The person who leads the trial ride is very friendly. The whole experience is relaxing and fun.read more

I'm a new horse owner and I couldn't have ended up with a better boarding farm. I'm so grateful to…read moreWayne and Beth for (1) taking such good care of my horse, (2) helping me learn how to handle and care for my horse, and (3) providing the facilities I need, PLUS direct access to all 80-some miles of trails in the Patapsco Valley State Park. The cats, rabbits, and chickens keep things fun if you ever get tired of looking at horses (as if!)

This is a great place to see some of Maryland's racing history. Take a tour of the barns, see the…read moreold track and the new ones! See some of the horses that are there, and get a feel for how much this niche industry has been a a part of Maryland for a very long time. They have events throughout the year for the public, be sure to take the trip down there if you can - it's not far from the city. Everyone there is awesome and invested in making this place a world class horse farm!

Great barn ( with indoor bathroom). Beautiful trails, I have boarded here for 5 years and love it.read more

What an AMAZING place to board!! The barn manager Donna is possibly the sweetest person alive and…read moregenuinely cares about the welfare of each horse. I cried as I was leaving to move to a farm closer to my house Riding trails within walking distance, beautiful back field to ride in, and friendly people. Only minutes from Eldersburg, this is the perfect place to keep a horse year round!

Do not EVER board your horse at this facility. You will regret it…read more Janice Cohen, the owner, is a control freak who cuts corners and pinches pennies wherever possible. She constantly nickels and dimes boarders for things a normal facility would never dream of charging for, such as removing halters in turnout. That's right - you want to sleep soundly knowing your horse isn't accidentally hanging itself in the pasture? Better pony up the cash. The indoor and outdoor arenas have potential, but the outdoor arena is not maintained and has all the cushioning of concrete, with a ton of weeds. The ring is only ever usable the day after a severe rainstorm because the water softens the crust. The indoor arena is constantly dusty and dragged maybe once per month. Don't ever consider turning the lights on in there, unless you'd like paying an extra fee. Only four out of the fifteen lights operate, anyhow. Want to practice dressage figures? Too bad, because the owner leaves the same jump course set up for months and no, it can't be moved (unless you'd like to pay a fee, of course). The owner doesn't like people using the wash stall to groom and tack, even though this is where the only set of cross-ties in the entire facility is located. The owner charges an additional fee to hold your horse during farrier visits, and does not provide the option to come and hold your own horse in order to avoid the fee. The owner will not inform you of any of these fees up front, because she makes them up as she goes. In fact, the owner's preferred methodology is to inform you retroactively by presenting you with a massive invoice, containing months worth of fees. The owner will often claim that your horse has broken certain items (such as a broom, water tub, or pitchfork) and overcharge for a replacement. Frankly, I'm not sure how or why my horse was using a broom in the first place. The owner becomes irritated if you have the audacity to show up five or more times a week. The owner will tell you that you ride too much and advise you to only ride two or three times a week. My horse is in great condition, we show regularly, and I work closely with an experienced trainer. The unsolicited advice about his training schedule was not appreciated. The owner will not send over a copy of the boarder contract if you happen to lose yours, which is irrefutable evidence that the owner does not run the facility in good faith. The owner is very unfriendly. She will act like a nice person at first, but eventually she will start ignoring you and leaving passive aggressive notes. These notes are her preferred means of communication about all the extra fees she is charging you. She will also disable electricity to the barn and arena if she gets annoyed at you. The owner never pro-rates board, so if you do make the mistake of coming here, plan your short stay around arriving and leaving at the beginning and ends of the month, respectively. As far as I know from my experience and from asking around, the owner has never returned a security deposit, except when threatened with legal action.

