RV Camping near Kawartha Lakes, Ontario

Cedar Valley Cottage Resort

On the scenic Scugog River in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario—in the rolling agricultural and cottage-country landscape east of Lindsay where the Trent-Severn Waterway's interconnected lakes, rivers, and locks create one of the most celebrated inland boating corridors in eastern Canada—Cedar Valley Cottage Resort, a Summerhill Resorts property, offers two and three-bedroom seasonal cottages with full kitchens and comfortable furnishings alongside premium waterfront docks, a multi-sports court with road hockey, pickleball, tennis, and basketball, direct fishing and boating access from the Scugog River, and the immediate proximity to the Kawartha Lakes region's trails, provincial parks, and the historic town of Lindsay that makes this cottage-country resort the complete base camp for a Kawartha summer season from May through October. The river is at your dock. Lindsay is minutes away. Cedar Valley's two and three-bedroom cottages provide the family-scale accommodation that the Kawartha Lakes seasonal market demands—full kitchens for self-catering the week, comfortable furnishings for the evening post-lake gathering, and the private cottage character that distinguishes a cottage-country stay from a standard campground experience. The premium Scugog River docks allow guests with their own boats to arrive by water or launch directly onto the river for the fishing, the leisurely river exploration, and the Trent-Severn Waterway lock system navigation that makes the Kawartha waterway network one of Ontario's great boating destinations. The multi-sports court's road hockey, pickleball, tennis, and basketball keep the active family and the competitive adults equally occupied during the dry-weather hours between lake sessions. The Kawartha Lakes region—City of Kawartha Lakes encompasses the former Victoria County's interconnected municipalities, conservation areas, and provincial parks in a landscape shaped by Precambrian Shield bedrock, glacial lakes, and the rivers that connect them—provides the fishing, boating, and nature experience that the Ontario cottage tradition has organized itself around since the 19th century. The Scugog River connects the resort directly to the Trent-Severn Waterway, the 386-kilometer engineered waterway that links Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay at Port Severn through 44 locks and 6 lakes in the most complete inland boating route in Ontario. Lindsay, minutes from the resort, provides the essential Kawartha Lakes town infrastructure—the farmers market, the historic downtown shopping, the medical and grocery services, and the community events calendar that the City of Kawartha Lakes anchors in its largest urban center. The Petroglyphs Provincial Park, 45 miles north near Woodview, protects the largest concentration of Indigenous petroglyphs in Canada—the 900-plus carved figures in the crystalline limestone outcropping are among the most significant sacred sites in Ontario's First Nations heritage. Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon, and the other Kawartha Lakes waterfront communities provide the day-trip variety that the cottage-country touring circuit builds around locks, ice cream shops, and antique stores along the Trent-Severn. Cedar Valley Cottage Resort operates seasonally from May 1 through October 31 in the Kawartha Lakes' temperate Ontario summer climate, with June through Labour Day the peak cottage season and the September and October shoulder weeks offering the region's most comfortable temperatures, the autumn walleye and bass fishing peak, and the hardwood forest's fall color display that the Kawartha uplands produce in the October weeks before closing. Reserve your cottage at Cedar Valley and let the Scugog River, the Trent-Severn Waterway, and the Kawartha Lakes' complete cottage-country experience make Ontario's inland lake district the summer destination the resort's river location promises.

from $167/night

Duck Lake RV Resort

9 RV Sites, 7 Cottages

Duck Lake RV Resort in Kirkfield, ON, offers 9 RV sites and 7 cottages, with 30-amp service and room for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites carry water and electric with a fire pit and picnic table — there's no sewer at the site, so plan accordingly. Note the electrical: this is a 30-amp resort throughout, so a rig wired for heavier service will need an adapter and some load management. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, propane exchange, on-site dining, and recycling cover the essentials. The resort cottages are park models built to CSA standards rather than traditional cabins. Pets are welcome, and there's a playground. For nine sites the recreation is resort-scale: an outdoor pool, a water park, a beach, a boat ramp, a ball field, sport courts, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, and a pavilion, with swimming, boating, paddling, paddle boarding, and fishing on the lake. Kirkfield sits in Ontario's Kawartha Lakes region, on a spring-fed lake shaped like a duck, across more than 340 acres of Canadian lake country. Rates for sites and cottages are on the booking page. Nine RV sites and a short Ontario season means summer books early.

