Algonquin Provincial Park Reviews

best provincial park in Ontario, endless beautiful lakes to explore, real wilderness

The most magical place you can book.. a good time to visit is fall.. you get to see fall colors.. but other times are good too.. haven't seen much wildlife though.. did hear a Wolf one night.

Awesome place to see the fall in Canada. There are many trails. If you have enough time, I recommend to stay for 2-3 days to explore the most famous trails.

I went in the winters and OMG !! this is heaven on earth. I hope the COVID thing is over I have to book a CAMPING ground to enjoy every other season. the people who live there have suggested me to visit back in FALL as the colors are beautiful and I can not wait to go back.

Snowmobiled through park along the hydro lines to Whitney. Was only a small part of the park but what I saw nice. Would like to go camping here in the summer but that's next to impossible with the way online reservations work. Oh well.

Went there at the change of the fall colors. Absolutely beautiful. Cant wait to get back this year!

Great park but stay away Thanksgiving weekend. It turns into a zoo.

It's been amazing experience visiting this park, we booked camping site for our group, you have lots of options to do in the park, more you stay higher the activities you can do. We did the mountain biking. It was the first time but worth trying. Rental bikes were just awesome. Staff are very polite and really really helpful. Rules are strict in park and inspection team is always on duty. Have fun and let others too.

Amazing place for kayaking and canoeing. There are bears though although when I was there we saw no indication, still be carefully and take safety precautions around food.

Breathtaking views. Loads of scenic lookout. A beautiful place in Ontario.

Lol, I actually was bored, but now I want to go back since I now have a kayak cart. Should make portaging much easier and allow me to go deeper into the interior next time.

(Before me 7 families traveled to ITALY, ROME and Venice if I LIKE content VERY GOOD SO I ME) .

There's so much to see and do.
It's a great getaway from the hustle and bustle of busy city life.

It is an excellent place to do bike races and... It Has AMAZING view EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

I went to the Brent campground which was beautiful. I went on a rainy weekend so it wasn't as great as it could've been. There's a great non flushing toilet (quite clean and seems to be kept well with lots of natural light and bug free). Be warned there's a 40km dirt road you have to navigate slowly because of all the potholes... It'll be around 45minutes to 1hr of navigating that before you get to the grounds.

Good for fall colours, however not many trails.
Mostly multiple small ponds.

Clean campsites and scenic place especially in the fall.

Good place for hiking. Make sure to purchase permit when entering the park

There is something for everyone along the Hwy 60 corridor. Hiking trails range from accessible to difficult, the visitor's center is a must-see attraction. I also recommend checking out the Algonquin Art Gallery. There are lots of campgrounds to choose from as well. Or if you're into back country camping there are easily accessible access points along the highway. There's no end to what you can discover here...

Trails for all levels with incredible landscapes. $ 17 per vehicle for parking. Family canoeing at prohibitive prices

Love Algonquin park so much!! If you're in love with the outdoors and greenspace as much as I am, you will LOVE it in Algonquin!! There are so many places to explore there that You could spend weeks wandering and never get bored.. lots of fantastic marked hiking trails. Great portage system. Tons of awesome campgrounds with many different amenities. You want beaches, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, streams, or any kind of watersystem? You'll find them. You want hydro hookups and places to park your trailer? You'll find them. Just looking for Woody areas and being disconnected from the city just to relax? You will definitely find that!

We love Algonquin. Everyone in Ontario should visit this area. So much to do and enjoy. Sometimes it is taken for granted. We took part in its beauty today. Thankful we did again. It had been years.
So much to learn at the logging museum, it is a must for children to learn about the logging and how it is needed in Algonquin

Overall very good, with very nice trails, but we expected much more wildlife, I think there is too much hunting here.

Good place for hiking. Make sure to purchase permit when entering the park

What's not to love? It's nature, it's adventure, its freedom (not that you can do what you want), it's beautiful. It's Canadian!

A must go place for anyone interested in connecting with nature

A great place to relax and unwind, as well as for hiking and kayaking

The Staff that checked us in at the East Gate were Friendly informative and Professional. When we made an error in booking it was fixed at the Opeongo lake Entry with our any problems. The Park itself is marvelous.

Just drove through it, didn't stop, but plan to go back in the fall to see the trees changing colour.

We stay at Algonquin Park usually once a year this time was no exception to being lots of fun talk to the Rangers leaving hung around the campsite for a little bit and told us what it was like to work for Ontario parks Algonquin Park he's a huge spot with lots to do and great employees that are talkative and understand that everyone's just there to camp and have fun with their family

Decent park with decent trails. Good for fall color views.