I boarded here for a short time, although when I moved in I had hoped I would be there for the long…read morehaul. The facilities are nice- it has a decent indoor, a good outdoor, huge, grassy fields, and a well-built barn. The problem is the barn owner, who does not seem to want to have boarders. She made it nearly impossible for me to stay, and by the end I was worried about my two horses all the time. The first heads up was the feed she uses- it is an all-purpose livestock feed, with a picture of a goat, a cow, and a horse on it. The main ingredients are all by-products. I work in the pet food industry, and I have also done self-care and helped manage a large boarding facility, so I am quite well-educated about animal feed and the importance of high-quality ingredients. I have show horses in full work and feeding them low-quality goat feed was not something I felt even remotely comfortable with, so I brought in my own feed. The BO gave me a $10 a horse credit for this, which didn't help much, but her board is low so I thought, fine, why not. Better than goat feed. Ok, all is well- until she began telling me that she was going to charge me $10 a horse every time I brought them in during the day and they spent any time in their stalls. They did not have anyone else in the field with them, and (unfortunately), if I leave one out alone he will run. The BO said she would put one of her horses with them, but then decided she was afraid her horse would get injured. She has a herd of fat little QH-types that she rescued, and they are resale projects, so I could understand that- except my two have been out with other horses before and there has never been an issue. But, fine- her horses, her choice. However, I was going to be charged $10 a horse every time I brought both in and had to leave one in his stall while I rode the other. I picked the stalls after I was done and turned the boys back out, I never put in more bedding, and on the whole I couldn't figure out what the issue was, but she was adamant. The two times I took one of them to a show and left the other one I was charged $10 for the half day the first guy spent in his stall. Again, I mucked the stall afterward, redid the water buckets, etc- it was as if he had never been in the stall, but it still cost me $10. Hmmm, I thought- this is getting weird. Oh, if you want your horse to have its halter taken off EVER, that is $15 extra a month. Yes. You read that right. If you don't pay $15 your horse wears its halter 24/7. I was able to change my work schedule and come at night to ride so I wouldn't have to pay the extra fee to have my horses in their stalls during the day. My husband wasn't so excited about this, but I didn't know what else to do. When I would come, usually about 60-30 minutes after the horses were brought in, none of them ever had any hay left. They were brought in around 4-5-ish, and I would come at 5 or so, and....no hay. It had been made very clear to me that I was not to touch her hay, so I decided to buy my own bales and supplement. Both of my horses are quite large (16.3 and 17.1hh), and NEED hay. Heck, all horses need hay when they are stalled! So I came a little earlier for a few days and saw that they were getting ONE FLAKE of hay. Not even a fat flake- just one thin one. One day my baby horse had a handful of hay in his stall before he came in- her hay store was pretty much all gone and I think she was scraping up the last bits of it. So, one thin flake of hay from 5-ish at night until 7 the next morning. WTF. Ohh-kayy....by this time it was clear that something was going on with this person that was not quite right- she usually hid in her house while I was there, or hopped in her car and drove off. None of the other boarders saw her regularly, either. I never complained, I just tried to find ways to work around her issues, but the hay thing sucked. So, I bought several bales of hay from another person there who does self-care and I decided to come out every night and throw my guys a few extra flakes. I did this for a few days, feeling like Attila when the rest of the barn would call for their own hay, until I got a scribbled note (stuck to one of my stalls) about how my horses weren't eating any of the extra hay and they were churning it into their bedding, the other horses were upset, and she was going to have to charge me $10 a stall every day that I gave them extra. It was a crazy note. I also wasn't allowed to put it in the stalls myself- I had to leave the hay outside of their stalls and SHE would put it in- and this would cost me $5 a stall every night that she did this for me. CRAZY. There is so much more I could say but I am out of space. There is a reason the barn is empty. DON'T BE LURED IN BY LOW BOARD! She told the self-care client she really hates cleaning stalls, which I guess is why no one gets any hay- less work for her. My extra hay must have driven her around the bend. She is not a good horsewoman- beware!