from $43/night

Shady Acres Cottage & RV Resort

Shady Acres Cottage & RV Resort has served as a beloved Rice Lake family destination for over 30 years from its prime position along the northern shore of one of the Kawarthas' most scenic and fish-rich lakes. With more than 300 full-service campsites including waterfront locations, a heated pool, cottage rentals, and full marina services for boating guests, Shady Acres delivers the complete Kawarthas cottage country experience in a campground setting accessible to the broadest range of Ontario outdoor enthusiasts. On-site recreation covers an impressive range: horseshoe pits with regular Sunday tournaments, shuffleboard courts, basketball, a children's playground, and a heated pool provide the daily activity framework, while dances on long weekends, bingo, a kids' fishing tournament in June, Halloween Night in July, annual fireworks, a golf tournament in August, Monte Carlo night, and a September corn roast fill the social calendar with the community events that keep shady acres' core of returning campers planning their next visit before the current one ends. A general store, laundry, security gates, and clean washrooms and showers handle the practical side of a longer stay. Boat, motor, and dock rentals, a boat launch, and complimentary fish freezing ensure Rice Lake anglers are fully equipped. All RV sites feature 30-amp service, water, and sewer. Pets are welcome. Rice Lake itself is the resort's defining natural feature — a large, shallow, island-dotted lake that is one of the premier walleye and muskie fisheries in Ontario's Kawartha Lakes region. The lake's natural productivity and its position on the Trent-Severn Waterway make it a destination for anglers and boaters who use shady acres keene as a home base for extended water-based exploration. Lang Pioneer Village Museum, a short drive from the resort, preserves 19th-century Ontario rural life in an open-air village setting with costumed interpreters, historic buildings, and operating traditional trades. Hopes Mill Conservation Area and the Warsaw Caves provide geological and natural history interest close to camp. Peterborough, the Kawartha Lakes' largest urban center, offers dining, shopping, and the Canadian Canoe Museum — one of the country's most unique heritage institutions celebrating the canoe's central role in Canadian identity — within 30 minutes of Shady Acres. Shady Acres Cottage & RV Resort is open through the Ontario camping season, with peak demand falling June through August when Rice Lake's warm summer temperatures and the resort's social calendar are simultaneously in full swing. Seasonal sites are held by returning families year after year, so book overnight and weekly stays early — shady acres resort's reputation in the Kawarthas has created a loyal clientele that ensures summer availability is genuinely competitive.

Wasaga Pines Cottage & RV Resort

Wasaga Pines Cottage & RV Resort has delivered Georgian Bay cottage country experiences for more than 30 years from its beautifully maintained property in Elmvale, Ontario — situated just outside Wasaga Beach and a short drive from the sandy shores of the world's longest freshwater beach on Georgian Bay. For Ontario families who return year after year to the same well-loved campground, Wasaga Pines has the established, community-oriented atmosphere that makes loyalty entirely understandable. Two heated pools, an 18-hole mini golf course, basketball and soccer and baseball fields, horseshoe pits, a bocce court, and an outdoor fitness area provide recreation infrastructure for guests of every age. The resort's recreation centre — stocked with a pool table, ping pong, television, board games, art supplies, and sports equipment — becomes a social hub on cooler evenings and rainy days. Weekly events including karaoke nights, dances on long weekends, and organized family activities give the wasaga pines campground calendar a social structure that keeps the core of returning campers planning their next visit before the current one ends. Accommodation options include overnight and seasonal RV voyageur sites and cottage rentals, with 30-amp hookups and water access throughout. Pets are welcome. The Georgian Bay landscape surrounding Wasaga Pines connects guests to one of Ontario's most iconic cottage country environments — the blue expanse of Georgian Bay visible from the beach, the wind-shaped pines along the shore, and the warm, relatively calm bay water that makes the Wasaga Beach area one of the most visited summer destinations in the province. Wasaga Beach itself, 14 kilometers of freshwater sand backed by Georgian Bay's warm blue water, is just minutes from the resort — the longest freshwater beach in the world and a summer institution for generations of Ontario families. Collingwood and the Blue Mountain Resort, about 20 minutes east, offer a parallel recreational universe with mountain biking and hiking in summer, championship skiing in winter, and a year-round village of restaurants and shops. Penetanguishene and Discovery Harbour living history site preserve Georgian Bay's maritime heritage in well-interpreted form. Barrie, the Simcoe County hub, is 30 minutes south for urban amenities and the full range of a mid-sized Ontario city. Wasaga Pines Cottage & RV Resort operates through the Ontario camping season, with peak demand falling July through August when the beach and pools are in full summer mode. The wasaga pines resort combination of on-site recreation, Georgian Bay location, and community atmosphere fills seasonal sites years in advance and books summer weekends quickly — reach out early for any high-season stay to secure your preferred site type.

