your horse.

Venue

• Climate Controlled
• Two wheelchair accessible restrooms
• Kitchen
• Built from upcycled wood from the original farmstead.
• Won Missouri's Best Place to Get Married for 2022  2023.
• Used for Chix in the Sticks and shopping for all guests.
• Holds up to 200 guests.

Boarding Barn

Full care boarding available. $600 per month.

Includes:

• A 12′ x 12′ indoor stall with a 12′ x 40′ outdoor run.
• Turned out into larger area every other day
• Hay (not alfalfa)
• Grain — If you wish your equine to be fed a different hay or grain than what is provided, you must supply it.
• Salt
• Bedding
• Mucking included
• Automatic waterers

RV Rental

Need an RV? Book your rental here with Bluebird Outdoor Adventures or call Mark Kestner at 660-553-8937. Please note that you'll also need to reserve an RV spot the Von Holten Ranch. RV rental and camp site are separate purchases. 

The photo is of one of Mark's rental RVs.  He has several and you may not get the one pictured.

Check Out Von Holten Ranch

Take a virtual tour of everything Von Holten Ranch has to offer! W were featured on Best of America by Horseback, the longest standing TV show on RFD TV. This episode was recorded in 2013, since then we've made some changes. Check out what's new.