We enjoyed our horseback riding experience here and would come back. The location is sprawling, and…read moreit was easy to find and check in. The staff were friendly and we were shown how to properly mount, ride, steer, and dismount. The group we were with were a fun bunch, and the lead was knowledgeable, helpful, and skilled. We felt comfortable, safe, and at ease. Definitely recommended!

Our Girl Scouts' horseback riding activity with Gina and her team at Misty Manor was a 10/10…read moreexperience. The girls and us troopleaders were outfitted with helmets, the led into the barn to learn about the neccessary grooming and steps there are to take prior to a successful ride. We lined up and met our horses, learning simple commands, and how to properly mount then ride our horses. We were then guided by Gina and joined by two of her staff on a 50-min trail ride - all the horses and girls in a single file line through the forest, up and down hills and through muddy patches. The whole experience was about 90-min with the grooming and safely measures taking up the rest of the time. I thoroughly enjoyed as did my Girl Scouts. This was an amazing experience for them and so happy they earned their Horseback Riding badge with a fun adventure.

Beautiful brand new facility (built in 2012) with world class Reining horses and trainers. 38…read morestalls with large indoor and outdoor arenas. Two large paddocks with run in sheds. Dutch Chapman specializes in lessons and training for non-professional beginners all the way up to professional riders. Check website for lesson prices and information. Closed on Mondays. Busy show season is from April to October - call before stopping by on weekends during this time. Mostly western horseback riding (Reining), but they have a few English horses also. Field and/or stall boarding available.

Frankly, the barn owner is very unprofessional, has inappropriate relationships with her boarders,…read moreseems to have a drinking problem, doesn't appear to actually care about the horses- I felt like a walking board check. We all know horse people are crazy but this was scary-crazy. It has extremely nice facilities, but it is somewhat expensive ($600 a month, with only 4 lbs of feed provided per horse a day, so anything extra you pay for), and lacks solid, knowledgable care. For example- the 4lbs of feed a day thing is because "The average horse doesn't need more than that." My 4 year old is already 17.1hh and in full work and 4lbs a day of low-fat, high-sugar, middling-quality feed is not enough to meet basic nutritional requirements for him, or most big sporthorses. If your horse comes in with an injury it is luck of the draw whether this gets noticed (or tended). Supplements may or may not be fed- when I left I found an entire month's more Smartpaks than he should have had for my older horse. I understand some supplements can be confusing, but Smartpaks are like Supplements for Dummies. What is confusing about opening a tub once a day? Feed may or may not be fed in the right quantities. Hay is often moldy, which gets a: "Well, they'll just have to eat it because we aren't getting any more until it's gone!" Attempts to discuss issues are met with either defensiveness or feigned concern- I say feigned because no changes ever seem to be made. It's a mess. And so on- this could be a very nice place but the people running it are terrible. I was so excited when I left I wanted to throw a party.

I was required to pay a security deposit after I had already been there 5 months. I paid the $400…read more($200 for each of my 2 horses) Shortly after I reluctantly paid the deposit, the barn manager told me I had to leave. We left October 2nd. The contract states the security deposit would be refunded withing 14 days of leaving. I have before and after photos of our stalls showing no damage done. I have tried to reach out to the barn manager for my deposit. She ignores my emails, texts, and Venmo requests. The owner of the facility says the contract is between myself and the barn manager yet allows it to continue. All I want is my security deposit back as it appears the barn manager only required it so that she could keep that money once she told me to leave.

Camp Nawakwa is one of my two favorite places on the planet (the other is it's sister camp, Camp…read moreKirchenwald). If you are looking for a great experience for your child, I cannot recommend Camp Nawakwa enough. While I was a Camp Kirchenwald staff member myself, I still loved attending Harrisburg Area Confirmation Camp throughout high school. Nothing beats the views from Upper Temple.

I went to camp nawakwa when I was a little girl, and now, my son has been going to camp nawakwa for…read morethe past 10 years. It is an oasis. I cannot imagine a better place to send a child for a wholesome camp experience. And, my son loves the food.