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Easily accessible dump and fill located right along hwy 101 on the west side.

Detailed instructions on putting your license plate number on the envelope with your payment to be deposited in the lock box. Sign says the site is monitored and non-payment subject to possible prosecution!

Separate fresh water fill spigot just ahead of the dump.

This campground has an ethereal beauty created by towering second growth douglas fir trees that provide a nearly complete blanket of shade. Would be a perfect place to escape the heat of summer – also has a sunny sandy beach on beautiful Lake Cowichan in the day use area that would be great for swimming in July and August.

However, there are no electric sites in the campground at all and with the shade, solar is going to be useless. No info in the brochure about generator hours so presumably they are allowed; possible there could be lots of generator noise when the campground is full. If you want electric sites or dry camping in the sun, nearby Lakeview Campground offers both and also has hot showers, wifi and beach access on Lake Cowichan.

This campground is expensive for not offering any electric sites - $35 per night in peak season which runs from April 1 to Oct 31. That said, Gordon Bay PP is open all year round and the fee for camping from Nov 1 to March 29 is just $13.

Lovely new comfort stations are somewhat heated with hot showers. Water spigots throughout the campground are shut off in the off season. No sanidump here but there is a free one in the nearby town of Lake Cowichan.

We did not stay here as we rely on solar for our electricity but we did drive through in October – the campground was largely empty at that time though I imagine it is sold out in summer. 122 sites are reservable, 4 sites are available first come first served.

Cell signal was available in the park.

Still there, still free by donation in the box. Located right along the main drag, this dump is immediately north of the visitor centre building - enter at the visitor centre. There is rinse water, non-potable and they ask you not to fill your tanks with it. A dumpster is right there as well for trash. It looks a bit tight - big rigs can't turn around after the dump. No need as there is an exit north of the dump where you can turn back onto the main road so all good.

Dump station located right at entrance to campground and available to non-campers for $5 fee.

This is a popular provincial park and getting a site in the summer season requires arriving by early afternoon. They have an overflow area on the other side of the highway, a gravel parking area beside the highway, that they apparently charge the same rate to stay in - $26. Alternately there is a private campground 2km north called Mould Creek.

Sites are good – level, groomed gravel sites with picnic tables and fire pits, decently spaced for some privacy in a forest setting. No hook ups and the water spigot in the campground had an Out of Order sign on it, though the one at the entrance was working. There were pit toilets plus garbage and recycling bins. No showers anywhere in the park.

The hot springs are a relaxing and beautiful 1.5 km walk round trip from the campground, give or take. There are pit toilets and changerooms at the hot springs. It was a bit buggy when we were there in late June but not too bad - a little tea tree oil on the temples keeps them at bay.

No cell service on AT&T or Bell Canada.

All gasoline in this area is expensive but the best price was at the gas station across from the campground. Gas is reasonably priced in Watson Lake to the north and Fort Nelson to the south so just buy enough to get you there!

Most of the RVers in this campground were seasonal with covered structures over semi-permanently installed RVs. A number of transient sites available in full sun with full-hookups.

No privacy at all – sites in rows side by side but the grounds were well manicured.

Beautiful, large sandy beach. Large, clean comfort station with coin laundry. The laundromat in Lake Cowichan is permanently closed, the nearest publicly accessible laundromat is in the town of Duncan.

Wifi available for a fee. Cell signal in the park.

This beautiful free camp is located on the Red Deer River. There is an open field area suitable for any size rig, and a spacious treed area accessible to smaller rigs. You can even camp right beside the river if you can weave between the trees to get there.

Pit toilets on site but no water supply.

Paved road is adjacent so there will be road noise when a vehicle goes by but this is a very remote location so there is very little traffic.

There are 3 cell towers just south of the camp at the corner of 555 and 886. I had excellent service on my AT&T plan which usually roams on Rogers. But I am guessing Bell and Telus are good here too based on the 3 towers.

