Ontario boasts some of the most beautiful and unspoiled parks in the world. While many are centred around the Great Lakes, still others take advantage of the isolated nature of much of the province and offer spectacular views, sightings of wildlife and the opportunity to enjoy some excellent fishing, canoeing and hiking!

RV camping at Ontario Provincial Parks is a popular way to explore Ontario. There are over 100 parks designated for overnight use across the province with over 19,000 car camping sites (3000 with electric hook-up). All parks have dumping stations, water filling stations as well as comfort stations with flush toilets and free showers.

Traditional Travel Routes

Some tried and true routes that travellers have enjoyed that make for easy vacation planning:

Lake Superior Route

1. Pancake Bay Provincial Park
2. Lake Superior Provincial Park
3. White Lake Provincial Park
4. Neys Provincial Park
5. Rainbow Falls Provincial Park
6. Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
7. Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park
8. Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park

More information on Lake Superior Circle Tour

Georgian Bay Coastal Route 

• Awenda Provincial Park
• Craigleith
• Windy Lake
• Halfway Lake
• Killarney
• Grundy Lake
• Killbear
• Six Mile Lake

Ottawa Valley Algonquin Highlands Route

• Driftwood Provincial Park
• Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park
• Arrowhead Provincial Park
• Algonquin Provincial Park – many options along the Highway 60 Corridor

Highlights of Ontario – Ottawa/Algonquin/Toronto

• Arrowhead Provincial Park
• Algonquin Provincial Park
• Rideau River Provincial Park
• Charleston Lake Provincial Park
• Presqu’ile Provincial Park
• Darlington Provincial Park

Rideau Heritage Route

• Rideau River Provincial Park
• Murphys Point
• Charleston Lake

More information on Rideau Heritage Route

Exploring the beaches of Lake Erie’s North Shore

• Rock Point Provincial Park
• Selkirk Provincial Park
• Turkey Point Provincial Park
• Long Point Provincial Park
• Port Burwell Provincial Park
• Rondeau Provincial Park
• Wheatley Provincial Park

Northern Frontiers

• Marten River
• Finlayson Point
• Kap-Kig-Iwan
• Esker Lakes
• Kettle Lakes
• Ivanhoe Lake
• Rene Brunelle

For us, our goal is to RV camp at all of the Ontario Provincial Parks. We haven’t accomplished that yet but we have stayed at 51 of them so far. Click on the icon on the map to take you directly to the review of that particular provincial park.

Or consider the following list and click on the park name. I have included my overall rating of the park as a weekend destination, as well as a feature that I think is unique to each park.

Aaron Provincial ParkOk for an overnight stop.                                               Rating 2.5/5

Algonquin Park 
Moose and wildlife                                                               Rating  5/5

Arrowhead Provincial ParkTrails and private lake                                                          Rating 5/5

Awenda Provincial ParkGeorgian Bay and Penetaguishene attractions. Rating 4/5

Balsam Lake Provincial ParkLocated on the Trent Severn Waterway.                 Rating 5/5

Bass Lake Provincial ParkBasic Amenities.                                                                 Rating 3.5/5

Bon Echo Provincial Park

Good camping. Indigenous pictographs                   Rating 5/5

Charleston Lake Provincial ParkCanoe routes and boating.                                               Rating 5/5

Chutes Provincial Park

Waterfalls and a nice hike. Large sites                      Rating 4/5

Craigleith Provincial ParkGood Location but underwhelming.                           Rating 2/5

Darlington Provincial Park

Easy access from Highway 401                                      Rating 3/5

Driftwood Provincial ParkOn the Ottawa River. Good non-electric sites.   Rating 3/5

Earl Rowe Provincial ParkManmade swim pond. Sites far from amenities. Rating 3/5

Emily Provincial ParkPart of the Trent Severn Waterway.                         Rating 2/5  