from $41/night

Woodland Park

3 RV Sites, 10 Tent Sites

Woodland Park in Sauble Beach, Ontario, offers three full-hookup RV sites and 10 tent sites a short walk from Lake Huron, with 30-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet behind a gated entrance. Back-in and pull-through categories join a beach, boat ramp, boat docks, recreation center, and on-site dining. Three sites run in back-in and pull-through categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30-amp, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One thing to check: service is 30-amp, so a rig wired for heavier draw will need an adapter and some load management. Sixty feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. Ten tent sites and cabins round out the lodging. A general store, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A beach, boat ramp, and boat docks open the water for boating, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and fishing, with a recreation center, playground, walking trails, hiking, dog park, horseshoes, on-site dining, and productive birding filling the rest. Pets are welcome. Sauble Beach is the reason to be here. Seven miles of continuous natural sand along Lake Huron's freshwater coast make it the most visited freshwater beach community in Canada, and the campground entrance is a short walk from it. The water is warm by Great Lakes standards and the sunsets over open water are the town's daily event. The Bruce Peninsula runs north from here toward Tobermory, the Bruce Trail, and Bruce Peninsula National Park's grotto and turquoise water. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $40/night

Jellystone Park™ Niagara Falls

147 RV Sites, 17 Cabins, 21 Tent Sites, 12 Yurts, 18 Onsite RV/Trailers

Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ is the closest campground to Niagara Falls. (just 3.5 miles away from the Falls). For your convenience, there is private shuttle bus service available to the Falls, close to all of the fun, plus Jellystone Park™ Niagara offers tour packages to attractions like Niagara City Cruises, Journey Behind the Falls, and more! Spend the day on Clifton Hill, hiking along the gorge, playing a round of golf at the many world-class golf Courses nearby, biking the trails to some of Niagara’s finest Wineries. Explore all that Niagara Falls has to offer! But there’s so much to do at the Campground, you just may not want to leave. Never visited Jellystone Park™ Niagara? Looking for a family camping getaway? Look no further! There’s no place like Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ in Niagara Falls, Ontario! With over 20 acres of family fun, this campground features everything the seasoned camper desires, from the rustic tent sites, glamping yurts, basic electric and water sites that are perfect for pop-up campers, to the full-service RV and Camper sites that can handle even a Big Rig! If traditional camping isn’t what you are looking for, no worries, we’ve got you covered. Jellystone Park™ Niagara also has several alternatives for the active family who loves the comforts of home. YOGI BEAR and all related characters and elements © & ™ Hanna-Barbera. (s26)

HTR Niagara

85 RV Sites, 20 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites, 5 Cottages, 2 Yurts

HTR Niagara on Grand Island, New York, offers 84 RV sites, 25 cabin and cottage units, four tent sites, and two yurts ten miles south of Niagara Falls, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 75 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Lakeview back-in and preferred, select, and deluxe categories join standard tiers, with a pool, zip line, mini-golf, and laser tag. Eighty-four sites span standard back-in, standard pull-thru, select back-in, preferred back-in, lakeview back-in, and deluxe pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 75 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Twenty-five cabins and cottages, four tent sites, and two yurts round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A resort fee covers the pools, mini-golf, crafts, boating, and the wider amenity program. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a beach supporting swimming, boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. A zip line, mini-golf, laser tag, gaga ball, basketball, sports courts, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, and dog park fill the grounds. A state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. Grand Island sits in the middle of the Niagara River between the United States and Canada — one of the most strategically located campgrounds in the Northeast for anyone whose itinerary centers on the falls. Summer is decisively the season at Niagara. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $49/night

Adventure Bound Southwoods

162 RV Sites, 1 Park Model

Welcome to Adventure Bound Southwoods, a family-friendly RV Park and campground located in Upstate New York that is one of the highest-rated in the area! With our setting near the Finger Lakes, Niagara Falls, and Darien Lake, we are one of the best-situated Rochester & Buffalo area campgrounds. Join us at our Upstate New York RV Resort for incredible family attractions and activities like hiking, biking, fishing, swimming, bird watching, and more!

Tiny Village Bon Echo

1 RV Site, 6 Tent Sites

Tiny Village Bon Echo in Ompah, Ontario, offers a water-and-electric pull-through RV site and six tent sites in Canadian Shield country, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 30 feet. Cabins, an outdoor pool, beach, boat ramp, kayak rentals, and on-site dining serve a glamping-focused property near Bon Echo Provincial Park. The RV site is pull-through with water and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 30 feet. Two things to plan around: the site carries water and electric rather than sewer, and the 30-foot cap rules out most modern coaches. Six tent sites and classic rental cabins round out the lodging. A general store, propane fills, restrooms, showers, portable toilets, firewood, and on-site dining handle the practical side. Three policies worth knowing: check-in runs 3pm to 9pm only, checkout is 11am, and while there is no boat docking, launching is free. An outdoor pool and beach anchor the summer, with a lake, boat ramp, boat rentals, and kayak rentals opening the water for boating, canoeing, kayaking, and swimming. A recreation center, playground, walking trails, hiking, corn hole, and a river fill the rest, with offroading nearby and genuinely dark skies for stargazing. Bon Echo Provincial Park is a short drive and is where the Canadian Shield reaches its most dramatic expression — the Mazinaw Rock cliff rises roughly 330 feet straight out of Mazinaw Lake, carrying more than 260 Indigenous pictographs on its face. Summer is the short Ontario season. Reserve well ahead, and plan arrival within the check-in window.