This camp is in the middle of Alberta's Special Area, a super remote part of the province where there are endless open fields and little else. The closest anything is 30 minutes to the hamlet of Jenner where there is a small convenience store with basic groceries, gas and propane. 50 mintues will take you to the town of Oyen where there is a grocery store or also 50 minutes to Acadia Valley where there is a grocery store as well.

The city of Medicine Hat is 1.5 hours away because you have to drive around through Jenner. Brooks is slightly closer and has lots of amenities as well.

This is a beautiful camp but you will want to stock up before you go if you plan to stay there for any length of time. Great spot to get away for awhile and relax or get some work done on the great cell signal.

The 9.5 km drive down this forest road InShuckCh from highway 99 took me the better part of 30 minutes. The road is gravel, a bit hilly and windy, and 4wd is recommended but maybe not required depending on your vehicle. You will enjoy spectacular views of Lilleot Lake along the way.

Twin One Creek is the first campground down this road that has RV sites, (Strawberry is hike in tent camping only with a parking lot) but Lizzie Lake and Driftwood farther down also have RV accessible sites. There are about 17 sites along a dirt road that winds through the forest and comes back out to the forest road. We were fine with our truck towing a small travel trailer. I wouldn’t bring a class A or 5th wheel through here.

We arrived on a Sunday in June and the campground was busy! A couple large groups had taken over the sites near the water and were playing music but they did settle down after 10pm or so. There were a few available sites at the end of the campground to choose from in the woods – we entered from the exit and were able to reverse into the unnumbered site across from site 16 (presumably site 17?).

We paid $13 at the iron ranger and I went swimming in the clean, crisp lake water to cool off after a hot day of driving. The spot where I swam looked appropriate for launching a boat but it wasn’t developed at all. Mosquitoes were present and cell signal was marginal. Logging trucks did go rushing by on the forest road in the morning. The “creek” was a rushing torrent with a bridge nearby for the forest road to cross over it. It was close enough to our site that it provided pleasant white noise in the background.

Flying Eagle Preserve offers free camping accessible to RVs. It is part of the Southwest Florida Water Management District Conservation Lands. Entrance gate is locked - you must apply online for a camping permit, allowing 3-5 days for a reply, and they will provide you with the combination for the gate lock. This campground had 2 distinct camping areas: the equestrian side and the primitive side. Both are accessible to RVS and offer primitive camping only. They both share access to a water pump and wheelchair accessible portapotty. Both camping areas have a combination of shady and sunny areas and campsites are not well-defined. T-mobile cell service was spotty. A bridge over an adjacent waterway has a ramp for airboat crossing. Airboats were present everyday and especially busy on the weekend: airboat noise pollution was loud even at the campground. Canoeing is possible on the waterway traveling south only, north direction was too shallow, but regardless, the airboats make this a risky venture as they come flying around the corners at high speed. There were some gravel roads that were good for cycling but signs prohibit vehicle access. Camping area was pretty and not very busy. A boyscout group camped for the weekend but they were good neighbours. We liked this campground very much except for the airboat noise which we found increasingly annoying. As such, we would not camp here again.

We loved this campground for the peace and quiet and wild camping feel. We went just after New Years and there were only a few campers. An equestrian group arrived for the weekend and it was cool to watch them head out on the trails with their horses. The trails were scenic and dog friendly - we spotted barred owls and found wild lemons and oranges. The campground has an outdoor cold water shower in an enclosure plus 2 pit composting toilets that were unfortunately infested with little septic flies. You can pump ground water but it is not potable - bring your own drinking water. No dump station there but plenty in Okeechobee - we dumped at the KOA for $8.56. Sites are not all well-defined which allows you some flexibility in how you set up. There are also covered picnic areas. We had decent cell service on T-Mobile with occasional use of our cell booster. Reservation process is a bit unusual as you have to email a form requesting your dates and then wait several days for a reply but hey it's free to camp so it's worth the trouble. This spot is perfect if you just want to get away and relax.