best camping in ontario
| May 18, 2008 | Posted by caroline under lifestyle, travels, Uncategorized |
My friends and I are trying to figure out the best place to go camping in Ontario.
We’re not against the idea of crossing into Quebec, since half our friends are coming from Montreal.
But really, we need to make it something halfway between Toronto and Montreal.
Anyway, last year we went to a camping ground near Lancaster, in Ontario.
This year, our options are:
Charleston Lake
Bon Echo
Sandbanks
Sharbot Lake
Petroglyphs
I’ve driven through the Sharbot Lake area, I find it very quaint and secluded as a town..And their forests seem thick enough..then again, how does one gauge an idea of ‘a good camping site’? what makes a good camping site? i’d say clean air, not too many people, and a nearness to water…a personal favoured aspect of CAMPING is WATERFALLS!!!!! I would love to sleep near the waterfalls:)
Anyway, I am embarrassed to tell you how few times I’ve actually gone camping, but I can tell you that I’m an avid cabin/cottager and the requirements are similar..ideally, you want to be as far away from the city as possible..I’ve been to a lot of cottages in Ontario, though. My family used to be really into the fishing thing. My big dream, at one point, was buying a nice cottage.
Anyway, I’m not up for going to Sandbanks..just because it has so many camping sites and I don’t know if I want to be in an area where there are 500 other camping sites set up:)
That being said, Bon Echo camping area seems really cool. There are petroglyphs, paddling, hikes, cliffs, etc!
Let’s see which we choose…can’t wait!
Oh, and LongSault park is looking good too.. all of these are pretty much in eastern Ontario.
I would have to say KillBear Provincial Park is pretty good.
Here is a link: http://www.localwoot.com/parks/ontario/Killbear_Provincial_Park
Here is a youtube video I found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywdajg2cC6A
What do you think?