from $40/night

Spring Valley Cottage & RV Resort

Spring Valley Cottage and RV Resort in Mount Forest, Ontario, offers full-hookup RV sites across a lushly treed seasonal property with four lakes and two heated saltwater pools, behind a gated entrance. Mini-golf, a beach, sports courts, recreation center, and walking trails serve more than 250 full-service sites. Sites carry water, sewer, and electric in back-in configurations, with fire pits and picnic tables. Contact the resort to confirm amp service, length limits, and current category availability for your rig — the published site records are incomplete. A general store, laundry, propane exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The resort operates seasonally from May through October. Two heated saltwater pools anchor the property — saltwater rather than chlorine is genuinely easier on skin and eyes over a long stay, and having two means you are never crowded. Four lakes, a sandy beach, mini-golf, a recreation center, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, walking trails, and a playground fill the rest, with swimming and fishing on the water. Four lakes on one property is unusual and gives the resort genuine range — swimming in one, fishing another, quiet paddling on a third. Mount Forest sits in Wellington County's rolling farm and woodlot country in southwestern Ontario. The Holstein Rodeo, the Wellington North trail network, Neustadt Springs Brewery, the Neustadt Mill Antique Market, and St. Paul's Normanby Church are all close, with Toronto about two hours southeast and the Bruce Peninsula north. The season runs May through October, with July and August the clear peak. Reserve well ahead for summer, and confirm dates before planning a shoulder-season trip.

Cherry Hill Campground

12 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 33 Tent Sites, 4 Glamping Sites

Cherry Hill Campground in Darien Center, New York, offers 12 RV sites without hookups, a cabin, 33 tent sites, and four glamping sites directly across from Darien Lake Theme Park, with rigs accepted to 40 feet. A single no-hookup RV category joins shaded tent and cabin sites a half mile from the park entrance. Twelve sites are RV no-hookup throughout, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Plan accordingly — these are self-contained sites without utilities, so arrive with full water and empty tanks. One consistent category means no guesswork, and the pricing reflects what you are getting. A cabin, 33 tent sites, and four glamping sites make this predominantly a tent property. A general store, restrooms, showers, firewood, and recycling handle the practical side. Walking trails, hiking, horseshoes, volleyball, and picnicking fill the grounds, with live music and planned activities through the season. Wine and beer tasting and a golf course are nearby. Pets are welcome. The position is the entire proposition and it is a strong one. Darien Lake Theme Park and its concert amphitheater sit about a half mile from the campground on Sumner Road, with a good view of the park from the property — close enough that families can come and go through the day without paying resort parking, and close enough to hear the show. Letchworth State Park's Genesee River gorge is a short drive south, with Buffalo, Rochester, and Niagara Falls all within an hour. Summer drives demand entirely, tracking the theme park and concert calendar. Reserve well ahead for June through August and for show dates.

from $30/night

Skyline RV Resort

45 RV Sites

Skyline RV Resort in Darien Center, New York, offers 45 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Letter Streets deluxe pull-through and premium back-in 50-amp categories, some with patios, join an outdoor pool, recreation center, clubhouse, and lake. Forty-five sites span Letter Streets deluxe pull-thru 50-amp, Letter Streets deluxe pull-thru 50-amp with patio, and Letter Streets premium back-in 50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The patio option adds outdoor living space. A propane fills station, dump station, restrooms, RV storage, boat storage, and a snack bar handle the practical side. The resort actively courts RV groups and rallies — worth a call if you are a wagon master looking for a host site. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a lake supporting canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, and swimming. A recreation center, clubhouse, pavilion, sports courts, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, gaga ball, horseshoes, corn hole, and a playground fill the rest, with live music and planned activities. A casino, golf course, water park, and state park are nearby. Six Flags Darien Lake is directly adjacent, with Niagara Falls to the northwest and Letchworth State Park's Genesee River gorge — the Grand Canyon of the East — to the south. Buffalo and Rochester are both within an easy drive. Summer drives demand hard, tracking the theme park calendar. Reserve well ahead.

from $49/night