Electrical, water, and sewage hookups are available at select sites.
Built in the early 1990's by Roger Musgrove as a playground for the Thurston county mounted posse, Flying M Stables has been home to countless equestrian activities over the years. Purchased in 2018 by Stratford and Sarah Mills along with her parents, we have been working to restore this facility as one of the community favorites. We house a 30000 square foot horse arena and 28 stall barn and 1/2 mile exercise track on 41 sprawling acres. Minutes from I-5 for easy access to nearby Millersylvania State Park, Capitol Forest, Downtown Olympia and the Farmers Market as well as Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve.
Flying M Stables offers a peaceful and quiet spot with plenty of open space and beautiful views. Visitors appreciate the full hookups, friendly hosts, and the chance to interact with horses and other farm animals. While most guests enjoy the serene environment and convenient location, some note that the bathroom facilities could use some improvement, and the site is essentially a parking lot with limited privacy. Overall, it's a great base for exploring the surrounding area or a quick overnight stop.
Decent landing spot for an urban adventure in Olympia. The area for the trailers was pretty muddy, but lots of hard rain, so not much you can do about that. Easy to get in and out of. Kids enjoyed that there was a dog show happening that weekend on the grounds.
Full hook-ups, flat surface, bathroom, barn cats, horses, cows, goats, and quiet. What more could you ask for? Oh, and 15" minutes south of downtown Olympia. Perfect! Will stay here again.
The site is on the parking lot of the stables, so there's not much privacy. You can walk around and look at the horses but not ride. There's a full hookup and a flush toilet inside the stables.
Me and the wife stopped through on our way to Portland for the night, very quiet and peaceful. Everything is as it was presented to be, was a nice morning walk around the stables to pet the horses. Would recommend!
This is an unusual place to "camp". To be frank, it's a parking lot with full hookups.
However, it's unique because they board lots of beautiful horses in their pasture. Cowgirls were coming and going all day and it was fun to watch the activity. It was never loud or invasive.
The surrounding area is lovely and only a 7 minute drive from Millersylvania State Park and about 20 minutes from Olympia.
Bert, the host, was welcoming and helped us with an electrical challenge.
I recommend this Hipcamp location and the hosts.
Location
Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Stl’pulmsh (Cowlitz), Sq’ʷayáiɬaqtmš (Chehalis), and dxʷsqʷaliʔabš (Nisqually) First Nations according to