Beautiful and well-maintened park in Canada. Several camp grounds, lakes, trails and scenic places are there. Visited two visits centers, store, restaurant and office. The pine trees were tall and beautiful. It reminded me of the Adirondacks in New Your State. I was amazed that you can get satellite connections and Internet in this park. It looked remote and is in the wilderness but amenities were very good.

One of best place for fall season.. good facilities

Amazing camping at Achray campground in Algonquin park. No cell reception makes this place great to relax and unwind.

I have been on 5 Canoe trips to Algonquin and 6 & 7 this Summer, my family and I love this Park. All our adventures have been 4-5 nights in the Back Country,in a Canoe. We made the effort to take Portages large and small and plan everything to accomadate portage travel. Countless times we are alone on a lake 5 or 6 km long, true Wilderness experience. Put distance, best you can, off beaten path, it is a huge Park. RWS

The park is beautiful but a little worn-out. Maybe parts of it nerd to be closed to let it regenerate a little. Can get quite busy when schools out. Not the best for fishing as its over fished too. Most users treat the park with the respect it deserves but you will alway come across some junk left behind at campsites or portages. To avoid the crowds, use other access points than off Hwy 60.

Fantastic place to visit. Beautiful colors during the fall season

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Algonquin County Park

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Algonquin County Park is a provincial park located between the Bay of Georgia and the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada, mostly in the unorganized southern part of the Nipissing District. Founded in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. [1] Additions since its inception have increased the park's size to its current size of about 7,653 square kilometers (2,955 sq mi). The park is contiguous with several smaller, administratively separate regional parks that protect the important rivers in the area, resulting in a larger overall protected area. (2)

Algonquin County Park





National Historic Site of Canada

March 2005

IUCN Class II (National Park)

Its size, combined with its proximity to major urban centers in Toronto and Ottawa, makes Algonquin one of the most popular county parks in the county and the country. Interstate 60 passes through the southern end of the park, while the Trans-Canada Highway runs northward. [3] There are more than 2,400 lakes and 1,200 kilometers of streams and rivers within the park. Some notable examples include canoe Lake and Petawa, Nipissing, Amable du Fond, Madawasca, and Tim Rivers. These were formed due to the retreat of glaciers during the last ice age.

The park is part of the "border" between Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The park is located in a transition zone between northern coniferous forests and southern deciduous forests. This unique combination of forest species, and the park's wide variety of environments, allows the park to support an uncommon diversity of plant and animal species. It is also an important site for wildlife research.

Algonquin Park was named a National Historic Site of Canada in 1992 in recognition of many heritage values including: Its role in developing park management; Leading visitor interpretation programs later adopted by national and regional parks across the country; Its role in inspiring artists, which in turn gave Canadians a greater sense of their country; Historic buildings such as inns, hotels, cottages, campgrounds, and entry gates (George Williams, chief engineer and deputy minister of public works in the Province of Ontario, designed the West Gate), railway station, administration, and museum buildings. (4)

Algonquin Park is the only dedicated park within the province of Ontario to allow industrial logging within its boundaries.

Beautiful location. Wildlife present and easily seen. People who work here need more training and communication though. We had to make dozen of kilometers between the differents visitors centers and entrance for nothing to get the proper permit, the fares are unclear and variables depending which staff member you ask, I couldn't get the fishing permit because the Opeongo store was out of power and they didn't had the form. Too bad ...

Wet firewood ,how come every year the firewood is wet or green unable to make a nice cozy fire for cooking on ... most new folks from our country have a real hard time even having a fire that alone cooking on it !
Anyone coming to Algonquin should bring plenty of vegetable oil , BBQ starter fluid , AXE , air mattress pump to blow on the fire to help make it go .What's the big deal that Algonquin Park has over two million visitors a year and can not supply dry firewood ...We pay them through our taxes to run the park in a way people can enjoy , who can enjoy it when the firewood will not burn properly ..makes for more smoke which is bad for the environment yes it helps keeps the bugs away all we want is to be able to come camping and enjoy our fire ...cooking on it is a challenge for the new person but what a delightful reward when the food comes out wonderful ...DRY < fire wood ... is this such a hard thing to ask for ???

Best park in Ontario,absolute must for any camping enthusiast!! check out Rock Lake one of my favourites!!