Ferris Provincial ParkSuspension Bridge. No swimming. Large sites.    Rating 3/5

Finlayson Point Provincial Park

Excellent boating -not much else though.         Rating 2.5/5

Fitzroy Provincial Park

Near Ottawa. Family Camping                                       Rating 4/5

Grundy Lake Provincial ParkCanoeing.  Multiple campground areas.                 Rating 5/5

Inverhuron Provincial Park1 km sandy beach. Near Bruce Nuclear Plant.     Rating 4/5

Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park  

Tallest Falls in Northern Ontario                              Rating 3.5/5

Kettle Lakes Provincial Park22 kettle lakes. Biking and hiking.                                Rating 5/5

Killbear Provincial ParkOn Georgian Bay.  7 Campground areas.                Rating 5/5

Lake Superior Provincial ParkLarge park on the shore of Lake Superior.              Rating 5/5

Marten River Provincial ParkReplica of a 19th-century logging camp.                Rating 4/5

McRae Point Provincial Park Located on Lake Simcoe. Basic                                  Rating 2.5/5

Mikisew Provincial ParkNice Park. Great family camping.                                 Rating 5/5

Murphys Point Provincial ParkEarly 1900s mica mine. Hiking and canoeing.     Rating 4/5

Neys Provincial ParkRemains of WW2 POW camp. Lake Superior  Rating 3.5/5

Oastler Lake Provincial ParkSmall Park. Variety of sites.                                         Rating 2.5/5

Ojibway Provincial Park

Small Park. Private and remote.                                    Rating 4/5

Pancake Bay Provincial Park

Beautiful sand beach on Lake Superior                Rating 3.5/5

Point Farms Provincial ParkGorgeous sunsets on Lake Huron                                Rating 4/5

Presqu’ile Provincial Park

Great for biking, birding and the beach                   Rating 4/5

Quetico Provincial ParkUntouched Wilderness. RV camping is ok.            Rating 3/5

Rainbow Falls Provincial Park2 campground locations. Lake Superior access. Rating 4/5

Rideau River Provincial Park

River Activities. Close to Ottawa                                 Rating 5/5

Rene Brunelle Provincial ParkNorthern park on a popular lake                           Rating 3.75/5

Restoule Provincial ParkFire Tower hike. Peace and solitude                      Rating 4.5/5

Rock Point Provincial ParkOn shore of Lake Erie. Near tourist centres         Rating 4/5

Rondeau Provincial ParkHas 11 km of natural beach along Lake Erie          Rating 3/5

Samuel de Champlain Provincial ParkTube on the river, heritage canoe, observatory. Rating 5/5

Sauble Falls Provincial ParkProximity to Sauble Beach and waterfalls         Rating 3.5/5

Sandbanks Provincial ParkBlue Flag Beach, lots of amenities.                              Rating 5/5

Sibbald Point Provincial ParkPopular for Day Use                                                           Rating2.5/5

Six Mile Lake Provincial ParkBasic amenities, small park feel.                              Rating 3.5/5

Sleeping Giant Provincial ParkExcellent hiking, proximity to Thunder Bay.         Rating 5/5

Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park  Worst sites I have seen at an Ontario Park            Rating 1/5

Turkey Point Provincial ParkLake Erie. Nice beach. Ok camping                         Rating 3.5/5

Wheatley Provincial ParkOntario’s ‘Deep South’ Campground.                        Rating 3/5

White Lake Provincial ParkGreat family camping. Lots of amenities.               Rating 5/5

Voyageur Provincial Park

Close to Montreal and Ottawa.                                     Rating 5/5

Ontario provincial parks are some of the best parks we have RV camped at. The most popular ones are

• Algonquin Park
• Pinery Provincial Park
• Killbear Provincial Park
• Bon Echo Provincial Park
• Sandbanks Provincial Park

But many of the other ones are also well worth a visit. My personal favourites are:

• Grundy Lake Provincial Park
• Kettle Lakes Provincial Park
• Arrowhead Provincial Park
• Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park
• Marten River Provincial Park

Enjoy these parks and all the others as great RV Places to Go.