For those of us who love camping, summer can be one wonderful adventure. However, since there is not enough time to try out all of the camping spots available to discover your favourite one, here is a list of 10 of the best places to camp in Ontario.

Which ones would you like to visit next summer?

1. Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island, located on Lake Huron, is a large island where you can find inland lakes that contain their own smaller islands. This island is one of the best places to camp in Ontario. It’s a true paraside for campers who love swimming, fishing and canoeing.

Manitoulin Island has a few beautiful campgrounds where you can raise your tent or bring your RV. The island is accessible by bridge, and has shops and farmers’ markets where you can buy delicious food.

2. Lake Superior Provincial Park

Lake Superior Provincial Park is a wonderful camping place if you want to enjoy the rugged shoreline of Lake Superior. It allows campers to hike or paddle while enjoying waterfalls, inland lakes, cliffs, and beaches.

In this incredibly beautiful park, there are two campgrounds for tents and RVs, as well as many backcountry campsites. Campers can even follow a trail to admire the Agawa rock pictographs, created by the Ojibwe.

3. Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin is the oldest provincial park in Canada. It features thousands of lakes, and you can only explore its breathtaking sceneries on foot, or by canoe. This park is famous for being one of the best places to camp in Ontario.

Different campgrounds are waiting for you, as well as many backcountry campsites. If you are interested in hiking, trout fishing or birding, you will enjoy your stay at Algonquin. If you are lucky, you might even see a moose or two.

4. Bon Echo Provincial Park

Bon Echo is a popular camping destination in Eastern Ontario. It features campgrounds for RVs and car camping, as well as many campsites that are only accessible by canoe.

Rock climbing, biking, birding, boating, fishing and hiking are a few of the activities waiting for you at Bon Echo. You can also admire more than 260 indigenous pictographs at Mazinaw Rock.

5. Combermere

There are different camping resorts and camping options in the Madawaska Valley, near the community of Combermere. From there, it’s easy to go visit Algonquin Provincial Park, but there are plenty of things to to in Combermere.

You can rent four season cottages, or bring your RV or tent during the summer. During the warm season, you can hike, canoe or fish, and in the winter, you can enjoy cross country skiing, ice skating, or riding a snowmobile.

6. Sandbanks Provincial Park

Sandbanks Provincial Park features one of the largest beaches in Ontario. It’s also one of the most popular camping destinations in the province, so if you are interested in spending some time there next summer, you need to book early.

Most campsites available are for tents only. At Sandbanks, you can enjoy sailing, canoeing and fishing on Lake Ontario, as well as hiking, biking, and birding.

7. Killbear Provincial Park

Killbear features the rocky shorelines and sandy beaches of the Parry Sound area of Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay. The park’s campgrounds offer plenty of car camping sites for those who are interested in discovering its beautiful sceneries.

At Killbear, you can swim, hike, ride a bike, go canoeing, windsurfing, boating and fishing, and watch a varieties of birds. You might even see a bear or two.

8. Bruce Peninsula National Park

Bruce Peninsula National Park has many sights to behold. Stunning cliffs, mixed-woods forests, aquamarine waters and limestone coasts can be admired by campers.

At Bruce Peninsula, you can camp in a yurt, or you can simply enjoy drive-in camping or backcountry camping at one of many campgrounds. Hiking, swimming, kayaking and canoeing are a few of the activities waiting for you. Winter camping is also possible for those who are not afraid of the cold.

9. Killarney Provincial Park

Killarney is an amazing camping place for those who want to explore the pink granite coast and other splendid sceneries of the Georgian Bay. Once again, you can rent a yurt, or you can bring your tent for some backcountry camping.

While you are at one of the best places to camp in Ontario, you can hike, canoe, bike, fish, watch birds, and visit the Historic Village of Killarney, which was founded in 1820 as a fur trading post.

10. Neys Provincial Park

When you camp at Neys Provincial Park, you can enjoy one of the finest sand beaches on Lake Superior. The park’s campsites are for tents and tent-trailers only.

Swimming, birding, biking, hiking, fishing, canoeing and boating can keep campers of all ages busy and entertained. It’s also possible to enjoy the view of Pic Island, and to visit the remains of a former prisoner-of-war camp. Lucky campers might be able to spot a Woodland Caribou.