What a beautiful and majestic park that is blessed by God! The trails, lakes, mountains, views, and wildlife were absolutely stunning. The staff was friendly and the centers were very welcoming. We went in the Spring which allowed for the fresh growth and not to many insects.

A great place, a lot of routes to explore with varying degrees of difficulty.

Absolutely beautiful park spent 14 days here and this incredibly well maintained.

great nature place . great place to relax and unwind

To put into words the impact that my visit to Smoke Lake in Algonquin Park had on me would be impossible. I spent one and a half weeks staying with a family who has a lease on the lake. I was born and raised in southern California, surrounded by a lack of natural resources and a complete disregard for them. The absolute untouched beauty amazed me, as well as the determination of those who reside on the lake to keep it as pristine with the smallest effects on wildlife as possible. The dedication to preservation and conservancy was really awe-inspiring. If people took this kind of care of all of our natural resources, the world would be a much better place. My visit will have a lasting impression on me; I was able to find who I am and want to be, and become much more centered. I have never been at greater peace, than as I was in a canoe on the smooth waters of Smoke Lake.

Awesome park for a back country canoe trip for paddlers of all skills and ability levels. Canoe Lake is a great spot to start for easy access of canoe rental.

It's a bit far from toronto so better leave early or it can get very dark and lonely. The park is beautiful, the have camping site which gets booked pretty fast. It's safe and beautiful.

Some trails are really nice, others are just boring.

Maple leaves are really well-deserved, and they are not called maple leaves in other places.

Greatest time ever. Especially if you love outdoors, walks and nature ....

Great place one of the best canadian wild park. A lot of options to do hiking, camping and fishing.

It has something for everyone, even this 80 year old! Nature trails - Bog Boardwalk isn't to strenuous. Visitors Center doesn't change much but it's always worth a repeat visit. The Wolf Howls are a unique experience.

Excellent Park. No shortage of great outdoor recreation options.

A beautiful park with breathtaking nature. The Track and Tower Trail is highly recommended. At the beginning of May this was still a little icy - so you should be good on foot.
As beautiful as the park is, the campsite was so catastrophic: no electricity - okay - all places with electricity were fully booked. No dumping station - unfortunately it was still frozen. Also okay. But what was really annoying was that there was not a single water connection in the entire place and everyone went to the toilet like in a developing country and got every drop of water with canisters. Very annoying! It was also uncomfortable that if you did not make a reservation you had to dance every morning at 8 a.m. to ask for a place for the next night, which unfortunately sometimes did not work if the power went out at night ... moderate disaster. So my conclusion: camping flop, park top!

Lots to see and do. Several options for camping, swimming, hiking and lots more. Great place to unplug and get back to nature!

I was in this park for two days, covering, among others, both the planned 10km routes. In my opinion, the daily admission permit to the Park is expensive (17 dollars per car / camper, regardless of the number of visitors), for a Park whose paths are in a semi-abandoned state and in themselves not very exciting. With reference to the paths, the first (Mizzy Lake Trail), offers the view of a couple of lakes artificially formed by the ingenious work of beavers (seen only 1, from a distance). After the first part, nothing more. Only a succession of abandoned paths, flies and mosquitoes (many!). So, for this route, the advice is to bring good binoculars and insect repellent spray, with appropriate clothing and that leaves few parts of the body uncovered, despite the area being very humid and hot. The second, also 10km long (Centennial Ridges Trail) offers some more interesting views over the entire park and shaded places with a light breeze in which to rest, although even in this case, there is no lack of semi-abandoned stretches, easy prey for flies and mosquitoes. . Contrary to what is stated on the Park website, the only Information Center worthily equipped and equipped with a wifi connection is the one towards the east entrance (Algonquin Park Visitor Center), where it is also possible to buy a day permit. All in all, I recommend the visit, even if the maintenance and some routes leave a little to be desired.

Ontario's most famous park and for good reason. Hwy 60 gets really busy in the summer, but you can find tranquility in one of the 30 backcountry access points. The park has a long and interesting history. Group of seven did a lot of work here. There is even a famous Tragically Hip song about Canoe lake. Many great and historic hiking trails.

We hiked the towers and tracks hiking trail. It was a bit muddy but the view from the top was worth the effort.

One of the best area for trying out a back country camping adventures. But this park is not an easy bite, you need to be atleast intermediate camper to try out the back country camping here.

Love and will always love this park. Awesome wildlife & really great scenery.

One of the most beautiful national parks in Ontario which gives you a variety of different types of activities